Editing Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[File:Pittsgrove Township, NJ municipal building, Sept. 2024.jpg|thumb|right|Municipal Building]]
Pittsgrove Township 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 [[direct election|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. 19.</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|2022}}, members of the Pittsgrove Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Fiore Copare ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2023; term as mayor ends 2022), [[Deputy Mayor]] Francesca I. Spinelli (R, term on committee ends 2024; term as deputy mayor ends 2022), Eric Harz (R, 2022), William A. Schmidt (R, 2023) and Kevin Yeagle (R, 2024).<ref name=Committee>[https://pittsgrovetownship.com/committees/ Township Committee], Pittsgrove Township. Accessed July 31, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.pittsgrovetownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1710_certifiedadoptbudget_2021.pdf#page=13 2021 Municipal Data Sheet], Pittsgrove Township. Accessed July 31, 2022.</ref><ref name=Salem2021>[https://salemcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OFFICIAL-General-Election-Results-Salem-County-2021-min.pdf Election Summary Report General Election Salem County November 2, 2021 Official Results Report], [[Salem County, New Jersey]], updated November 15, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Salem2020>[https://salemcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ElectionSummaryReportRPT-short-version-revised-min.pdf Election Summary Report Salem County NJ General Election November 3, 2020 Official Report], [[Salem County, New Jersey]], updated November 25, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Salem2019>[https://salemcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Official-Result-Summary-Report-min.pdf November 5, 2019 Summary Report Salem County, NJ Official Results], [[Salem County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 18, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

==== Public safety ====
Pittsgrove Township is protected by the [[New Jersey State Police]].<ref>[https://www.pittsgrovetownship.com/general-info/local-interests/facts-about-pittsgrove/ Facts About Pittsgrove], Pittsgrove Township. Accessed February 18, 2025.</ref> American Legion Ambulance Corps (who purchased the Elmer Ambulance Corps in 2018) and Norma/Alliance Rescue provide EMS services to the township. Centerton Fire Company,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/south-jersey-towns/2016/10/centerton_fire_company_celebra.html|title=Centerton Fire Company celebrates 50th anniversary|last=Bulletin|first=Community|date=2016-10-11|website=nj.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> Willow Grove Fire Company, and Norma/Alliance Fire Rescue provide fire protection services for the township.<ref>[https://pittsgrovetownship.com/general-info/local-interests/fire-districts/ Fire Districts], Pittsgrove Township. Accessed February 18, 2025.</ref>