Editing Lebanon Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Lebanon Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of government, a form used by 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide.<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, comprised of five members, is 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. 103.</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> At an annual reorganization meeting held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.<ref name=Committee/>

{{As of|2022}}, the Lebanon Township Committee consists of [[Mayor]] Beverly Koehler ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2025; term as mayor ends 2023), Deputy Mayor Thomas R. McKee (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2023), Abe Abuchowski (R, 2023; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Michael Schmidt (R, 2024) and Brian K. Wunder (R, 2025).<ref name=Committee>[https://lebanontownship.net/township-committee/ Township Committee], Lebanon Township. Accessed May 4, 2023. "The Township of Lebanon is governed by a five member Township Committee consisting of township residents elected for three year terms. The committee organizes annually during the first week in January, at which time it elects a Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among its members.... In addition to the Township Committee, a number of boards, commissions, and committees, comprised of township residents, are established."</ref><ref>[https://lebanontownship.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1019_certifiedintrobudget_2023.pdf#page=14 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Lebanon Township. Accessed May 4, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonPage>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/921/Lebanon-Township Township of Lebanon], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 4, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonDirectory>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/5487/2022-Hunterdon-County-and-Municipal-Officials-Directory-PDF#page=81 ''2022 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2022>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/9118/G2022-Official-SOV-PDF Hunterdon County District Canvass November 8, 2022, General Election], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2021>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6226/2021-General-Election-Official-Results-by-Municipality-PDF November 2, 2021 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2020>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/8592/2020-Official-General-Election-Results-Municipality-PDF November 3, 2020 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

In January 2021, the Township Committee appointed Abe Abuchowski to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Brian Wunder who resigned from office the previous month.<ref>Resnick, Marin. [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/hunterdon_review/news/audio-lebanon-township-swears-in-two-returning-one-new-committee-member/article_6589fa96-ee1b-59ea-bc96-1c91005ab5b5.html "Lebanon Township swears in two returning, one new committee member"], ''Hunterdon Review'', January 11, 2021. Accessed June 26, 2022. "The Township Committee swore in returning members Tom McKee and Marc Laul and welcomed newest member Abe Abuchowski during its annual reorganization meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 6.... Abuchowski fills the one-year, unexpired term of Brian Wunder who resigned in December."</ref> Abuchowski served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when Guy Wilson was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Primerano, Jane. [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/hunterdon_review/news/video-lebanon-township-swears-guy-wilson-onto-committee-clarifies-medical-cannabis-license/article_328c8121-c0e6-5b1a-a7e2-4c74fb27c51d.html "Lebanon Township swears Guy Wilson onto committee; clarifies medical cannabis license"], ''New Jersey Hills'', November 21, 2021. "Republican Guy Wilson was sworn in as the newest member of the Township Committee at its Wednesday, Nov. 17, meeting. He replaces Republican Abe Abuchowski, who was appointed in January of this year to fill the unexpired term of Republican Brian Wunder, who resigned last year."</ref>