Editing Roxbury, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Roxbury operates under the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] form of Government under the [[Faulkner Act]]. The township is one of 42 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 Township Council is comprised of seven elected officials, with three seats elected from the entire township [[at-large]] and one elected from each of the four [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. Council members are elected for four-year terms on a staggered basis in partisan elections held in odd-numbered years, with the three at-large seats selected together and the four ward seats up for election at the same time two years later. The mayor and deputy mayor are chosen from within the council by the members of the council at a reorganization meeting held each year during the first week in January to serve one-year terms of office.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 116.</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> The manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations associated with all municipal activities. The manager directs, administers and coordinates the activities of the municipality in full support of policies, goals and objectives established by the governing body.

{{As of|2025|April}}, the members of Roxbury's Township Council are: 

* [[Mayor]] Shawn Potillo (R, Ward 1, Term expires December 31, 2027, Mayoral term expires at time of annual reorganization meeting first week of January 2026); 
* [[Deputy mayor|Deputy Mayor]] Mark Crowley (R, Councilman-at-Large, Term expires December 31, 2027, Deputy Mayoral term expires at time of annual reorganization meeting first week of January 2026); 
* James "Jim" Rilee (R, Councilman-at-Large, Term expires December 31, 2025); 
* Robert "Bob" DeFillippo (R, Councilman-at-Large, Term expires December 31, 2025); 
* Jacqueline "Jaki" Albrect (R, Ward 2, Term expires December 31, 2027); 
* Thomas "Tom" Carey (R, Ward 4, Term expires December 31, 2027), and 
* Fred Hall (R, Ward 3, Term expires December 31, 2025).<ref name="Officials">[http://www.roxburynj.us/3/Mayor-Council Elected Officials], Roxbury Township. Accessed April 11, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.roxburynj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6909/2025-Introduced-Budget#page=1 2025 Municipal Data Sheet], Roxbury Township. Accessed April 11, 2025.</ref><ref name="MorrisManual">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/3/manual/mc-manual-2024-web-040924.pdf#page=59 ''Morris County Manual 2024''], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed May 1, 2024.</ref><ref name="MorrisOfficials">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/9/elections/2024-municipal-elected-officials-032224.pdf ''Morris County Municipal Elected Officials For The Year 2024''], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated March 20, 2024. Accessed May 1, 2024.</ref><ref name="Morris2021">[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/9/elections/past-results/2023-general-summary-report-official.pdf#page=11 General Election Winners For November 7, 2023], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed April 11, 2025.</ref>

In April 2021, the Township Council selected Shawn Potillo from a list of three candidates submitted by the Republican municipal committee to the fill the Ward 1 council seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Richard Zoschak until his death the previous month.<ref>[https://www.tapinto.net/towns/roxbury/sections/government/articles/a-new-councilman-for-roxbury "A New Councilman for Roxbury"], TAP into Roxbury, April 28, 2021. Accessed May 11, 2022. "Landing resident Shawn Potillo was chosen Tuesday by the Roxbury Mayor and Council to fill the unexpired term of former Roxbury Councilman Richard Zoschak, who died March 31. Potillo, a 43-year-old Republican, was one of three people nominated by the Roxbury Republican Club to fill the Ward 1 council vacancy."</ref> Potillo served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Morris2021/> Two years later, November 7, 2023, Mayor Potillo was re-elected to a full, four year term.<ref>2023 [https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/9/elections/past-results/2023-general-summary-report-official.pdf County Election Results]</ref>

==== Roxbury Mount Arlington Study Commission ====
In March 2014, members of the public petitioned the [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]] to form the Roxbury Mount Arlington Study Commission to consider a possible consolidation of Roxbury and the neighboring municipality of [[Mount Arlington, New Jersey|Mount Arlington]]. In March 2015, the commission was formed with five members and two alternates from each municipality. If the commission votes to recommend a merger, the decision would have to be ratified by a referendum of the voters in each community.<ref>Westhoven, William. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2015/03/30/roxbury-mt-arlington-consolidation-commission-named/70687046/ "Roxbury-Mt. Arlington consolidation commission named"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', March 30, 2015. "The public is about to get its first chance to meet the chosen members of the Roxbury Mount Arlington Study Commission and discuss the dominant topic on its agenda — a possible consolidation of the neighboring municipalities."</ref>