Editing Hazlet, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Hazlet is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<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 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. 67.</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><ref>Cerra, Michael F. [https://www.njlm.org/809/3982/Forms-of-Govt-Magazine-Article "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected annually by the Committee from among its five members at a reorganization meeting held each January.

{{As of|2025}}, members of the Hazlet Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Michael C. Sachs ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2027; term as mayor ends 2025), [[Deputy Mayor]] Peter Terranova (R, term on committee ends 2027; term as deputy mayor ends 2027), James A. Cavuto (R, 2025), Robert Preston Jr. (R, 2025) and Alice Campos Zanghi (R, 2027).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.hazlettwp.org/202/Township-Committee Township Committee], Township of Hazlet. Accessed January 27, 2025. "The governing body is comprised of five members, elected to three-year, staggered terms. There is an election of at least one member every year. The members appoint a mayor and a deputy mayor for one-year terms."</ref><ref>[https://www.hazlettwp.org/DocumentCenter/View/8502/2024-Adopted-Budget-PDF#page=8 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Hazlet. Accessed January 27, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/122857/web.345435/#/summary November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated December 16, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/119047/web.317647/#/summary November 8, 2023 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated January 18, 2024. Accessed January 22, 2024.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/116246/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

In April 2022, the Township Committee selected Peter Terranova to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Tara Corcoran-Clark until she stepped down from office in February due to health issues. In May 2022, Robert Preston was appointed to the seat that had been held by Scott Aagre until resigned from office the previous month from a seat expiring in December 2022.<ref>Wall, Jeanne. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/hazlet-and-keyport/sections/government/articles/peter-terranova-appointed-to-hazlet-township-committee-april-5-committeeman-mike-glackin-appointed-deputy-mayor-following-scott-aagre-s-resignation "Peter Terranova Appointed to Hazlet Township Committee April 5. Committeeman Mike Glackin Appointed Deputy Mayor, following Scott Aagre's Resignation."], TAP into Hazlet and Keyport, April 11, 2022. Accessed April 25, 2022. "Peter Terranova has been appointed to the Hazlet Township Committee to fill the vacancy left by Tara Clark, who resigned in February for family health reasons.... Immediately after being sworn in, Terranova, a Republican, joined Mayor Michael Sachs, Mike Glackin and James 'Skip' McKay on the governing body. Following his swearing-in, Mike Glackin was then appointed Deputy Mayor, following the resignation April 1, of Deputy Mayor Scott Aagre."</ref><ref>Sockol, Matthew. [https://centraljersey.com/2022/05/04/hazlet-committee-appointments/ "Two new members appointed to Township Committee in Hazlet"], CentralJersey.com, May 4, 2022. Accessed July 13, 2022. "Committeeman Scott Aagre announced his resignation from the Township Committee ahead of Terranova’s appointment. Aagre’s resignation was accepted by the committee members during the same meeting at which Terranova was appointed to succeed Clark. On May 3, Robert Preston was appointed to fill the seat that was previously held by Aagre."</ref>

In January 2019, former councilmember Michael Sachs was selected to fill the council seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Susan Kiley until she resigned to take office on the [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]] [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of Chosen Freeholders]].<ref>[https://moremonmouthmusings.net/2019/01/18/michael-sachs-takes-sue-kileys-seat-on-hazlet-township-committee/ "Michael Sachs Takes Sue Kiley’s Seat On Hazlet Township Committee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109094916/http://www.moremonmouthmusings.net/2019/01/18/michael-sachs-takes-sue-kileys-seat-on-hazlet-township-committee/ |date=January 9, 2020 }}, More Monmouth Musings, January 18, 2019. Accessed April 23, 2020. "Long time community leader Michael Sachs returned to the Hazlet Township Committee this week after a two year hiatus. Sachs, 59, was appointed to the committee to fill the vacancy created when Sue Kiley resigned upon becoming a Monmouth County Freeholder. Sachs, a Republican, is expected to seek Hazlet voters approval in November to complete the term which expires on December 31, 2020."</ref> Sachs served on an interim basis until the November 2019 general election, when he was chosen to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Monmouth2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/98884/web/#/summary General Election November 5, 2019 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated December 16, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>