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===Local government=== Millstone 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. 63.</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><ref>Cerra, Michael F. [https://www.njlm.org/809/3982/Forms-of-Govt-Magazine-Article "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the council selects one of its members to serves as mayor and another as deputy mayor. The Township Committee is Millstone's legislative body. It sets policies, approves budgets, determines municipal tax rates, and passes resolutions and ordinances to govern the town. The Committee also appoints citizen volunteers to advisory boards, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, committees, and commissions. The Committee may investigate the conduct of any department, officer or agency of the municipal government. They have full power of subpoena permitted by Statute.<ref name=MayorCommittee/> {{As of|2025}}, the Millstone Township Committee consists of [[Mayor]] Albert Ferro ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2025), Deputy Mayor Chris Morris (R, term on committee 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2025), Eric Davis (R, 2027), Tara Zabrosky (R, 2027) and Jeff Ziner (R, 2026).<ref name=MayorCommittee>[https://www.millstonenj.gov/government/township-committee Mayor & Committee], Millstone Township. Accessed January 23, 2025. "The Millstone Township Committee is made up of five elected officials. Township residents elect a new committee-person every 3 years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. At the Reorganization meeting each year (first meeting in January), the committee elects a Mayor and Deputy Mayor, each of whom serve a term of one year or until the election and qualification of a successor."</ref><ref>[https://www.millstonenj.gov/images/Finance/2024-Adopted-Budget.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Millstone Township. Accessed January 23, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/122857/web.345435/#/summary November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated December 16, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/119047/web.317647/#/summary November 8, 2023 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated January 18, 2024. Accessed January 22, 2024.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/116246/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref> In September 2018, Al Ferro was selected from three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that had been vacated by Robert Kinsey in August due to illness.<ref>Sockol, Matthew. [https://cms.centraljersey.com/2018/09/25/ferro-joins-township-committee-in-millstone-township/ "Ferro joins Township Committee in Millstone Township"], CentralJersey.com, September 25, 2018. Accessed November 8, 2018. "Al Ferro is the newest member of the Township Committee in Millstone Township. Ferro was one of three residents recommended for the appointment by the local Republican Party following the resignation of Bob Kinsey, who had served on the committee since 2005. Kinsey resigned from the committee in August and died on Sept. 19 following a lengthy illness."</ref>
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