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===Local government=== Collingswood operates under the [[Walsh Act]] form of New Jersey municipal government. The borough is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the [[city commission government|commission form of government]].<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of three commissioners who are elected [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis in elections held as part of the May municipal election to serve concurrent four-year terms of office. Each commissioner is assigned a specific department to head in addition to their legislative functions. The commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 33.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The Borough of Collingswood has operated under the Walsh Act since 1917.<ref>[http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF The Commission Form of Municipal Government] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811025109/http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=August 11, 2014 }}, p. 53. Accessed September 15, 2011.</ref> {{As of|2025}}, members of Collingswood's Board of Commissioners are [[Mayor]] M. James "Jim" Maley Jr. ([[Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety]]), Robert Lewandowski ([[Commissioner of Revenue and Finance]]), and Morgan Robinson ([[Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property]]), all of whom are serving terms of office ending May 15, 2025.<ref name=Commissioners>[https://www.collingswood.com/government/departments/administration_-_mayor_and_commissioners.php Administration - Mayor and Commissioners], Borough of Collingswood. Accessed April 2, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://cms6.revize.com/revize/collingswoodnj/2024%20adopted%20budget.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Collingswood. Accessed June 2, 2024.</ref><ref name=Camden2021Municipal>[https://www.camdencounty.com/wp-content/elections/Municipal2021/2021_May_Municipal_Unofficial_Results.htm Camden County Unofficial Results May 11, 2021], [[Camden County, New Jersey]], updated May 11, 2021. Accessed June 7, 2023.</ref> In December 2020, Commissioner Joan Leonard announced that she would retire "in early 2021" after 24 years of service to the borough.<ref>[https://www.njpen.com/collingswood-commissioner-joan-leonard-announces-retirement-after-24-years-of-service/ Collingswood Commissioner Joan Leonard Announces Retirement After 24 Years of Service], NJPen.com, December 4, 2020. Accessed December 16, 2020.</ref> In September 2011, the borough experienced a "super downgrade" of its credit rating by [[Moody's]], from A1 to Ba1, as a result of an outstanding multi-million dollar [[loan guarantee]] to a property developer.<ref>Blumenthal, Jeff. [http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2011/09/13/collingswood-nj-downgraded-six.html "Collingswood, N.J., downgraded six levels"], ''[[Philadelphia Business Journal]]'', September 13, 2011. Accessed August 10, 2017.</ref> Moody's Investors Service issued a report in late May 2012 that restored the Borough of Collingswood's credit rating to an investment grade rating of Baa3.<ref>[http://www.collingswood.com/node/8131 Collingswood credit rating restored to investment grade by Moody's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812162121/http://www.collingswood.com/node/8131 |date=2014-08-12 }}, Borough of Collingswood. Accessed October 4, 2012.</ref>
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