 The City of Burlington is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government (Plan 4), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of January 1, 1992.The governing body consists of a mayor and a seven-member Common Council, all elected on a partisan basis in balloting held as part of the November general election in odd-numbered years.The Mayor serves a four-year term of office.