Editing Bloomingdale, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Bloomingdale is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<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 mayor and a borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes 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. 121.</ref> The borough form of government used by Bloomingdale 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>

{{As of|2023}}, the mayor of the Borough of Bloomingdale is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] John D'Amato, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Bloomingdale Borough Council are Council President John Graziano (D, 2024), Dominic Catalano (D, 2025), Richard C. Dellaripa (D, 2025), Dawn R. Hudson (D, 2025), Evelyn M. Schubert ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 2024) and Peyman "Ray" Yazdi (D, 2023).<ref name=Council>[http://www.bloomingdalenj.net/Cit-e-Access/TownCouncil/?TID=137&TPID=12980 Borough Council], Borough of Bloomingdale. Accessed March 19, 2023. "The Borough form of government was enabled by legislation in 1878 allowing citizens residing in an area no greater than four square miles and with less than 5,000 residents to establish a local government composed of a mayor and a six-member council. The original legislation was later modified to simplify the regulations relating to the Borough form of government."</ref><ref>[http://www.bloomingdalenj.net/documents/1601_certifiedintrobudget_2022.pdf#page=14 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Bloomingdale. Accessed July 2, 2022.</ref><ref name=PassaicDirectory>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/5705/638004837984030000#page=66 ''Passaic County 2022 Directory''], [[Passaic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Passaic2022>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/6026/638060192685700000 2022 General Election November 8, 2022 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results], [[Passaic County, New Jersey]], updated December 7, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Passaic2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Passaic/111517/web.278093/#/summary 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], Passaic County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Passaic2020>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/3378/637678115691870000 November 3, 2020 Summary Report Official Results], Passaic County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

Council President John D’Amato was selected to serve as acting mayor, filling the seat expiring in December 2023 that became vacant following the death of Jonathan Dunleavy in November 2020.<ref>Zimmer, David M. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/bloomingdale/2021/09/23/passaic-county-nj-bloomingdale-park-mayor-jonathan-dunleavy/5818464001/ "Passaic County's Friendship Park updated, renamed in honor of former Bloomingdale mayor"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 23, 2021. Accessed July 2, 2022. "The newly renamed and enhanced Mayor Dunleavy Memorial Park was dedicated this month by the county's Board of Commissioners in memory of Jonathan Dunleavy. Dunleavy, who grew up in Clifton, died on Nov. 6, 2020, about a decade after he was first elected Bloomingdale's mayor. John D’Amato, the acting mayor in Dunleavy's absence, said the dedication of the park was a fitting tribute to the community leader."</ref> In December 2021, after D'Amato was elected as mayor in the November 2021 general election, the borough council selected Dominic Catalano from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by John D'Amato until he stepped down from office after being certified as mayor; Catalano served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when voters chose him to serve the balance of the term.<ref>[http://www.bloomingdalenj.net/uppages/12_2021_Mins_DEC21.pdf Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Governing Body December 21, 2021], Borough of Bloomingdale. Accessed July 2, 2022. "Mayor D’Amato asked for motion to appoint Dominic Catalano to fill the vacant council seat; motion to appoint Dominic Catalano was made by John Graziano, seconded by Dawn Hudson & carried per the following roll call vote... Oath of Office given to Dominic Catalano..."</ref><ref name=Passaic2022/>