Editing Mount Laurel, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Mount Laurel voted to change its form of government in 1970 from a [[Township (New Jersey)|Township Committee]] form to a [[Faulkner Act]] system using the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] (Plan E), enacted based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] as of January 1, 1972.<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=2013-10-12 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed October 23, 2013.</ref> The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this 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''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> In this form of government, the Township Manager oversees the daily functions of the Township. The governing body is comprised of the Township Council, which is made up of five members elected [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even-numbered years as part of the November general election.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 43.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=12 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=12 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting held in January, the council selects one of its members to serve as mayor and another to serve as deputy mayor, each for a one-year term.<ref name=Council/>

{{As of|2025}} members of the Mount Laurel Township Council are [[Mayor]] Nikitas Moustakas ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], term on council ends December 31, 2028), [[Deputy Mayor]] Stephen J. Steglik ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2026), Fozia Janjua ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2028), Kareem A. Pritchett Sr. ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2026) and Silvia Catalan-Culnan ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2028).<ref name=Council>[https://www.mountlaurel.com/government/mayor_and_council.php Mayor and Council], Township of Mount Laurel. Accessed January 25, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://cms7files.revize.com/mountlaurel/0324_certifiedintrobudget_2023.pdf#page=13 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Mount Laurel Township. Accessed April 24, 2023.</ref><ref name=Burlington2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Burlington/116176/web.307039/#/summary November 8, 2022 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 29, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Burlington2021>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2021/General//2021_G_OFFICIAL_Summary.pdf November 2, 2021 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Burlington2020>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf November 3, 2020 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130228/https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Election Summary Report, Burlington County, NJ, Summary for: All Contests, All Districts, All Tabulators, Early Voting, Election Day, Mail-In, Provisionals -- OFFICIAL |url=https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/20382/2024-General-Election-Election-Summary-Report-11-18-24---Official-Results}}</ref>