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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.
The council-manager system is similar to the typical governance of a publicly traded corporation. [4] Under the form, an elected governing body, usually called a city council, board of aldermen, or similar title, is responsible for legislative functions such as establishing policy, passing local ordinances, voting appropriations, and developing an overall vision, similar to a corporate board ...
Of the 26 cities in Northern Kentucky over 1,000 population, 23 use the mayor-council form.
The City Council is trying to pass a law that would repeal a policy from Mayor Eric Adams requiring them to fill out a form in order to meet with department heads in his administration.
Port Royal’s new mayor has only been on the job for a week and he and the town council are already out of patience with the developer who promised to deliver a world-class waterfront transformation.
The form may be categorized into two main variations depending on the relative power of the mayor compared to the council, the strong-mayor variant and the weak-mayor variant. In a typical strong-mayor system, the elected mayor is granted almost total administrative authority with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads, although some ...
Opinion: Readers dig in on war, eminent domain and city elections in letters published Oct. 23-29, 2023. Letters: Letters: I’m a former mayor. Josh Mandelbaum has what it takes.