Moorestown Township, New Jersey was incorporated on March 11, 1922. The municipal government operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under Council-Manager plan E, which was implemented as of January 1, 1967, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission."The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 8, 2013. A five-member Council is elected at-large on a partisan basis, with each member serving a four-year term of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even years.2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 43. At a reorganization meeting held in January after each election, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.
Mayors Mayor birth and death In office Left office NotesQuinton Law (born c. 1997) January 9, 2025 Law is first black mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey. Nicole Gillespie January 7, 2020January 9, 2025 Lisa Petriello (born May 6, 1979)20192020Stacey Jordan (born September 29, 1970)20182019Jordan served a previous term during 2013 and is the first and only Mayor to serve multiple terms as Mayor non-consecutively.Manny Delgado (born January 23, 1970)20172018Manny Delgado was the first Hispanic mayor, deputy mayor, and councilmember of Moorestown, New Jersey. Phil Garwood (born February 22, 1959)20162017Victoria Napolitano (born August 16, 1988)20152016Victoria Napolitano was the youngest mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey and youngest woman to become Mayor in New Jersey state history at the age of 26. She was also the first sitting councilmember to give birth while in office.Chris Chiacchio (born March 8, 1967)20142015Stacey Jordan (born September 29, 1970)20132014Stacey Jordan was the first female mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey. She later served a second term during 2018 and is the first and only Mayor to serve multiple terms non-consecutively.John Button (born November 14, 1942)20112012Daniel Roccato (born July 20, 1961)20092010Kevin E. Aberant (born November 7, 1969)20052008He was the first Democratic mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.Michael L. Sanyour (1931-2017)20032004The Philadelphia InquirerHoward Miller (born August 2, 1937)1997 2002Walter T. Maahs, (1927-2011)19881996Francis L. Bodine (born January 10, 1936)19811987James Euel Palmer (1932-2000)19761980William A. Angus, Jr. (1923-2006)19711976John L. Call 19691970Charles Walton 19671968Albert Ellis 19621966Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984)1957 1962William J. Hall, Jr. 1954 1956Allen Nixon 1943 1953Fred P. Smith 1938 1942Benjamin Haines 1935 1937John C. Dudley 1932 1934Frederick W. Grube (1871-1961) 1929 1931
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