Editing Hardyston Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Hardyston Township operates under a [[Special charter (New Jersey)|special charter]] granted by the [[New Jersey Legislature]]. The township is one of 11 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use a special charter.<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><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=15 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 15. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the five-member Township Council, whose members are elected [[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. At an annual reorganization meeting held in the first week of January, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.<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>[http://www.hardyston.com/resources/hardyston-form-of-government/ Form of Government], Hardyston Township. Accessed October 7, 2012. "In 1985, Hardyston Township voted by referendum to adopt the council-manager form of government, which combines the strong political leadership of an elected council with the managerial expertise of an appointed manager or administrator."</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the members of the Hardyston Township Council are [[Mayor]] Frank Cicerale ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2026; term as mayor ends 2025), [[Deputy Mayor]] Brian J. Kaminski (R, term on committee ends 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2024), Stanley J. Kula (R, 2025), Carl B. Miller (R, 2024) and Santo Verrilli (R, 2025).<ref name=TownshipCouncil>[https://www.hardyston.com/wp-content/documents/municipal_directory.pdf Municipal Directory], Hardyston Township. Accessed May 24, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://hardyston.com/wp-content/documents/municipal-budget-2024.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Hardyston 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>