Editing Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[File:Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ town hall.jpg|thumb|right|Municipal building]]
[[File:Avon_Municipal_Marina_LHCollins_04272021sm.jpg|thumb|right|Avon by the Sea Municipal Marina, 2021]]
[[File:Avonbythesea.jpg|thumb|right|Boardwalk]]
[[File:Avon-by-the-sea pink-sky-beach 16-sep-2023.png|thumb|right|Sunset]]
[[File:Main_St_Avon_by_the_Sea_NJ_05042021_LHCollins.jpg|thumb|right|Main Street, Avon by the Sea, NJ]]
[[File:Businesses_in_Avon_by_the_Sea_NJ_LHCollins_05042021.jpg|thumb|right|Businesses near Main St, Avon by the Sea, NJ.]]
Avon-by-the-Sea has governed under the [[Walsh Act]] since 1919.<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><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> The borough 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 three commissioners who are elected [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis as part of the November general election to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 58.</ref> At a reorganization meeting after each election, each commissioner is assigned a department to administer and oversee; one of the commissioners is chosen to serve as mayor.

{{As of|2025}}, members of the Avon-by-the-Sea Board of Commissioners are 
[[Mayor]] Edward R. Bonanno (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), 
Michelle Devoy (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property) and 
John B. Magrini (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), all serving concurrent terms of office that end December 31, 2027.<ref name=Officials>[https://www.avonbytheseanj.com/government/board_of_commissioners.php Board of Commissioners], Avon-by-the-Sea Borough. Accessed January 23, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://cms8.revize.com/revize/avon/2024_Budget_Avon.pdf#page=13 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Avon-by-the-Sea Borough. Accessed May 15, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://cms8.revize.com/revize/avon/Reorganization%20Meeting%20Minutes%201.3.24.pdf Reorganization Meeting Minutes for January 3, 2024], Avon-by-the-Sea Borough. Accessed May 15, 2024. "Resolution No. 1-2024 – Appointing Edward Bonanno as Director of Public Affairs and Safety... Resolution No. 2-2024 – Appointing John Magrini as Director of the Department of Revenue and Finance... Resolution No. 3-2024 – Appointing Michelle Devoy as Director of the Department of Public Works, Parks, and Public Property... Resolution No. 4-2024 – Appointing Edward Bonanno as Mayor of the Borough of Avon-bythe-Sea"</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>