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OFFICE ADDRESS:
City Hall Municipal Offices
525 High Street
Burlington NJ 08016
OFFICE HOURS:
M–F 9am–5pm
MAP: City Hall Location
TEL: 609-386-0200 ext. 100
FAX: 609-386-0214
CELL:
E-MAIL: mayor@burlingtonnj.us
THE GOVERNING BODY:
E L E C T E D O F F I C I A L S
Mayor
Common Council
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
At-Large A
At-Large B
At-Large C
A P P O I N T E D O F F I C I A L S
Business Administrator
Municipal Clerk
City Govt. Organization Chart
Map of Voting Wards
City Administration
City Official Telephone Directory
Location, City Hall, High Street
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 MAYOR
Dr. James Fazzone
ON THIS PAGE:
Mayor’s Profile
What the Mayor Does
Duties Officially Defined
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CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC MEETINGS:
1st & 3rd Tues. each month 7:00pm
New City Hall Council Chambers
525 High Street
Burlington NJ 08016
All interested individuals are invited to attend and comment. Anyone in need of special accommodations or access due to disability, should contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office, at 609-386-0200 ext. 101, prior to the meeting.
MAP: New City Hall Location
MEETING SCHEDULE:
See Meeting Calendar
City of Burlington Mayor’s Profile | page top
TERM OF SERVICE
4 years, Jan. 1, 2008– Dec. 31, 2011
EDUCATION
Graduate – Burlington City High School, 1972
Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership
MA degree in Administration and Supervision of Education.
Dissertation demonstrated how encouraging pleasure reading in students leads to better educational outcomes and character development
EMPLOYMENT
Teacher/School Administrator since 1977, including Teacher of Physical Education, Athletic Director, Vice Principal, and Principal in Hamilton, Burlington City, and Edgewater Park schools.
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
City of Burlington, NJ Mayor (2008 to pres.)
City of Burlington, NJ Ward Two Councilman (2004 to 2008)
Burlington City Board of Education President and Member (1989 to 2004)
Played a key role in obtaining $80M, at no cost to local taxpayers, that has led to construction of new Wilbur Watts Middle School, including improvements to high school and athletic fields, as well as an Early Childhood Center at the Samuel Smith School.
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Introduction to What the Mayor Does | page top
On November 6, 2007, I was elected by the citizens of the City of Burlington to serve as their Mayor and was sworn in on January 1, 2008. My four-year term expires on December 31, 2011.
I am your Mayor, under the Mayor-Council form of government authorized in the Optional Municipal Charter Law NJSA 40:69A (a Faulkner Act form of government). As your Mayor, I represent the interests of all City residents. The Mayor is elected by the City voters. The Mayor’s responsibilities with respect to City government include:
- Exercises the Executive Power of the municipality
- Enforces Charters and Ordiinances of the City
- Supervises all municipal Departments
- Fixes salaries and wages of Administrative Dept. employees
- Supervises care and custody of City property
- Appoints and remove Department heads subject to Council approval
- Performs the duties of Public Safety Director
- Perform Fiscal functions
- Oversees Municipal Budget process
- Reviews and analyzes municipal services, programs and finances
- Oversees Personnel process
- Prepares City operating and capital budgets
- Wield Contractual clout
- Negotiates contracts subject to Council approval
- Signs all contracts and bonds requiring City consent
- Removes department heads subject to Council majority
- Undertake Ministerial missions
- Delivers annual state of the City address
- Serves ex officio non-voting member capacity on all appointive bodies of which not already a member
- Performs civil wedding ceremonies
- Executes Legislative duties
- Attend Council Meetings and participate in deliberations
- Proposes legislation
- Exercises veto over ordinances subject to Council majority override
- Represents all City residents, businesses and property owners
- Develops vision and focuses on community growth and prosperity
Mayoral Appointments include:
- Municipal Administrator
- Department Supervisors and Directors
- Planning Board
- Historic Preservation Commission
- One Housing Authority seat
- Tourism Council one seat
- Business Development Commission
- Beautification Commission
- Citizens Advisory Committee
- Recreation Advisory Committee
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OFFICIAL NJSA 40:69A OMCL Mayor-Council
DESCRIPTION OF MAYOR’S DUTIES | page top
Exercises executive power of the municipality. Appoints department heads with Council approval. Removes department heads subject to Council disapproval by 2/3 of all members. Prepares budget. Has veto over ordinances subject to override by 2/3 of all members of Council.
DUTIES OF THE MAYOR
According to NJ State Statute, NJSA 40:69A et seq., the duties of the mayor are as follows (with gender bias removed):
“40:69A-40. Mayoral duties
The mayor shall:
- Enforce the charter and ordinances of the municipality and all general laws applicable thereto;
- Report annually to the council and to the public on the state of the municipality, and the work of the previous year; (s)he shall also recommend to the council whatever action or programs (s)he deems necessary for the improvement of the municipality and the welfare of its residents. (S)he may from time to time recommend any action or programs (s)he deems necessary or desirable for the municipality to undertake;
- Supervise, direct and control all departments of the municipal government and shall require each department to make an annual and such other reports on its work as (s)he may deem desirable;
- Require such reports and examine such accounts, records and operations of any board, commission or other agency of municipal government, as (s)he deems necessary;
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- Prepare and submit to the council for its consideration and adoption an annual operating budget and a capital budget, establish the schedules and procedures to be followed by all municipal departments, offices and agencies in connection therewith, and supervise and administer all phases of the budgetary process;
- Supervise the care and custody of all municipal property, institutions and agencies, and make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements and execute improvements determined by the governing body;
- Sign all contracts, bonds or other instruments requiring the consent of the municipality;
- Review, analyze and forecast trends of municipal services and finances and programs of all boards, commissions, agencies and other municipal bodies, and report and recommend thereon to the council;
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- Supervise the development, installation and maintenance of centralized budgeting, personnel and purchasing procedures as may be authorized by ordinance;
- Negotiate contracts for the municipality, subject to council approval;
- Assure that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants in any statute, franchise or other contract are faithfully kept and performed;
- Serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of all appointive bodies in municipal government of which he is not an official voting member.
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40:69A-41. Approval or veto of ordinances; attending meetings
- Ordinances adopted by the council shall be submitted to the mayor, and (s)he shall within ten days after receiving any ordinance, either approve the ordinance by affixing her/his signature thereto or return it to the council by delivering it to the municipal clerk together with a statement setting forth her/his objections thereto or to any item or part thereof. No ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the mayor’s approval, unless the mayor fails to return an ordinance to the council within ten days after it has been presented to her/him, or unless council upon reconsideration thereof on or after the third day following its return by the mayor shall by a vote of two-thirds of the members resolve to override the mayor’s veto.
- The mayor may attend meetings of council and may take part in discussions of council but shall have no vote except in the case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the council, in which case (s)he may cast the deciding vote.
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40:69A-37.1. Mayoral control of administration
In any municipality adopting the mayor-council plan of government, the municipal council shall deal with employees of the department of administration and other administrative departments solely through the mayor or her/his designee. All contact with the employees, and all actions and communications concerning the administration of the government and the provision of municipal services shall be through the mayor or her/his designee, except as otherwise provided by law.
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Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the council’s inquiry into any act or problem of the administration of the municipality. Any council member may, at any time, require a report on any aspect of the government of the municipality by making a written request to the mayor. The council may, by a majority vote of the whole number of its members, require the mayor or her/his designee to appear before the council sitting as a committee of the whole, and to bring before the council those records and reports, and officials and employees of the municipality as the council may determine necessary to ensure clarification of the matter under study. The council may further, by a majority of the whole number of its members, designate any number of its members as an ad hoc committee to consult with the mayor or her/his designee to study any matter and to report to the council thereon. It is the intent of the mayor-council plan of government to confer on the council general legislative powers, and such investigative powers as are germane to the exercise of its legislative powers, but to retain for the mayor full control over the municipal administration and over the administration of municipal services.”
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