Carlstadt, New Jersey: Difference between revisions

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|governing_body = Borough Council

|leader_title = [[Mayor]]

|leader_title1 = [[City manager|Operations manager]]

|leader_name1 = Joe Crifasi<ref>Nicholaides, Kelly. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160426194910/http://www.northjersey.com/news/carlstadt-offers-ex-donovan-employee-121k-1.1187973 "Former Bergen County DPW director appointed to two, part-time roles in Carlstadt"], ''South Bergenite'', January 8, 2015, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 26, 2016. Accessed September 8, 2017. "The former Bergen County Public Works director Joe Crifasi, who left his DPW position with the borough in 2011 when he was hired by then County Executive Kathleen Donovan, has been hired by Carlstadt for two part-time positions.... As of the beginning of the year, Crifasi earns $75,000 as borough operations manager and $46,000 as director of public works operations for maintenance and equipment.... In addition to his DPW leadership duties, it is possible that Crifasi, in this new manager position, will serve as a replacement to the borough administrator role, which has been vacant for more than two years."</ref><ref>Grant, Meghan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160427021834/http://www.northjersey.com/news/carlstadt-council-terminates-borough-administrator-on-black-friday-1.469454 "Carlstadt council terminates borough administrator on Black Friday"], ''South Bergenite'', November 28, 2012, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 27, 2016. Accessed September 8, 2017. "The municipality is without a borough administrator following council action taken in a special meeting on Black Friday. Jane Fontana, the highest paid civilian borough employee, was terminated on Nov. 23."</ref>

|leader_title2 = [[Municipal clerk]]

|established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]

|established_date = June 27, 1894

Carlstadt is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|Borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>[https://cgs.rutgers.edu/sites/cgs.rutgers.edu/files/documents/resources/rc_munichart_inventory_2011.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed November 18, 2019.</ref> The governing body is comprised of a Mayor and a Borough Council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 154.</ref> The borough form of government is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=2014-09-24 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://cgs.rutgers.edu/sites/cgs.rutgers.edu/files/documents/resources/rc_munichart_formsgovt_2011.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref>

 

 

In January 2014, Joseph Emerson was appointed from among three nominees offered to fill the vacant seat of Dennis Ritchie that was scheduled to expire in December 2014.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072310/http://www.northjersey.com/news/joseph-emerson-sworn-in-to-carlstadt-council-1.644141 "Joseph Emerson sworn in to Carlstadt Council"], ''South Bergenite'', January 29, 2014, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 5, 2016. Accessed September 8, 2017. "Surrounding by his family, Joseph T. Emerson was sworn in as Carlstadt Councilman by Mayor Will Roseman on Jan. 28. Emerson was one of three candidates considered.... Emerson fills former Councilman Dennis Ritchie's unexpired term that ends on Dec. 31, 2014."</ref>