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=== Local government === Wall 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> It is the oldest form of government in New Jersey, having been first established in 1798, and enhanced by the Township Act of 1989. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters [[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 in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 67.</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> Each year, at the annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to preside as mayor for the year, and another to serve as deputy mayor. It is the only form of government in which the mayor is not elected directly by the voters of the municipality. Wall is one of 11 Monmouth County municipalities that use the Township form of government.<ref name=DataBook/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140112055548/http://www.wallnj.com/dir.htm Form of Government], Wall Township, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 12, 2014. Accessed June 7, 2015.</ref> {{As of|2023}}, the members of the Wall Township Committee are Mayor Timothy J. Farrell ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2023), Deputy Mayor Erin M. Mangan (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2023), Daniel F. Becht (R, 2023), Timothy J. Clayton (R, 2025) and Kevin P. Orender (R, 2025).<ref name=Committee>[http://www.wallnj.com/225/Wall-Township-Committee Wall Township Committee], Wall Township. Accessed May 2, 2023. "Wall Township operates under the township form of municipal government. The Township Committee, which is the Governing Body, consists of 5 members elected at-large for 3-year, overlapping terms. At the annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects a Mayor and Deputy Mayor."</ref><ref>[http://www.wallnj.com/DocumentCenter/View/11298/2023-Municipal-Budget---Introduced 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Wall Township. Accessed May 2, 2023.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/116246/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/111499/web.278093/#/summary November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], December 13, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/107171/web.264614/#/summary November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated November 3, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref> Jeffrey Foster resigned from his position on the Township Committee in July 2014 to seek a position with the township.<ref>Staff. [http://www.moremonmouthmusings.net/2014/07/14/jeffrey-foster-resigns-from-wall-township-committee/ "MMM Good Advertising; Jeffrey Foster resigns from Wall Township Committee"], More Monmouth Musings, July 14, 2014. Accessed July 26, 2015. "Jeffery W. Foster resigned from the Wall Township Committee last week. He is applying to be the Director of Public Works for the Township and wants his application to be considered on its merits, not based upon his political position."</ref> Dominick DiRocco was appointed later that month to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2016 and won election to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>[http://www.wallnj.com/directory.aspx?EID=56 Dominick DiRocco ], Township of Wall. Accessed July 26, 2015. "Committeeman Dominick DiRocco was appointed to the Wall Township Committee on July 23, 2014 to fill a vacancy on the municipal governing body, and was subsequently elected to his first term on November 4, 2014."</ref>
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