Editing Sandyston Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Sandyston 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 governing body is comprised of the three-person Township Committee, whose members are elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one seat coming up for election each year as part of the November general election.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 110.</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|2024}}, members of the Sandyston Township Committee are [[Mayor]] George B. Harper Jr. ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2026; term as mayor ends 2024), [[Deputy Mayor]] Kamala M. "Kammy" Hull (R, term on committee ends 2025; term as deputy mayor ends 2024) and Ronald E. Green (R, 2024).<ref name=TownshipCommittee>[https://www.sandystontownship.com/government/mayor Township Committee], Sandyston Township. Accessed May 24, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://ecode360.com/documents/SA1004/public/753045295.pdf 2024 Municipal User Friendly Budget], Sandyston Township. Accessed May 24, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2023>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nov-7-2023-GE-OFFICIAL-summary-rpt-with-write-ins-suppressed.pdf Summary Results Report Official Results November 7 2023 General Election], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], November 22, 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2022>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NOV-8-2022-GE-Official-County-Summary.pdf Sussex County, New Jersey General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results Summary Report], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], dated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Sussex2021>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/official-11-22-21.pdf Summary Results Report November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In January 2016, the Township Committee selected Kamala "Kammy" Hull from three names nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by William J. Leppert until his resignation effective the previous month; Hull will serve on an interim basis until the November 2016 general election, when voters will select a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>[http://www.sandystontownship.com/minutes_january_4_2016.pdf Reorganization Meeting Minutes January 4, 2016], Sandyston Township. Accessed August 2, 2016. "With the resignation of William J. Leppert from the Township Committee, effective December 31, 2015, the Clerk presented a list of three names prepared by the Sandyston Township Municipal Committee to fill the unexpired term set to expire December 31, 2016. The three names presented were Kamala M. Hull, Kelly Hanlon and Keith Utter. Mayor Harper stated Mayor Harper made a motion to appoint Kamala Hull to fill the unexpired term of William J. Leppert, left vacant by his resignation, seconded by Deputy Mayor MacDonald and unanimously carried."</ref><ref>Comstock, Lori. [http://www.njherald.com/article/20160608/ARTICLE/306089965 "Sandyston incumbent beats out challenger"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', June 8, 2016. Accessed August 2, 2016. "Kamala Hull had been appointed to the Township Committee in January to fill the unexpired term of William J. Leppert, who had resigned in December."</ref>