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Ridgewood NJ ,”Deja vu all over again” in 2016 we asked , correct me if I am wrong is this not a violation of the Faulkner Act, the Village of Ridgewood was established as a non partisan town . Why is the mayor promoting partisan politics?
The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act (N.J.S.A. § 40:69A-1, et seq.) provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government. This legislation is called the Faulkner Act in honor of the late Bayard H. Faulkner, former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey and chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government.
The Faulkner Act offers four basic plans (mayor–council, council–manager, small municipality, and mayor–council–administrator) and two procedures by which the voters of a municipality can adopt one of these plans. The Act provides many choices for communities with a preference for a strong executive and professional management of municipal affairs. Twenty-one percent of the municipalities in New Jersey, including the six most populous cities (Newark, Jersey City, Camden, Trenton, Paterson and Elizabeth) all govern under the provisions of the Faulkner Act. More than half of all New Jersey residents reside in municipalities with Faulkner Act charters. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulkner_Act )
Ridgewood is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under Council-Manager plan B, as implemented on July 1, 1970, by direct petition.[46] Under this form, the governing body consists of five council members who are responsible to hire and oversee a professional Village Manager who has full executive power for all departments. The government consists of five council members, with all positions elected at-large in nonpartisan elections to serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even-numbered years on the second Tuesday in May. At a reorganization meeting held on July 1 after newly elected council members take office, the council chooses a mayor and deputy mayor from among its members, with the mayor presiding over Council meetings, but without any executive authority.[6] The Village Council appoints a Village Manager to oversee the day to day operations of the Village, to handle personnel, citizen inquiries and complaints, and to handle the administrative duties of the Village. The Village Council passes local laws, makes appointments to various Boards and Committees, and awards various contracts for purchases of goods and services used by the Village. They also review, amend, and adopt the annual budget for the Village prepared by the Village Manager and Chief Financial Officer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey )
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he doesn’t care about the law
He knows we are
RICH and STUPID
and there will be no consequences to his actions.
Yet another Ready – Fire – Aim LOL
Where is the violation?
Ridgewood has become such a new jersey dirtbag town
Yup
he is endorsing as the Mayor of the Village of Ridgewood, learn to read, reading is fundamental
a lot of you should move to Paterson , you vote the same way and you would fit in better
love when all the a**kissers defend the mayor and dopey council
Vagianos has deeper roots than any tree he plans to cut down in the village. The guy is the master puppeteer for Perron, Weitz, Winograd, and Mortimer (listed in order of intelligence). They are awful at their jobs because they are so busy working their personal agendas and not for the greater good of the village. It is pathetic and disappointing. I know none of them care and have huge egos and actually think they are dong a great job but honestly they are not even close.
Not voting for any of those losers, especially if they are tied to Vagianos! Dirty birds of a feather.
i don’t get it. so what??? what did he do?
Don’t worry if you don’t understand Faulkner Act. Not everyone needs to be intelligent.