Editing Bordentown Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[File:Bordentown Township Municipal Building.jpg|thumb|left|Municipal Building of Bordentown Township]]
Bordentown Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<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 Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 103.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=7 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 7. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.

{{As of|2024}}, members of the Bordentown Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Eugene M. Fuzy (D, term on committee ends December 31, 2025; term as mayor ends 2024), Deputy Mayor Aneka A. Miller (D, 2026), Bill Grayson (D, 20226), Eric Holliday (D, 2024), and Kelly Lozito (D, 2024).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.bordentowntownship.com/page/township-committee Mayor and Township Committee], Bordentown Township. Accessed April 18, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4427/bordentown/4169057/0304_certifiedintrobudget_2024.pdf#page=9 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Bordentown Township. 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=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>

In January 2023, Bill Grayson was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by James H. Kostoplis until he resigned the previous month after being elected as Sheriff of Burlington County.<ref>[https://assets.nationbuilder.com/bordentowntownship/pages/2475/attachments/original/1675089965/A_7_Jan_23_MINUTES_with_attachments.pdf?1675089965 Township Committee Reorganization Meeting Minutes for January 7, 2023], Township of Bordentown. Accessed April 24, 2023. "Township Clerk Carrington stated that in November, Committeeman Jim Kostoplis was elected to be the Burlington County Sheriff. A written letter from Mr. Kostoplis was received by the Clerk on December 14th in which he resigned from his Township Committee position.... Roll Call Vote to appoint Bill Grayson as a member of the Township Committee for the unexpired term vacated by Jim Kostoplis."</ref>

John Moynihan was selected in July 2012 from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat vacated by Anita DiMattia after she left office the previous month.<ref>O'Sullivan, Jeannie. [https://archive.today/20130131061004/http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/bordentown/republican-appointed-to-bordentown-township-committee/article_bebfb799-b054-536b-b9ef-9c1fdb9a6722.html "Republican appointed to Bordentown Township Committee"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', July 11, 2012. Accessed August 12, 2012. "Officials on Monday appointed John Moynihan, a former committee candidate, to fill the seat vacated by Republican Anita DiMattia in June. The term will expire in December."</ref>