Editing Burlington Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Burlington Township is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] (Plan E) form of municipal government, implemented based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] as of January 1, 1975.<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 21, 2013.</ref> The township is one of 71 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 comprised of the Mayor and the seven-member Township Council, all of whom are elected [[at-large]] in partisan elections to four-year terms in office on a staggered basis as part of the November general election. Either three or four council seats are up for vote in even-numbered years, with the mayoral seat up for vote during the same election where three council seats are on the ballot.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 38.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the [[Mayor]] of Burlington Township is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] E.L. "Pete" Green, who was appointed to serve an unexpired term of office ending December 31, 2026. Members of the Burlington Township Council are Council President Robert W. Jung (D, 2024), President Pro Tem Prabhdeep "Pavi" Pandher (D, 2024; elected to fill an unexpired term), Daniel Carducci (D, 2026), Joyce R. Howell (D, 2026), George M. Kozub (D, 2026), Carl M. Schoenborn (D, 2024) and Patricia "Trish" Siboczy (D, 2024).<ref name=Government>[http://www.twp.burlington.nj.us/content/159/195/default.aspx Mayor and Council], Township of Burlington. Accessed May 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[http://www.twp.burlington.nj.us/filestorage/279/714/959/963/2024_Introduced_Budget.pdf#page=9 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Burlington. Accessed May 3, 2024.</ref><ref name=Burlington2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Burlington/116176/web.307039/#/summary November 8, 2022 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 29, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Burlington2020>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf November 3, 2020 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130228/https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

In December 2021, the Township Council appointed Daniel Carducci to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that became vacant following the resignation of Michael K. Cantwell earlier that month. In January 2022, the Township Council appointed E.L. "Pete" Green to fill the mayoral seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Brian J. Carlin until he resigned from office the previous month to take a seat as the [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]] [[Probate court|Surrogate]], while Prabhdeep "Pavi" Pandher was appointed to fill Green's Township Council seat expiring in 2024.<ref>[http://twp.burlington.nj.us/job-display/?FeedID=1346 Press Release: Mayor and Councilmembers], Burlington Township, dated January 25, 2022. "Burlington Township would like to welcome its new Mayor E.L. 'Pete' Green, Councilman since 1994 Council President; 2007, 2012 and President Pro Tem; 1999, the Mayor was appointed on December 14, 2021 in a special meeting of Burlington Township Council after the resignation of long time Mayor Brian J. Carlin who was elected Burlington County Surrogate in the November 2021 election. At a special meeting of Township Council Mayor E.L 'Pete' Green's vacant seat as Councilman was filled by Prabhdeep 'Pavi' Pandher, former BOE Committee Member: Finance, Foundation Committee Liaison and Burlington Township Resident since 2004. Burlington Township would also like to congratulate Councilman Michael K. Cantwell who retired effective December 3, 2021. At a special meeting of the Township Council on December 14, 2021 his vacant seat was filled by our new Councilman Daniel Carducci, a Burlington Township Resident for over 38 years."</ref> Pandher served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Burlington2022/>