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===Local government=== The Township of Lyndhurst has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] form of New Jersey municipal government since 1913.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"], p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the [[City commission government|commission 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 five commissioners, who are elected concurrently [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis to four-year terms of office as part of the May municipal election. At a reorganization meeting held after each election each of the five members is assigned a department to oversee and the commissioners select a mayor from among its five members.<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> {{As of|2023}}, members of the Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Robert B. Giangeruso (Commissioner of Public Safety), Louis DeMarco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), Karen Haggerty (Commissioner of Public Affairs), Richard L. Jarvis Sr. (Commissioner of Public Works) and John J. Montillo Jr. (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end on May 18, 2025.<ref name=Officials>[https://www.lyndhurstnj.org/directory Directory], Township of Lyndhurst. Accessed March 14, 2023.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/2024-county-directory.pdf#page=49 ''2024 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.lyndhurstnj.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/2021-Adopted-Budget.pdf 2021 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Lyndhurst. Accessed July 7, 2022.</ref><ref>Kanzler, Kaitlyn. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lyndhurst/2021/05/11/lyndhurst-unity-ticket-defeats-clean-sweep-independent-candidate/5044874001/ "Lyndhurst Unity ticket defeats Clean Sweep, independent candidate"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 12, 2021. Accessed July 7, 2022. "The Lyndhurst Unity ticket will remain in power, defeating the Clean Sweep ticket β which has been extremely critical of the current Board of Commissioners β and an independent candidate in Tuesday's election. Lyndhurst has a Walsh Act form of government, with five nonpartisan commissioners. Robert Giangeruso, Richie Jarvis, Karen Haggerty and John Montillo are incumbents, and Louis DeMarco is a newcomer on the Unity ticket."</ref>
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