Editing Stillwater Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
[[File:Stillwater Township, NJ municipal building, Sept 2022.jpg|thumb|Stillwater Township Municipal Building]]
Stillwater is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<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 Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election 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. 110.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=7 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 7. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.

{{As of|2023}}, members of the Stillwater Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Lisa Chammings ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2023), Deputy Mayor Vera A. Rumsey (R, term on committee ends 2025; term as deputy mayor ends 2023), Paul Barta (R, 2024), Dawn A. Delaney (R, 2025) and George E. Scott (R, 2024).<ref name=Committee>[https://stillwatertownshipnj.com/government/township-committee/ Township Committee], Stillwater Township. Accessed January 15, 2023. "Stillwater is governed under the Township form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor."</ref><ref name=Directory>[http://www.stillwatertownshipnj.com/Directory.html Directory], Stillwater Township, New Jersey. Accessed January 15, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://stillwatertownshipnj.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1920_certifiedintrobudget_2022.pdf#page=12 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Stillwater Township. Accessed January 15, 2023.</ref><ref name=Sussex2022>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NOV-8-2022-GE-Official-County-Summary.pdf Sussex County, New Jersey General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results Summary Report], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Sussex2021>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/official-11-22-21.pdf Summary Results Report November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Sussex2020>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/docs/elections/2020/General/Official/Amended-SUMMARY.html Election Summary November 3, 2020 General Election Official Amended Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated December 10, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

====Local emergency services====
As of 2010, the Township Committee disbanded the Stillwater Police Department. Pending a lawsuit against the township, the [[New Jersey State Police]] assumed police coverage on a full-time basis. The township estimated savings of $482,000 by having State Police coverage; as a rural community, the township would not pay a fee to the State Police.<ref>Keller, Elisa D. [https://www.njherald.com/article/20091203/NEWS/909018286 "Stillwater disbands police department"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', December 3, 2009. Accessed October 31, 2017. "There were tears and quiet complaints from a defeated crowd of police supporters Thursday night, as a special meeting of the Stillwater Township Committee ended with a unanimous vote to disband the municipality’s local police force in favor of coverage by the New Jersey State Police.... Under current state guidelines for rural communities, the Stillwater committee does not expect to pay for New Jersey State Police coverage. Ehrenburg’s report had estimated a total operating cost for the Stillwater Police Department in 2010 would be more than $482,000."</ref>

The Stillwater Area Volunteer Fire Company provide fire and rescue services to the township<ref>[http://www.stillwatertownshipnj.com/Fire___Rescue.html Fire & Rescue], Stillwater Township. Accessed November 6, 2013.</ref> Stillwater station houses CAFS Pumper 42–62, Rescue-Pumper 42–61, Tanker/Pumper 42–71, Tanker 42–72, Rescue 42–75 and utility and special operations 42–81.

In February 2016, the township disbanded the Swartswood Volunteer Fire Department and reclaimed township-owned vehicles and other property.<ref>Constock, Lori. [http://www.njherald.com/article/20160216/ARTICLE/302169979 "Stillwater claims Swartswood fire truck"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', February 16, 2016. Accessed May 16, 2016.</ref>

In 2020 The Stillwater Emergency Rescue Squad combined with the Stillwater Area Volunteer Fire Department. The Fire department took ownership of both ambulances, personnel and equipment. The Fire Department now provides emergency medical services to the township, utilizing two full-size ambulances.