Editing Woolwich Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Woolwich Township 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> 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. 19.</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><ref>Cerra, Michael F. [https://www.njlm.org/809/3982/Forms-of-Govt-Magazine-Article "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor, and another as Deputy Mayor.<ref>[https://woolwichtwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Woolwich-Township_2020_Audit.pdf#page=30 ''Report of Audit for the Year Ended December 31, 2020''], Woolwich Township. Accessed July 26, 2022. "The Township is governed under the Township Committee form of government, with a five-member Committee. The Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor."</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, members of the Woolwich Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Natalie Matthias ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], term on committee ends December 31, 2026; term as mayor ends 2025), Deputy Mayor Michael Nocentino (D, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2025), Craig Frederick ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 2027), Francis McGovern Jr. (D, 2026) and Cindy Minhas (R, 2027).<ref name=Officials>[https://woolwichtwp.org/government/woolwich-township-committee/ Township Committee], Woolwich Township. Accessed January 26, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://woolwichtwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/0824_certifiedintrobudget_2024.pdf$page=11 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Woolwich Township. Accessed January 26, 2025.</ref><ref name=GloucesterDirectory>[https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7330/2024-Directory?bidId= ''Gloucester County 2024 Official Directory''], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/122580/web.345435/#/summary General Election November 5, 2024 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/118787/web.317647/#/summary General Election November 7, 2023 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]], November 20, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/115746/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Summary Report Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] Clerk, November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

In 2018, the township had an average property tax bill of $10,727, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide.<ref>Marcus, Samantha. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Woolwich Township was $10,727 in 2018, the highest in Gloucester County."</ref>