Editing Delanco Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[File:Delanco Township, NJ municipal building (1), Dec. 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Delanco Township municipal building]]
Delanco Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form.<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 the township's governing body and is responsible for formulating policies, approving the annual budget and enacting ordinances and resolutions to provide a legislative framework. Voters approved a measure in 2000 that expanded the Township Committee from three to five members starting in 2002.<ref name=Committee/> 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. 38.</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 Delanco Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Matt Bartlett ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2024), [[Deputy Mayor]] Carolyn Suess (R, term on committee ends 2025; term as deputy mayor ends 2024), Fernand C. Ouelette (D, 2026), Kate Fitzpatrick (R, 2025), and Mike Templeton ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2024).<ref name=Committee>[http://www.delancotownship.com/content/5298/6396/default.aspx Meet Your Township Committee], Delanco Township. Accessed April 24, 2023. "The Township Committee is the township's governing body. This elective body is responsible for formulating policies, approving the annual budget and enacting ordinances and resolutions to provide a legislative framework. Beginning in 2002 the Township Committee increased to a five-member committee. This increase in the Committee was approved by the voters in the 2000 General Election. The Township Committee consists of a mayor, deputy mayor and three committee members."</ref><ref>[http://www.delancotownship.com/filestorage/5328/6391/6400/13979/2022_Budget_State_Form.pdf#page=7 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Delanco Township. Accessed May 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Burlington2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Burlington/116176/web.307039/#/summary November 8, 2022 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 29, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Burlington2021>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2021/General//2021_G_OFFICIAL_Summary.pdf November 2, 2021 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Burlington2020>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf November 3, 2020 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130228/https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

Delanco's Chief of Police is Adam Tilger.<ref>[http://www.delancotownship.com/content/5302/5831/default.aspx Department Personnel], Delanco Township. Accessed April 24, 2023.</ref> Delanco Township's Administrator is Richard Schwab.<ref name=Administrator/> The Township Clerk and Assistant Administrator is Janice Lohr.<ref name=Clerk/>