A City in the context of
New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government.Despite the widely-held perception of a
city as a large,
urban area, cities in New Jersey have a confused history as a form of government and vary in size from large, densely populated areas to much-smaller
hamlets. The 1897 and 1899 city charter laws applied only to areas with a population under 12,000, and provided for a directly-elected mayor, who served a two-year term and had strong executive powers. Both featured a council elected from wards to staggered three-year terms, plus one councilman elected at-large for a term of two years. The Mayor had veto power, which could be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the Council. The two acts differed in a number of ways, including the process for selection of a Board of Education (1897: elected; 1899: appointed by Council).
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