 The township is one of 71 of 565 municipalities statewide that use this form of government.The township's governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council.Members of the Township Council are elected at-large in partisan elections to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two seats (plus the mayoral seat) or three seats up for election in even-numbered years as part of the November general election.