Editing Mount Ephraim, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Mount Ephraim has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] by a three-member commission, since 1935. The borough is one of 30 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 three commissioners, who are elected [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis in elections held as part of the November municipal election to serve concurrent terms of office. Each commissioner is assigned a department to oversee as part of their elected service and a mayor is selected by the commissioners from the three candidates elected.<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=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF The Commission Form of Municipal Government] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811025109/http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=2014-08-11 }}, p. 53. Accessed August 11, 2007.</ref> In January 2023, the commissioners voted to shift municipal elections from May to the November general election, citing the savings achieved as the cost of November elections are covered by the county while May elections are conducted at the expense of the municipality.<ref>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/news/public-hearing-on-ordinance-to-move-municipal-election-to-november/ "Ordinance Adopted to Move Municipal Election to November"], Borough of Mount Ephraim, January 23, 2023. Accessed June 8, 2023. "The Mayor and Commissioners adopted an ordinance at the February 2 commission meeting to move the municipal election from May to November. The reason for this change is because of the budget savings. May municipal elections are paid for entirely by the municipality whereas a lot of the costs of the November election are borne by Camden County. For this year, the town anticipates saving about $12,000 in election costs."</ref> Term-end dates for those commissioners serving when the ordinance was adopted were extended to December 2023.<ref>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ordinance-2023-01.pdf Ordinance Of The Borough Of Mount Ephraim, County Of Camden, State Of New Jersey, Changing The Day Of The Regular Municipal Election], Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed June 8, 2023. "BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the term of any person in office on the date of the adoption of this Ordinance shall be extended until the beginning of the term of the person elected to that office on the day of the general election in November."</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, Mount Ephraim's commissioners are 
Mayor Susan Carney (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), 
Michael Marrone (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property)
Joseph Wolk (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end December 31, 2028.<ref name=Commissioners>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/commissioners/ Commissioners], Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed April 12, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Municipal-Budget.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed June 8, 2023.</ref><ref>Biryukov, Nikita. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/incumbents-re-elected-in-mt-ephraim/ "Incumbents narrowly re-elected in Mt. Ephraim Gies replaces retiring commissioner"], New Jersey Globe, May 14, 2019. Accessed September 18, 2019. "Incumbents have won re-election in Mt. Ephraim. Mayor Joseph Wolk and Commissioner Traz Tovinsky were re-elected Tuesday. George Gies, a newcomer running on their slate, won the seat held by Commissioner Andrew Gilmore, who did not seek re-election."</ref>