Editing Monmouth Beach, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
The Borough of Monmouth Beach has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]], by a three-member commission, since 1929.<ref>[http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=2015-06-05 }}, 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 a three-member commission, whose members are elected [[at-large]] in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis in elections held every four years as part of the May municipal election.<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>

{{As of|2023}}, members of the Borough Commission are 
[[Mayor]] David F. Stickle (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), 
Lawrence M. Bolsch (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance) and 
Timothy Somers (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property), whose terms of office end concurrently as of May 13, 2025.<ref name=Commissioners>[https://www.monmouthbeach.org/government/mayor-and-commisioners/ Mayor and Commissioners], Borough of Monmouth Beach. Accessed January 30, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://ecode360.com/MO3812/document/753055338.pdf#page=12 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Monmouth Beach. Accessed January 30, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2021Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/109573/web.276935/#/summary May 11, 2021 Municipal Election - Monmouth Beach Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], update June 9, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://ecode360.com/documents/MO3812/public/629051186.pdf Reorganization Meeting Minutes for May 25, 2021], Borough of Monmouth Beach. Accessed April 3, 2022. "Commissioner Bolsch moved, seconded by Commissioner Somers, that Commissioner Stickle be appointed as Mayor and Director of the Departments of Public Affairs and Public Safety. Upon the call of the roll the foregoing motion was carried by the following vote: Ayes S, Nays a Commissioner Somers moved, seconded by Commissioner Stickle, that Commissioner Bolsch be appointed as Director of the Department of Revenue and Finance. Upon the call of the roll the foregoing motion was carried by the following vote: Ayes 3, Nays 0. Mayor Stickle moved, seconded by Commissioner Bolsch that Commissioner Somers be appointed as Director of the Departments of Public Works, Parks, and Public Property."</ref>