1923 Municipal Manager Law

New Jersey municipal government

Traditional forms

Borough Township
City Town Village

Modern forms

Walsh Act commission
1923 municipal manager

Faulkner Act forms

Mayor–council Council–manager
Small municipality
Mayor–council–administrator

Nonstandard forms

Special charter

Changing form of municipal government

Charter Study Commission

The 1923 Municipal Manager Law was the last type of reformed municipal government the State of New Jersey introduced in the progressive era. The law introduced to New Jersey the council–manager form of government first developed in Sumter, South Carolina.[1]

The council is nonpartisan and elected at-large for four-year terms. The terms may be either concurrent or staggered, and there is an option for run-off elections. Presently, only Lodi Borough uses run-offs and staggered terms, with half of the council being elected for four-year terms every two years.[2]

The mayor, elected by the council from its own numbers, has no executive responsibility beyond appointing representatives of commissions and boards, and presiding over council meetings. The mayor is elected for a four-year term in municipalities with concurrent terms or serves for a two-year term in Lodi Borough which has staggered terms.

The members of the council are subject to recall elections.

Municipality County Terms Council Seats
Clifton City Passaic Concurrent 7
Garfield City Bergen Concurrent 5
Hackensack City Bergen Concurrent 5
Lodi Borough Bergen Staggered 7
Medford Lakes Borough Burlington Concurrent 3
Teterboro Borough Bergen Concurrent 5

References

  1. Egenton, Michael A. (1992). "III: The 1923 Municipal Manager Form of Government". Modern Forms of Municipal Government (PDF). Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Commission on County and Municipal Government. p. 41. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  2. "Types of New Jersey Municipal Government". njslom.org. New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011.

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