Editing West Cape May, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
The Borough of West Cape May has operated under the [[Walsh Act]] form of government since 1948.<ref>[http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=June 5, 2015 }}, p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The borough is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide to use the [[City commission government|commission 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> down from a peak of 60 early in the 20th century and with most remaining municipalities using the form being shore communities.<ref>Proctor, Owen; and Sobko, Katie. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/nutley/2018/04/30/town-commissions-have-become-nj-rarity-new-jersey/554873002/ "Town commissions have become a New Jersey rarity"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 30, 2018, updated May 6, 2018. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Commissions rose in popularity, up to 60 statewide in the early part of the last century, from large cities and older suburbs to seaside resorts.... Today, only about 30 of New Jersey’s 565 municipalities are commissions, including six in North Jersey. There are North Bergen, Union City and West New York in Hudson County, Lyndhurst and Ridgefield Park in Bergen County, and Nutley in Essex County."</ref> The Board of Commissioners is comprised of three members, who are elected [[at-large]] in [[Non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections held as part of the November general election and serve four-year, concurrent 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. 8.</ref> Once the Commissioners take office, they divide up responsibility for the municipal departments, with each Commissioner serving as a Department Director and holds all the executive, administrative, judicial and legislative powers, with no single chief executive. An ordinance adopted by the Board of Commissioners in December 2012 shifted the borough's municipal elections from May to November.<ref>[http://www.westcapemay.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=G2AlUwXa9hA%3D&tabid=2206 Ordinance No. 476-12], Borough of West Cape May. Accessed October 31, 2014.</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the borough's commissioners are 
Mayor Carol E. Sabo (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), 
Deputy Mayor George Dick (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property; elected to serve an unexpired term) and 
Giacomo "Jack" Antonicello (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety; elected to serve an unexpired term), who are all serving concurrent terms of office that end December 31, 2025.<ref name=Council>[https://www.westcapemay.us/departments/administration.html Administration], Borough of West Cape May. Accessed August 29, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://westcapemay.us/document-center/clerk-forms-documents/1102-2023-designation-of-departments-for-commissioners-pdf/file.html Resolution 06-24: Designation of Departments for Borough Commissioners], Borough of West Cape May, January 3, 2024. Accessed August 29, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.westcapemay.us/government/document-center/finance-audits-budget/budget/1450-2024-adopted-budget/file.html#page=21 2024 Municipal User Friendly Budget], Borough of West Cape May. Accessed August 29, 2024.</ref><ref name=CapeMayOfficials>[https://www.capemaycountyvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-All-Elected-Officials-INTERNET-July.pdf 2024 County & Municipal Elected Officials Cape May County, NJ -- July 2024], [[Cape May County, New Jersey]], July 9, 2024. Accessed August 29, 2024.</ref><ref name=CapeMay2023>[https://www.capemaycountyvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1.-Summary-Results-Report-2023-General-da.pdf Summary Results Report 2023 General Election November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Cape May County, New Jersey]], November 20, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=CapeMay2021>[https://www.capemaycountyvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-General-Successful-Candidates.pdf Cape May County 2021 General Election Successful Candidates], [[Cape May County, New Jersey]], November 16, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In October 2022, Alan Crawford was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Peter C. Burke the previous month.<ref>Fichter, Jack. [https://www.starandwave.com/CM_A01_10-5-22.pdf "Crawford joins West Cape May commission"], ''Cape May Star and Wave'', October 5, 2022. Accessed March 26, 2023. "Borough Commission appointed Alan Crawford to fill the unexpired term of commissioner Peter Burke, who resigned last month. At a Sept. 28 meeting, Mayor Carol Sabo thanked Crawford for accepting the position. Crawford will serve until January 2024 and may run for the seat in the general election in November 2023."</ref> In January 2023, George Dick was appointed to fill the vacant seat as commissioner that had been held by Daniel M. Kurkowski until he resigned from office the previous month.<ref>[https://www.westcapemay.us/document-center/agendas-minutes/board-of-commissioners-meetings/2023-meeting-documents/1079-1-12-2023-packet/file.html Board of Commissioners Special Meeting Agenda for January 12, 2023], Borough of West Cape May. Accessed March 26, 2023. "WHEREAS, Borough Commissioner Daniel M. Kurkowski resigned his seat on the West Cape May Borough Commission on December 20, 2023, resulting in a vacancy as of that date... and WHEREAS, the next general election at which a successor commissioner may be elected to fill the unexpired portion of Mr. Kurkowski's term will occur on November 7, 2023, so that the temporary appointment will extend until January 1, 2024; and WHEREAS, having considered the matter, the remaining members of the Borough Commission have determined that George Dick is qualified to serve as a Borough Commissioner and should serve as the temporary appointee to Mr. Kurkowski's vacated seat NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Borough Commissioners of the Borough of West Cape May as follows: 1. The averments of the preamble are incorporated into this Resolution. 2. George Dick is hereby appointed to temporarily fill this vacancy on the West Cape May Borough Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Vacancy Law. 3. The term of this temporary appointment shall extend until December 31, 2023, or to the Borough's 2024 reorganization. 4. A successor to fill Mr. Kurkowski's unexpired term shall be elected at the West Cape May general election, to be held on November 7, 2023."</ref> Dick served on an interim basis until November 2023 general election, when he and Giacomo "Jack" Antonicello were elected to serve the remainder of the terms of office expiring in December 2025.<ref name=CapeMay2023/>

Carol Sabo was appointed in early 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Ramsay Geyer, who had resigned to move out of the borough.<ref>Degener, Richard. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/sabo-picked-to-fill-unexpired-term-on-west-cape-may/article_249940ae-6cf3-11e2-ae3c-001a4bcf887a.html "Sabo picked to fill unexpired term on West Cape May Borough Commission"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', February 1, 2013. Accessed April 29, 2013. "Broadway resident Carol Sabo has been picked to fill the unexpired Borough Commission seat left open when Ramsey Geyer moved to Florida."</ref> Kaithern, Burke and Sabo were all re-elected in November 2013.<ref>Staff. [http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/politicselections/96230-vote+nov.+5+general+election+polling+locations+open+6am8pm "Update: 2013 General Election Results"], ''[[Cape May County Herald]]'', November 4, 2013. Accessed November 11, 2013. "Commissioner West Cape May: Pamela M. Kaithern won West Cape May votes with 21 percent, Peter C. Burke and Carole E. Sabo tied for second with 20 percent of the votes."</ref>