Editing Galloway Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Galloway Township operates under the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) within Plan E of the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] form of New Jersey municipal government, implemented based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] as of January 1, 1976.<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed November 18, 2013.</ref> The township is one of 42 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 the Township Council, which is comprised of seven members who are elected [[at-large]] in partisan elections to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with an election in odd-numbered years in which either three or four seats come up for vote on an alternating basis as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting after each election, members of Council select one of their members to take the office of Mayor and another to serve as Deputy Mayor, who serve two-year terms in that office.<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=12 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The Township Council is led by a Mayor whose role is to preside over meetings and sign certain documents on behalf of the township. The Council sets policy for the township as its governing body, with the day-to-day operation of the Township and its municipal services delegated to the Township Manager.<ref>[http://www.gtnj.org/form-govt.html Form of Municipal Government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611105242/http://www.gtnj.org/form-govt.html |date=2015-06-11 }}, Galloway Township. Accessed May 18, 2015.</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the members of Galloway Township Council are Mayor Anthony Coppola ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term as mayor ends December 31, 2025 and on council ends December 31, 2027), Deputy Mayor Rich Clute (R, term as deputy mayor ends 2025 and on council ends 2027), R.J. Amato III (R, 2025), Tom Bassford (R, 2025), Tony DiPietro (R, 2027), Clifton Sudler Jr. (R, 2025), and Muhammad Umar (R, 2025).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.gtnj.org/index.php/departments/mayor-and-council Mayor and Council], Galloway Township. Accessed June 6, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.gtnj.org/index.php/finance-docs/budgets/1974-2023-budget-introduction/file 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Galloway Township. Accessed June 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Govt>[https://www.atlantic-county.org/county-government/municipalities.asp#gallowaytownship Municipal Government], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Atlantic/111509/web.285569/#/summary General Election Results - November 2, 2021], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]] updated January 4, 2022. Accessed January 5, 2022.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Atlantic/99000/web/#/summary General Election Results - November 5, 2019], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]], updated November 19, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>