Mayor of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey

Aberdeen Township, New Jersey was incorporated on February 23, 1857, as Matavan Township. It was renamed in 1882 as Matawan Township and was renamed again on November 8, 1977, as Aberdeen Township. On November 3, 1964, the citizens voted to change from the Township Committee form of government, in force since 1857, to operate within the Faulkner Act under the Council-Manager (Plan 3), implemented in its current form based on a direct petition as of January 1, 1990.[1] In this Council-Manager form, all policy making power is concentrated in the council. The Mayor is a member of the council and presides over its meetings. The Manager, appointed by the council and fully accountable to it, is the municipal chief executive and administrative official. A seven-member Township Council is elected at large for staggered, four-year terms of office in partisan elections held every in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election; four seats are up together, followed two years later by the three other seats and the mayoral seat. The mayor is directly elected, while the council selects a deputy mayor from among its members.[2][3][4]

Mayors

Fred Tagliarini, circa 2011. His term of office ends December 31, 2017
David Lipman, 1993.
Philip N. Gumbs, 1974 to 1975. He was the first African American Mayor of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey.[5]
Thomas J. Powers 1972 to 1973. He was elected to the Aberdeen Township Council in 1967. In 1972 he became Mayor of Aberdeen and served until 1973. He was elected as a Monmouth County Freeholder from 1981 to 2005. He became Director of the Monmouth County Freeholders in 2005.[6]

References

"The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law" Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 28, 2013.
2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 67.
Government Archived 2013-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, Township of Aberdeen. Accessed August 20, 2013.
Form of Government, Township of Aberdeen. Accessed July 11, 2015.
Staff. "Philip N. Gumbs, 82; Groundbreaking Judge" Archived 2012-07-18 at Archive.today, The Record (Bergen County), October 21, 2005. Accessed August 13, 2012. "Philip N. Gumbs, the first black judge and freeholder in Monmouth County and a former mayor of Aberdeen, has died. He was 82."
"Thomas J. Powers". Asbury Park Press. April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-03.

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[1] "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law" Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 28, 2013.

[DataBook-2] 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 67.

[3] Government Archived 2013-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, Township of Aberdeen. Accessed August 20, 2013.

[4] Form of Government, Township of Aberdeen. Accessed July 11, 2015.

[5] Staff. "Philip N. Gumbs, 82; Groundbreaking Judge" Archived 2012-07-18 at Archive.today, The Record (Bergen County), October 21, 2005. Accessed August 13, 2012. "Philip N. Gumbs, the first black judge and freeholder in Monmouth County and a former mayor of Aberdeen, has died. He was 82."

[6] "Thomas J. Powers". Asbury Park Press. April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-03.