Editing Ringwood, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[Image:Ringwood2.jpg|thumb|300px|Ringwood Manor, with a [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] and part of the [[Hudson River Chain]]]]
Ringwood operates within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] form of municipal government Plan E, implemented based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] 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=October 12, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed November 1, 2013.</ref> The borough 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 borough's governing body is comprised of a seven-member borough council whose members are elected [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either three or four seats coming up for election in odd-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]], April 2006, p. 169.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=12 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://www.ringwoodnj.net/content/2345/default.aspx Government], Borough of Ringwood. Accessed January 15, 2013.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting held each January, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.<ref>[http://www.ringwoodnj.net/content/2345/2673/default.aspx Mayor & Council], Borough of Ringwood. Accessed July 1, 2022. "The Council Members are elected in partisan election as part of the November election to serve four-year terms on a staggered basis. The election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor by the Council is conducted during the Reorganization Meeting held within the first seven days of January each year."</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, members of the Ringwood Borough Council are [[Mayor]] Sean T. Noonan ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on council ends December 31, 2025; term as mayor ends 2023), Deputy Mayor Jaime Matteo-Landis (R, term on council and as deputy mayor ends 2023), Stephanie N. Baumgartner (R, 2025), Stephanie A. Forest (R, 2025), Michelle Kerr (R, 2023; elected to serve an unexpired term), Linda M. Schaefer (R, 2023), and John M. Speer (R, 2023).<ref name=BoroughOfficials>[http://www.ringwoodnj.net/content/2345/2689/default.aspx Borough Officials], Borough of Ringwood. Accessed July 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[http://www.ringwoodnj.net/filestorage/2347/2367/2406/4068/21812/2022_Adopted_Budget.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Ringwood. Accessed July 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=PassaicDirectory>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/5705/638004837984030000#page=76 ''Passaic County 2022 Directory''], [[Passaic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed April 16, 2023.</ref><ref name=Passaic2022>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/6026/638060192685700000 2022 General Election November 8, 2022 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results], [[Passaic County, New Jersey]], updated December 7, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name="Template2021">[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Passaic/111517/web.278093/#/summary 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], Passaic County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Passaic2019>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/3366/637678115112970000 2019 General Election November 5, 2019 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results], [[Passaic County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

In January 2022, the borough council appointed Michelle Kerr to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Michael McCracken until he resigned from office.<ref>Zimmer, David M. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/ringwood/2022/01/19/ringwood-nj-council-vacancy-michelle-kerr-school-board-candidate/6580446001/ "Ringwood council vacancy filled by 2021 school board candidate"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 9, 2022. Accessed July 1, 2022. "The Ringwood Borough Council bid farewell to Councilman Michael McCracken on Tuesday and shortly after that confirmed his replacement. McCracken, who retired from his job as a patrolman with the Bloomfield Police Department in late spring 2021, resigned amid a planned relocation. Elected in 2019, he left with slightly less than two years remaining in his term."</ref> Kerr served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Passaic2022/>

====Emergency services====
Ringwood is serviced by a volunteer [[Emergency medical services|ambulance corps]] and three volunteer [[fire company|fire companies]], with each fire company covering one section of the borough.<ref>[http://www.ringwoodnj.net/filestorage/2349/New_Resident_handbook_revised.pdf#page=10 New Resident Handbook 2012], Borough of Ringwood. Accessed March 13, 2013.</ref> The Erskine Lakes Fire Company covers Erskine Lakes, and Cupsaw Lake.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110201105304/http://erskinelakesfd.com/ Home page]}}, Erskine Lakes Volunteer Fire Company. Accessed March 13, 2013.</ref> Ringwood Volunteer Fire Company #1 (Stonetown) covers Stonetown.<ref>[http://www.rvfc1.org/ Home page], Ringwood Volunteer Fire Company. Accessed March 13, 2013.</ref> and Skyline Lake Fire Department covers Skyline Lake area.<ref>[http://www.skylinelakefire.com/ Home page], Skyline Lake Fire Department. Accessed March 13, 2013.</ref>