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The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act (N.J.S.A 40:69A-1 [1], et seq.) provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government. This legislation is called the Faulkner Act in honor of the late Bayard H. Faulkner, former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., and former chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government.
Local government in New Jersey is composed of counties and municipalities. Local jurisdictions in New Jersey differ from those in some other states because the entire area of the state is part of a municipality; each of the 564 municipalities is in exactly one county; and each of the 21 counties has more than one municipality.
The Township Act of 1798 ("An Act incorporating the Inhabitants of Townships, designating their Powers, and regulating their Meetings", PL 1798, p. 289) is an Act passed by New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, that formally incorporated 104 municipalities in 13 counties in New Jersey. [1] It set standards on format for government of ...
Belleville was originally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Bloomfield. Portions of the township were taken to create Woodside Township (March 24, 1869, now defunct) and Franklin Township (February 18, 1874, now known as Nutley ).
David G. Brown II [4] • Municipal clerk: Jessie M. Joseph [5] Area [1] ... The township was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1849, ...
Hamilton Township has been governed under the Faulkner Act Mayor-Council system of New Jersey municipal government since January 1, 1976, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission. [64] The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed under this form. [65]
Stafford Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore in southern Ocean County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 28,617, [9] [10] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,082 (+7.8%) from the 26,535 recorded at the 2010 census, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 4,003 (+17.8%) from the ...
Winfield Township (also called Winfield Park) is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,423, [9] its lowest decennial census and a decrease of 48 (−3.3%) from the 2010 census count of 1,471, [17] [18] which in turn reflected a decline of 43 (−2.8%) from the 1,514 counted in the 2000 census. [19]