Editing River Vale, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
River Vale is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] system of municipal government (Plan E), implemented by direct petition as of January 1, 1979.<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=2013-10-12 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed November 5, 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 two separate and coequal power centers, each directly elected by voters, with the Mayor serving as Chief Executive, while the Council is the municipal legislature. The Township Council has five members elected [[at-large]] to four-year staggered terms on a partisan basis, with either two seats (plus the mayor) or three seats coming up for vote in even-numbered years 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. 165.</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><ref>[http://www.rivervalenj.org/149/Mayor-Council Mayor & Council], Township of River Vale. Accessed October 7, 2019.</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, the [[Mayor]] of River Vale is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Mark Bromberg, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.rivervalenj.org/150/Office-of-the-Mayor Office of the Mayor], Township of River Vale. Accessed March 15, 2023.</ref> The members of the Township Council are Council President Paul J. Criscuolo (R, 2024), Vice President Denise E. Sieg ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2026), Ari Ben-Yishay (R, 2024), John Donovan (R, 2024) and James Tolomeo Jr. (R, 2026).<ref>[https://www.rivervalenj.org/240/Town-Council Town Council], Township of River Vale. Accessed March 15, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.rivervalenj.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/113 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of River Vale. Accessed July 18, 2022.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/2024-county-directory.pdf#page=60 ''2024 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2022>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/Certified%20Statement%20of%20Vote%20Book%2011-21-22.pdf Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Bergen2020>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/NOV_2020_General_Precinct_Summary.pdf Precinct Summary Results Report - Combined 2020 Bergen County General Election - November 3, 2020 Official Results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], December 3, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

In February 2014, the Township Council selected John Donovan from among a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacancy of Noel Matos, who resigned from office in the previous month due to work commitments.<ref>Spear, Lisa. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/river-vale-council-welcomes-new-member-1.671752 "River Vale Council welcomes new member"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109080652/http://www.northjersey.com/news/river-vale-council-welcomes-new-member-1.671752 |date=2015-01-09 }}, ''Pascack Valley Community Life'', February 13, 2014. Accessed January 8, 2015. "'I believe in this town," said newly appointed Councilman John Donovan in the days after Monday, Jan. 27, when the River Vale Council unanimously voted to install him as a member of the governing body.... Former Councilman Noel Matos resigned from his post on the council in January, citing work obligations that prevented him from continuing to fulfill his role."</ref>