Editing Egg Harbor City, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
The City of Egg Harbor City is governed by the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (small municipality)|Small Municipality Plan]], which is available to communities with fewer than 12,000 residents at the time of adoption. The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this 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 governing body is comprised of the mayor and the City Council, with all elected [[at-large]] in partisan elections as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected to a four-year term of office. The City Council includes nine members, who are elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis in a three-year cycle, with three seats coming up for election each year.<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 name=Form>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100412165208/http://www.eggharborcity.org/main/government.asp Egg Harbor City Government], Egg Harbor City, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 12, 2010. Accessed February 4, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=14 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 14. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

The mayor is the statutory head of the Police department and the city's Chief Executive Officer. The City Council makes local laws, sets an agenda pertaining to the direction that the governments programs and approves budgets for various programs. The City Administrator takes the elected officials programs and sets policy and procedures in order to carry out the day-to-day operations of the municipality. The City Administrator also deals with federal, state, county and neighboring municipal officials to implement the community's needs.

{{As of|2023}}, the [[Mayor]] of Egg Harbor City is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Lisa Jiampetti, whose four-year term of office ends on December 31, 2024. Members of the City Council are Council President Joseph A. Kuehner Jr. ([[Democratic Party (United States)D, 2027), Donna M. Heist (R,2026), Rick Dovey (D, 2027), Steven J. Dash (R, 2025), Nanette LoBiondo Galloway (D, 2025), Kim Hesse (D, 2027), Ingrid Nieves-Clark (R, 2025), President Pro Tempore Karl Timbers (D, 2026) and Mason Wright Jr. (D, 2026).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[http://eggharborcity.org/mayor-common-council/ Mayor & Common Council], Egg Harbor City. Accessed June 5, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://www.eggharborcity.org/2023/05/2023-introduced-budget/ 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Egg Harbor City. Accessed June 5, 2023.</ref><ref name=Govt>[https://www.atlantic-county.org/county-government/municipalities.asp#eggharborcity Municipal Government], [[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>