Editing Corbin City, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Corbin City operates within the [[City (New Jersey)|City]] form of New Jersey municipal government.<ref>[http://www.aclink.org/Freeholders/manual/pdfs/Municipalities.pdf Forms of Municipal Government in Atlantic County], Atlantic County, New Jersey. Accessed November 17, 2013.</ref> The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this traditional 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 city's governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the three-member City Council. The Mayor is elected [[at-large]] to a two-year term of office and the City Council has three members elected at-large to three-year terms in 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. 13.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=4 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 4. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEAA86D0A130D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Corbin City Profile"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 12, 1993. Accessed May 15, 2012. "Government Form: Mayor/Council"</ref><ref>[https://sites.google.com/view/corbincitynj/government/form-of-government Form of Government], City of Corbin City. Accessed June 5, 2023. "Corbin City follows the Traditional City form of Government"</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, the [[Mayor]] of Corbin City is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Robert J. Schulte, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the City Council are Council President LaVerne Kirn (R, 2024), Bill Collins (R, 2023) and Daniel Patterson (R, 2025).<ref name=Officials>[https://sites.google.com/view/corbincitynj/government Government], City of Corbin City. Accessed June 5, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://ecode360.com/documents/CO0876/public/722245460.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Corbin City. Accessed June 5, 2023.</ref><ref name=Govt>[https://www.atlantic-county.org/county-government/municipalities.asp#corbincity Municipal Governments], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 5, 2023.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2022>[https://www.atlanticcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022-General-Election-Results-Amended-v.1.pdf 2022 General Election Results - Amended], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]] Clerk, updated December 5, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Atlantic/111509/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]], updated January 4, 2022. Accessed February 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Atlantic/107166/web.264614/#/summary November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]], update January 4, 2021. Accessed February 1, 2021.</ref>

In January 2022, the City Council selected former councilmember Thomas Bennis from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat vacated by Kristofer Surran, who resigned the previous month amid his accusations that his council colleagues had been violating the state's Open Public Meetings Act by addressing official city business outside of public meetings.<ref>Barlow, Bill. [https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/big-changes-in-atlantic-countys-smallest-municipality/article_e7b7d26c-731a-11ec-8254-1f6efca9c2da.html "Big changes in Atlantic County's smallest municipality"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', January 13, 2022. Accessed April 19, 2022. "Former Council member Kristofer Surran resigned late last year, effective Dec. 31. Contacted Tuesday, Surran accused the other members of the governing body of discussing matters outside of regular meetings, alleging violations of the Open Public Meetings Act.... Surran’s resignation left one seat to fill until the next election. Of three potential candidates, the council members chose Thomas Bennis, a former council member who had lost a previous reelection bid."</ref>

In 2018, the city had an average property tax bill of $3,680, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $6,367 in Atlantic 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 Corbin City was $3,680 in 2018, the lowest in Atlantic County."</ref>