Editing Beverly, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Beverly is governed under the [[City (New Jersey)|City]] form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this traditional 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 an elected mayor and a five-member elected city council who are chosen [[at-large]] on a partisan basis to serve four-year terms of office as part of the November general election, with either two or three seats coming up for election in odd-numbered years. Responsibilities of the governing body include all executive and legislative functions.<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=4 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 4. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the [[Mayor]] of the City of Beverly is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Randy H. Miller Sr., whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the Beverly Common Council are Council President Robert H. Bancroft (D, 2025), Council President Pro-Tem Bernardine Williams (D, 2027), Riccardo D. Dale (D, 2025), Robert E. Lowden Jr. (D, 2025) and Kelsey Snively (D, 2027).<ref name=Council>[http://thecityofbeverly.com/committee-members Members of the Beverly City Common Council], City of Beverly. Accessed April 18, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://thecityofbeverly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-Adopted-Budget.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Beverly. Accessed April 18, 2024.</ref><ref name=Burlington2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Burlington/119043/web.317647/#/summary 2023 General Election November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 30, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</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>

Luis Crespo was appointed by the council in December 2012 to fill the vacant seat of Scott Perkins.<ref>O'Sullivan, Jeannie. [http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/communities/edgewater-park/city-council-appointment-draws-controversy-in-beverly/article_c793ddfb-c8cf-5c0d-ab9a-a6023d5d3b17.html "City Council appointment draws controversy in Beverly"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', December 27, 2012. Accessed June 16, 2017. "A City Council member who lost his next term in the contested Democratic primary election in June will still be on dais in January. Council President Luis Crespo was appointed Thursday night to fill the seat vacated by Brian Perkins, who has resigned with three years left on his term."</ref> In the November 2013 general election, Republican Mark Schwedes defeated Crespo to win the remaining two years of the unexpired term.<ref>[http://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/EResults//2013/2013%20General%20Summary.pdf#page=3 November 5, 2013 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], December 18, 2013. Accessed February 14, 2015.</ref>