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==Government== ===Local government=== [[File:Glen Gardner, NJ borough hall (1), June 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Glen Gardner borough hall]] Glen Gardner is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, which is the state's most common 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 the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council has six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year 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> The borough form of government used by Glen Gardner is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=2014-09-24 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> This seven-member governing body enacts local ordinances, levies municipal taxes and conducts the affairs of the borough. The mayor and borough council conducts all of its business during monthly meetings open to the public.<ref>[http://glengardnernj.org/form-of-government.php Form of Government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916235004/http://www.glengardnernj.org/form-of-government.php |date=September 16, 2013 }}, Borough of Glen Gardner. Accessed July 10, 2016.</ref> {{As of|2023}}, the [[mayor]] of Glen Gardner is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Mattias E. Schroeter, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Michael Gronau (R, 2023), James Ayotte (R, 2025), Jason Hollenstein (R, 2025), Richard J. Mitterando (R, 2024), Don Robertella (R, 2023) and Sue Welch (R, 2024).<ref name=Council>[http://www.glengardner.org/borough-council/ Borough Council], Glen Gardner Borough. Accessed May 3, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://ecode360.com/GL1524/document/722256166.pdf#page=13 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Glen Gardner Borough. Accessed May 3, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonPage>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/911/Glen-Gardner-Borough Borough of Glen Gardner], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 3, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonDirectory>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/5487/2022-Hunterdon-County-and-Municipal-Officials-Directory-PDF#page=67 ''2022 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2022>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/9118/G2022-Official-SOV-PDF Hunterdon County District Canvass November 8, 2022, General Election], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2021>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6226/2021-General-Election-Official-Results-by-Municipality-PDF November 2, 2021 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2020>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/8592/2020-Official-General-Election-Results-Municipality-PDF November 3, 2020 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2019>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/8589/2019-Official-General-Election-Results-PDF Hunterdon County District Canvass November 5, 2019, General Election], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 14, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref> In April 2021, the borough council appointed Jason Hollenstein to fill the council seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Lisa Fielding until she resigned from office the previous month.<ref>[https://ecode360.com/documents/GL1524/public/596534012.pdf Borough Council Regular Meeting Minutes for March 17, 2021], Borough of Glen Gardner. Accessed May 4, 2022. "Lisa Fielding- Effective April 1, 2021. Mayor Schroeter accepted Ms. Fielding’s resignation with regret and thanked her for all her hard work. This is Ms. Fielding last Council meeting."</ref><ref>[https://ecode360.com/documents/GL1524/public/603431796.pdf Borough Council Regular Meeting Minutes for April 21, 2021], Borough of Glen Gardner. Accessed May 4, 2022. "Mayor Schroeter stated candidates to fill Council vacancy created by the resignation of Lisa Fielding were provided. He introduced candidate Jason Hollenstein who was in attendance of tonight’s meeting..... A motion was made by Gronau and seconded by Mitterando to appoint Jason Hollenstein to fill Council vacancy.... Mayor thanked Council and all congratulated Mr. Hollenstein."</ref> Hollenstein served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Hunterdon2021/> James Ayotte was selected in May 2020 from a list of three names submitted by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Sandra Sutton-Lavis until she resigned from her seat in April.<ref>[https://ecode360.com/documents/GL1524/public/546922837.pdf Borough Council Special Meeting Minutes for May 13, 2020], Borough of Glen Gardner. Accessed May 4, 2022. "Nomination To Fill 1 Year Unexpired Term Council Vacancy-Seat Formerly Held By Sandra Sutton-Lavis - Term Expires Upon Certification Of November 3, 2020 General Election - A motion was made by Fielding and seconded by Welch to nominate Jim Ayotte to fill the unexpired council vacancy. Roll Call: Ayes: Fielding, Gronau, Mitterando, Robertella, Welch. No nays. Motion carried."</ref> After serving on an interim basis, Ayotte was elected to serve the remainder of the term at the November 2020 general election.<ref name=Hunterdon2020/> In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $5,894, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $9,738 in Hunterdon County and $8,767 statewide.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/property_docs/18_data/18taxes.xls 2018 Property Tax Information], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated January 16, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref><ref>Marcus, Samantha. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-lowest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html "These are the towns with the lowest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 30, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019. "New Jersey’s average property tax bill may have hit $8,767 last year — a new record — but taxpayers in some parts of the state pay just a fraction of that.... The average property tax bill in Glen Gardner Borough was $5,894 in 2018, the lowest in Hunterdon County."</ref> ===Federal, state and county representation=== Glen Gardner is located in the 7th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 23rd state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#23 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> {{NJ Congress 07}} {{NJ Senate}} {{NJ Legislative 23}} {{NJ Hunterdon County Freeholders}} ===Politics=== As of March 2011, there were a total of 1,097 registered voters in Glen Gardner, of which 249 (22.7%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 347 (31.6%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 500 (45.6%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There was 1 voter registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hunterdon-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Hunterdon], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 54.7% of the vote (438 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 43.3% (347 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (16 votes), among the 810 ballots cast by the borough's 1,144 registered voters (9 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 70.8%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hunterdon.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hunterdon County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hunterdon.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hunterdon County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 54.0% of the vote (445 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 44.1% (363 votes) and other candidates with 1.5% (12 votes), among the 824 ballots cast by the borough's 1,102 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.8%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hunterdon.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hunterdon County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 57.9% of the vote (453 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 41.0% (321 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (8 votes), among the 783 ballots cast by the borough's 1,027 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.2.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hunterdon_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hunterdon County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref> {{PresHead|place=Glen Gardner|source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/election-information-results.shtml |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=nj.gov}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|526|445|12|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|520|479|13|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|467|335|52|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|438|347|16|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|445|363|12|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|543|321|8|New Jersey}} |} In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 74.7% of the vote (386 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 23.4% (121 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (10 votes), among the 525 ballots cast by the borough's 1,118 registered voters (8 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 47.0%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hunterdon.pdf |title=Governor - Hunterdon County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hunterdon.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hunterdon County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 69.6% of the vote (410 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 19.4% (114 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 8.8% (52 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (6 votes), among the 589 ballots cast by the borough's 1,088 registered voters, yielding a 54.1% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hunterdon.pdf 2009 Governor: Hunterdon County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230346/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hunterdon.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref>
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