Editing Tuckerton, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
[[File:Tuckerton, NJ municipal complex, Dec. 2024.jpg|thumb|Tuckerton Borough Municipal Complex]]
Tuckerton is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<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 governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year 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. 48.</ref> The borough form of government used by Tuckerton is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=2014-09-24 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://tuckertonborough.com/government Local Government], Borough of Tuckerton. Accessed March 6, 2020. "Tuckerton is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The governing body consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle."</ref>

{{As of|2022}}, the mayor of the Borough of Tuckerton is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Susan R. Marshall, whose term of office ends December 31, 2022. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Samuel C. Colangelo (R, 2022), Frank D'Amore (R, 2024), Brian Martin (R, 2023), Ronald L. Peterson (R, 2024), Michael Santo (R, 2022), SuZanne L. Taylor (R, 2022) and Keith F. Vreeland Jr. (R, 2023).<ref name=Officials>[https://tuckertonborough.com/government/governing-body Town Officials and Committees], Borough of Tuckerton. Accessed August 15, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://tuckertonborough.com/content/upload/1/finance/1532-introbudget-2022-1.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Tuckerton. Accessed August 15, 2022.</ref><ref name=OceanProfile>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/frmGovDirPage.aspx?ID=238 Borough of Tuckerton], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed August 15, 2022.</ref><ref name=OceanOfficials>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/70fc90f8-5e4e-4454-a3c1-8ca3d0911f87.pdf ''2022 Ocean County & Municipal Elected Officials''], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated April 1, 2022. Accessed May 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Ocean2021>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/07aecb2a-f6ce-4ef4-a6c3-7b7546fc9e3f.pdf 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Ocean2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/106715/web.264614/#/summary 2020 General Election November 3, 2020 Official results], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], updated December 2, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Ocean2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/98863/web/#/summary 2019 General Election Official Results November 5, 2019], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 15, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=Ocean2018>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/92666/Web02.213202/#/ 2018 General Election Official Results November 6, 2018], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 19, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019.</ref>

In September 2015, the borough council appointed Keith Vreeland to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by James R. Edwards until his death.<ref>Staff. [http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/tuckerton-republicans-appoint-keith-vreeland-to-council-vacancy/1410020 "Tuckerton Republicans Appoint Keith Vreeland to Council Vacancy"], ''The Sandpaper'', September 16, 2015. Accessed July 28, 2016. "The Tuckerton Borough Council has appointed Keith Vreeland to the council seat left vacant by the recent death of Councilman Jim Edwards."</ref> Vreeland served on an interim basis until the November 2015 general election, when voters elected him to fill the two years remaining of the term of office.<ref name=Ocean2015>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/57818/157041/en/summary.html 2015 General Election Official Results November 3, 2015], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 10, 2015. Accessed July 26, 2016.</ref>

In January 2015, the borough council chose Michael Santo to fill the council seat expiring in December 2016 that had been vacated by Sue Marshall when she took office as mayor.<ref>Staff. [http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/tuckerton-reorganizes-with-new-mayor-sue-marshall/1288287 "Tuckerton Reorganizes With New Mayor Sue Marshall"], ''The SandPaper'', January 7, 2015. Accessed June 19, 2015. "After a brief executive session, the council voted to appoint Tuckerton Beach resident Michael Santo, a member of the Tuckerton Regular Republican Club."</ref> Santo was elected in the November 2015 general election to serve the one year remaining.<ref name=Ocean2015 />