Editing Barnegat Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Barnegat 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. 49.</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 Barnegat Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Joseph Marte ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2026; term as mayor ends 2024), [[Deputy Mayor]] Alfonso Cirulli (R, term on committee ends 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2024), Albert Bille (R, 2025), Pasquale "Pat" Pipi (R, 2026) and Jake Townsend (R, 2024).<ref name=Committee>[http://www.barnegat.net/township-committee/ Township Committee], Barnegat Township. Accessed April 17, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.barnegat.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-Adopted-Budget.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Barnegat Township. Accessed April 17, 2024.</ref><ref name=OceanProfile>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/frmGovDirPage.aspx?ID=205 Township of Barnegat], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed April 17, 2024.</ref><ref name=OceanOfficials>[https://co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/70fc90f8-5e4e-4454-a3c1-8ca3d0911f87.pdf ''2024 Ocean County & Municipal Elected Officials''], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated April 2, 2024. Accessed April 17, 2024.</ref><ref name=Ocean2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/119025/web.317647/#/summary General Election Results November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Ocean2022>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/9a46d949-75d5-448a-8190-dbcefcb2a739.pdf 2022 General Election Official Results November 8, 2022], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Ocean2021>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/07aecb2a-f6ce-4ef4-a6c3-7b7546fc9e3f.pdf 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In November 2015, Martin J. Lisella stepped down from the Township Committee to take a position as the township's business administrator.<ref>Oglesby, Amanda. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/southern-ocean-county/barnegat/2015/11/16/barnegats-deputy-mayor-quits-gets-administrators-job/75903060/ "Barnegat's deputy mayor quits, gets administrator's job"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 17, 2015. Accessed June 7, 2016. "Deputy Mayor Martin J. Lisella resigned his post on the Township Committee on Monday and accepted a job as Barnegat's business administrator."</ref> In December 2015, the Township Committee selected former mayor Alfonso Cirulli from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill Lisella's vacant seat expiring in December 2017; Cirulli 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>Oglesby, Amanda. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/southern-ocean-county/barnegat/2015/12/15/former-mayor-fills-barnegat-vacancy/77375416/ "Former Barnegat mayor looks at dispatcher jobs"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 15, 2015. Accessed June 7, 2016. "Former Mayor Alfonso Cirulli has been named to the Township Committee to fill a vacancy left by Deputy Mayor Martin J. Lisella, who quit the committee last month in order to take over the job of business administrator."</ref>