Editing Orange, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
{{Further|Mayor of Orange, New Jersey}}
Orange is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] form of municipal government. The city is one of 71 (of the 564) municipalities 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''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the directly elected mayor and the seven-member City Council. There are four [[Ward (United States)|ward]] representatives on the city council and three [[at-large]] representatives. Councilmembers are elected to serve four-year terms of office in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections on a staggered basis with the three at-large seats and the mayor up for election together and two years later the four ward seats up at the same time in an alternating cycle in even-numbered years as part of the May municipal 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. 125.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the Mayor of Orange is Dwayne D. Warren, whose term of office ends June 30, 2024.<ref name=Mayor>[https://orangenj.gov/170/Mayors-Office Mayor's Office], City of Orange Township. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref> Members of the City Council are Council President Adrienne Wooten (at-large, 2028), Council Vice President Tency A. Eason (North Ward, 2026), Kerry J. Coley (East Ward, 2026), Quantavia L. Hilbert (West Ward, 2026), Weldon M. Montague III (at-large, 2028), Clifford Ross (at-large, 2029) and Jamie Summers-Johnson (South Ward, 2026).<ref>[https://orangenj.gov/183/City-Council City of Orange Township Council], City of Orange Township. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref><ref name=Budget>[https://orangenj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5025/2024-Adopted-Budget-872024 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Orange Township. Accessed December 10, 2024.</ref><ref name=EssexDirectory>[https://essexcountynj.org/county-directory/ Essex County Directory], [[Essex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref><ref name=Essex2024Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/121184/web.317647/#/summary May Municipal Election May 14, 2024 Official Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], May 22, 2024. Accessed July 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Essex2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/112990/web.285569/#/summary Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], updated May 18, 2022. Accessed July 1, 2022.</ref>