Editing Fredon Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Fredon 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''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[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. 110.</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"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=7 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 7. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.

{{As of|2024}}, members of the Fredon Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Glenn Dietz ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on township committee ends December 31, 2026; term as mayor ends 2024), Deputy Mayor Christopher Nichols (R, 2026), Erin Corcella (R, 2024), Carl Lazzaro (R, 2025) and George Plock (R, 2024).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.fredonnj.gov/township-committee Township Committee], Fredon Township. Accessed May 20, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.fredonnj.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3141/f/uploads/municipal_budget_2024_-_letter_sized.pdf#page=7 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Fredon Township. Accessed May 20, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2023>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nov-7-2023-GE-OFFICIAL-summary-rpt-with-write-ins-suppressed.pdf Summary Results Report Official Results November 7 2023 General Election], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], November 22, 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2022>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NOV-8-2022-GE-Official-County-Summary.pdf Sussex County, New Jersey General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results Summary Report], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], dated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Sussex2021>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/official-11-22-21.pdf Summary Results Report November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In December 2015, the Township Committee appointed Keith Smith to fill the seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by former mayor Carl F. Lazzaro until he resigned to run for and win a seat as a Sussex County Freeholder; Smith will serve on an interim basis until the November 2016 general election, when voters will select a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Comstock, Lori. [http://www.njherald.com/article/20160105/ARTICLE/301059979 "Fredon Committee elects chairman, swears in incumbents"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', January 5, 2016. Accessed August 2, 2016. "Carl Lazzaro gave his farewell speech as the outgoing mayor of Fredon Monday night before the governing body elected Committeeman George Green as the new mayor."It's been my privilege and honor to serve the citizens of Fredon," said Lazzaro, who left the committee to run, successfully, for the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.... In addition, Keith Smith, who was appointed in December to fill Lazzaro's one-year unexpired term on the Township Committee, was sworn in with his wife and two daughters nearby."</ref>