Editing Oldmans Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Oldmans 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 governing body is comprised of a three-member Township Committee, whose members are elected [[direct election|directly]] by the voters [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one seat 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. 19.</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 council selects one of its members to serves as mayor and another as deputy mayor.<ref name=Committee/>

{{As of|2022}}, members of the Oldmans Township Committee are Mayor Dean Sparks ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2023; term as mayor ends 2022), [[Deputy Mayor]] Anthony Musumeci Jr. (R, term on committee ends 2024; term, as deputy mayor end 2022) and George W. Bradford (R, 2022).<ref name=Committee>[https://oldmanstownship.com/township-committee/ Township Committee], Oldmans Township. Accessed August 23, 2022. "Oldmans Township operates under the Township Committee form of government. Three members are elected at-large to staggered three-year terms. The Township Committee conducts a reorganization meeting annually in January. At this meeting the Township Committee elects one of the three members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Deputy Mayor for a one-year term."</ref><ref>[https://oldmanstownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-Municipal-Budget-First-Half.pdf 2020 Municipal Data Sheet], Oldmans Township. Accessed August 23, 2022. As of data accessed, this was the most recent available budget.</ref><ref name=Salem2021>[https://salemcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OFFICIAL-General-Election-Results-Salem-County-2021-min.pdf Election Summary Report General Election Salem County November 2, 2021 Official Results Report], [[Salem County, New Jersey]], updated November 15, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Salem2020>[https://salemcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ElectionSummaryReportRPT-short-version-revised-min.pdf Election Summary Report Salem County NJ General Election November 3, 2020 Official Report], [[Salem County, New Jersey]], updated November 25, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Salem2019>[https://salemcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Official-Result-Summary-Report-min.pdf November 5, 2019 Summary Report Salem County, NJ Official Results], [[Salem County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 18, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>