Borough form (New Jersey)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Borough_form_(New_Jersey)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:local_government
gptkbp:adoptedBy	many small municipalities
gptkbp:commonIn	gptkb:northern_New_Jersey gptkb:southern_New_Jersey
gptkbp:councilCanPassOrdinances	yes
gptkbp:councilCanRemove	mayor appointees
gptkbp:councilElectionType	at-large staggered
gptkbp:councilOverrideVeto	yes two-thirds majority
gptkbp:councilPowers	legislative
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Mayor
gptkbp:district	6
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:borough
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Borough form (New Jersey)
gptkbp:mayorAppoints	certain officials with council consent
gptkbp:mayorCanVetoOrdinances	yes
gptkbp:mayorElectionType	at-large
gptkbp:mayorPowers	limited executive
gptkbp:mayorPresidesOver	council meetings
gptkbp:mayorTerm	4 years
gptkbp:mayorVetoPower	yes
gptkbp:mayorVotes	only to break ties
gptkbp:numberOfMunicipalitiesUsing	over 200
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Borough_Act_of_1878
gptkbp:president	elected by council
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Faulkner_Act gptkb:City_form_(New_Jersey) gptkb:Township_form_(New_Jersey) gptkb:Village_form_(New_Jersey) Commission form (New Jersey)
gptkbp:termLength	3 years
gptkbp:termOrigin	gptkb:borough
gptkbp:updated	gptkb:Borough_Act_of_1897
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:votingSystem	partisan or nonpartisan
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey gptkb:Allendale,_New_Jersey,_United_States gptkb:Roseland,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5