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===Local government=== Roosevelt is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<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 borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year 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. 135.</ref> The borough form of government used by Roosevelt is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<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><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> {{As of|2025}}, the mayor of Roosevelt is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Peggy Malkin, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.<ref name=Mayor>[https://rooseveltnj.us/government/mayor Mayor], Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025.</ref> The members of the Roosevelt Borough Council are Council President Joseph E. Trammell (D, 2026), Robert Atwood (D, 2024), Louis Esakoff (D, 2026), Danelle Feigenbaum (D, 2025; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Constance Herrstrom (D, 2025), Kristine Kaufman-Marut (D, 2027) and Ralph Warnick (D, 2027).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://rooseveltnj.us/government/council-members Mayor and Council], Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://rooseveltnj.us/images/finance/2024-Budget-Introduction-Roosevelt.pdf#page=13 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 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 June 2021, the borough council selected Constance Herrstrom from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Luke D. Dermody until he resigned from office.<ref>[https://www.rooseveltnj.us/images/council/agendas-minutes/2021/BC-minutes-062121.pdf Borough Council Meeting Minutes for June 21, 2021], Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed May 12, 2022. "Mayor Malkin read a letter from the Roosevelt Democratic Municipal Committee, dated June 17, 2021, submitting the following three nominees to fill the vacancy left by Councilman Luke Dermody: Constance J. Herrstrom, Jean S. Shahn, Jacquelin A. Carpenter.... Oath of Office to be administered at the next Borough Council meeting."</ref> Herrstrom served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Monmouth2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/111499/web.278093/#/summary November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], December 13, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref> In August 2017, Mayor Jeff Ellentuck (whose term was to expire in December 2019), Council President Stacey Bonna (in 2017) and Councilwoman Jill Lipoti (2018) all resigned, citing conflicts between factions of the Democratic Party in the borough.<ref>Solis, Steph. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/western-monmouth-county/2017/08/16/roosevelt-mayor-two-councilors-deputy-clerk-resign-over-infighting/569256001/ "Roosevelt mayor, council members resign over infighting"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 16, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2017. "Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, deputy borough clerk Kelly Tyers and council members Jill Lipoti and Stacey Bonna announced their resignation in a joint statement, citing an increasing divisiveness over the past two years."</ref> Councilmember Michael L. Ticktin, who had been elected to serve an unexpired term of office expiring in 2018, presented his resignation as Councilmember on August 19, leaving the three remaining councilmembers without the [[quorum]] needed to conduct official business. As in all such cases where there is an insufficient number of elected officials, Governor [[Chris Christie]] will have 30 days to appoint replacements to fill the vacancies.<ref>Solis, Steph. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/western-monmouth-county/2017/08/21/roosevelt-state-intervention-allegations/579532001/ "Roosevelt needs state intervention after councilman resigns, citing 'improper' code enforcement"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 21, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2017. "Michael Ticktin said in his resignation letter Friday morning that he felt compelled to leave the council after the three remaining members demonstrated a 'different philosophy of code enforcement.'... Peggy Malkin, Mike Hamilton and Joe Trammell remain on the council, but there are too many vacancies for the legislative body to hold a quorum.... It is up to the Office of Gov. Chris Christie to appoint replacements within 30 days, according to state law."</ref> Citing infighting on the council, Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, and councimembers Stacey Bonna and Jill Lipoti resigned in August 2017<ref>Solis, Steph. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/western-monmouth-county/2017/08/16/roosevelt-mayor-two-councilors-deputy-clerk-resign-over-infighting/569256001/ Roosevelt mayor, council members resign over infighting"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 16, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "The borough's mayor, deputy clerk and two council members resigned during Monday night's council meeting, saying they're sick of infighting. Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, deputy borough clerk Kelly Tyers and council members Jill Lipoti and Stacey Bonna announced their resignation in a joint statement, citing an increasing divisiveness over the past two years."</ref> and when councilmember Michael Ticktin resigned less than a week later, the governing body was left without a quorum.<ref>Solis, Steph. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/western-monmouth-county/2017/08/21/roosevelt-state-intervention-allegations/579532001/ "Roosevelt needs state intervention after councilman resigns, citing 'improper' code enforcement"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 21, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "State intervention is necessary after a week in which two council members and the mayor resigned over in-fighting and a third council member stepped down complaining of 'improper' code enforcement.Michael Ticktin said in his resignation letter Friday morning that he felt compelled to leave the council after the three remaining members demonstrated a "different philosophy of code enforcement.'... Peggy Malkin, Mike Hamilton and Joe Trammell remain on the council, but there are too many vacancies for the legislative body to hold a quorum."</ref> As specified by state law in such circumstances, [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Chris Christie]] selected registered Democrats Robin Middleman Filepp, Nicholas Murray and Maureen S. Parrott to fill the vacant seats, from applications submitted by borough residents.<ref>Solis, Steph. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/western-monmouth-county/2017/09/13/roosevelt-borough-new-council-members-appointed-by-nj-governors-office/662207001/ "Roosevelt: 3 new council members mean town has government again"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 13, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. ""Weeks after the mayor and three council members resigned citing infighting and improper code enforcement, Gov. Chris Christie appointed three new council members. Robin Middleman Filepp, Nicholas Murray and Maureen S. Parrott will join the Roosevelt Borough Council.All three appointees are registered Democrats living in the borough."</ref> In the November 2017 general election, Peggy Malkin was elected to serve the two years remaining on the mayoral term and Robin Filepp and Deirdre Sheean were elected to one-year vacancies on the borough council.<ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/71879/Web02/#/ General Election Results November 7, 2017 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 17, 2017.</ref> In February 2015, the borough council selected Jill Lipoti to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2017 of Michelle Hermelee, who had resigned earlier that month due to work demands.<ref>Ticktin, Michael. [http://www.web2sons.org/bulletin/months/march2015.pdf "Borough Council News: Citing Business Obligations, Michelle Hermelee Resigns from the Council; Jill Lipoti Elected by the Council to Replace Her Until November; Utility Repairs Proceed"], ''The Roosevelt Borough Bulletin'', March 215, Volume 38 Number 6. Accessed July 22, 2015. "On February 3, Councilwoman Michelle Hermelee, citing difficulty in balancing devoting sufficient time to the Council and running her business, submitted her resignation. At the February 23 meeting, the Council unanimously elected Jill Lipoti to fill the vacancy until the seat is filled for the unexpired term in November."</ref> In 2006, more than 80% of Roosevelt voters supported the [[Recall election|recall]] of Neil Marko, the borough's mayor, by a vote of 282β68, in an effort initiated by the Committee to Recall Marko. Voters chose Beth Battel, then the borough council's president, to replace Marko as mayor.<ref>Meggitt, Jane. [http://exa.gmnews.com/news/2006-02-16/Front_page/001.html "Recall voters give Marko the boot; New mayor, Beth Battel, says she will focus on water system, parking and school"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817093204/http://exa.gmnews.com/news/2006-02-16/Front_page/001.html |date=2014-08-17 }}, ''Examiner'', February 16, 2006. Accessed May 1, 2013. "An overwhelming majority of voters recalled Mayor Neil Marko in a special election held on Feb. 7. During the recall election, 282 residents voted to remove Marko from office, while 68 residents wanted him to stay."</ref> The recall election was part of a larger controversy regarding a local yeshiva, a school for Jewish boys, that had been permitted to operate in a local synagogue by Mayor Marko, who was also the congregation's president. While supporters of the yeshiva, including Mayor Marko, described the opposition as "thinly veiled prejudice", a local historian described the recall as reflecting "not so much anti-Semitism as anti-Orthodox feelings".<ref>Smothers, Ronald. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/nyregion/built-as-a-refuge-with-a-dash-of-utopia-it-faces-change-and.html "Built as a Refuge With a Dash of Utopia, It Faces Change and Resists It"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 20, 2005. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Neil Marko, who was president of the synagogue board and is now mayor of Roosevelt, accepted an offer to rent space for a yeshiva in the synagogue, serving 12 ninth graders at first but eventually 150 students.... Further, critics object to the way the synagogue's board of directors and the mayor have acted in bringing in the yeshiva. Critics have accused Mr. Marko of neglecting his duty as mayor for failing to consider the eventual effect of 150 students on the town's water, sewer and road infrastructure and taxes.... Mr. Marko and other supporters of the yeshiva said they suspected that what was really driving the resistance to the yeshiva was not safety concerns but a thinly veiled prejudice.... But Arthur Shapiro, the town historian who also grew up in Roosevelt, said he sensed that it was not so much anti-Semitism as anti-Orthodox feelings."</ref>
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