Editing Mount Holly, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[File:Mt. Holly, NJ municipal building, Dec. 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Mount Holly Municipal Building]]
Mount Holly Township operates within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] (plan 12) form of municipal government, enacted by council-initiated action as of July 1, 1990.<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 19, 2013.</ref> This form is used in 42 (of the 564) municipalities statewide.<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 council is comprised of five members who are elected [[at-large]] in a partisan vote to serve four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats 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. 38.</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"], p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://twp.mountholly.nj.us/content/386/2417/default.aspx Form of Government], Township of Mount Holly. Accessed July 4, 2022. "Mount Holly's government consists of a five-member Board of Councilmen/Councilwomen elected by the residents for a four year term. The town operates under a Council-Manager Form of Government.... Town citizens have plenty of opportunity to get involved. A number of Advisory Committees, Coalitions and Task Forces, comprised of appointed volunteers, meet, research, and attempt to find solutions to topics that affect town life, then present their findings and solutions to town boards and/or officials for further action."</ref> At a reorganization meeting after each election, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.<ref>[http://twp.mountholly.nj.us/content/386/557/default.aspx Office of Township Council], Township of Mount Holly. Accessed October 18, 2019.</ref> In November 2011, voters passed a referendum shifting from non-partisan municipal elections in May to partisan elections in November.<ref>Krebs, Rose. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20131020054137/http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/mount-holly-voters-approve-election-date-change-select-new-council/article_795b32ea-ef4b-53c2-97ab-c0696736e7a0.html?TNNoMobile "Mount Holly voters approve election date change, select new council member"]}}, ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', November 9, 2011. Accessed May 11, 2020. "The township got a taste of what will be the new norm for its municipal elections: voting in November. On Tuesday, voters resoundingly supported a measure to change municipal elections from May to November by a 1,051 to 196 vote, according to unofficial results. Bass River, Bordentown City and Medford Lakes are now the only county towns that still hold May municipal elections."</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, members of the Mount Holly Township Council are [[Mayor]] Chris Banks ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], term on council ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2023), [[Deputy mayor]] Jason Jones (D, term on council ends 2024; term as deputy mayor ends 2023), Tara E. Astor (D, 2025), Lewis Brown (D, 2024) and Kim Burkus (D, 2025).<ref name=Council>[https://twp.mountholly.nj.us/council-members/ Council Members], Township of Mount Holly. Accessed February 1, 2023. "Township Council governs Mount Holly Township. Mount Holly is governed by five Council members, each of whom is elected for a four-year staggered term. At the beginning of each year, the Council members elect one of their members to serve as Mayor and one as Deputy Mayor for that year."</ref><ref>[http://www.twp.mountholly.nj.us/filestorage/196/310/452/454/2022_Certified_Budget.pdf#page=14 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Mount Holly. Accessed July 4, 2022.</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], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>