COURIER POST
1683: John Hugg, an Irish Quaker immigrant, purchases 100 acres at the junction of Little Timber and Big Timber creeks. The area is known as Huggville for generations to come.

Robert Dornbach

Still Missing Endangered Runaway ROBERT DORNBACH, of Gloucester City NJ last seen November 2005. He left his home in Gloucester City and never returned. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

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Gloucester City Police Department (New Jersey) 1-856-456-0900

DOMINIK, HENRIETTA
(nee Jusiak), on March 7, 2007, of Bellmawr. Age 87.
Beloved wife of the late Edward S., Sr. Devoted mother of Edward S., Jr. (Suzanne) and the late Marilyn Connors. Grandmother of Michael and Joseph. Sister of Dolores Baptiste, Jenny Pisarcik and Edward Jusiak.
Mrs. Dominik was a member of the Bellmawr Senior Citizens Club.
There will be a viewing from 8:15 to 9:15am Tuesday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNE-MEDE. Funeral Mass 10am Annunciation BVM Church, Bellmawr. Interment St. Joseph\’s Cemetery, Chews Landing.
Expressions of sympathy
may be e-mailed to [email protected]

MILLER, JASON J.
On March 5, 2007, of Gloucester City, NJ, age 25.
He is the beloved son of Debra Miller and loving nephew of Susan DiGiacomo, Rowe Iaanese, Jake Miller and Madeline Agnew. His dear aunt and Godmother Helen Vizcarrondo, cousins Angie, Jennifer, Samantha, Vincent, Faith, Eileen and many loving friends also survive him. Jason loved animals and worked at Debbie\’s Dog Parlor in Gloucester City.
Relatives and friends are invited to meet Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, 700 POWELL ST., GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ. Jason\’s Memorial Service will be held at 8:00 PM. Interment is private at the request of the family.

DETTERLINE
Barbara J.
(nee Hoefer), on March 6, 2007, of Bellmawr. Age 77.
Wife of the late William. Mother of Barbara A. Detterline. Survived by her granddoggie Zoey. Sister of K. Joy Matchett. Aunt of Bobby, David and Dale Matchett and Lucille Legidakes. Also survived by great nieces and nephews, a host of friends and her friend, Dr. Lisa Rink, whose love, caring & expertise gave us those few extra days to say good-bye.
Mrs. Detterline was a member of the Golden Girls Bowling League. She was a former cafeteria worker at Bell Oaks School. She also enjoyed spending time with her neighborhood friends.
There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Friday eve and 9 to 10am Saturday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, BELLMAWR. Funeral Service 10am Saturday at the funeral home. Entombment Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill. Family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made in Mrs. Detterline\’s memory to the American Heart Assoc., 1 Union St., Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691, to the NJ Boxer Rescue, Inc., P.O. Box 564, Middlesex, NJ 08846 or to the charity of the donor\’s choice.
Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to
Condolences@Gardner

Faulkner Act (New Jersey)

The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act 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 and chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government.

Overview

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.

In all Faulkner Act municipalities, regardless of the particular form, citizens enjoy the right of Initiative and referendum, meaning that proposed ordinances can be introduced directly by the people without action by the local governing body. This right is exercised by preparing a conforming petition signed by 10% of the registered voters who turned out in the last general election in an odd-numbered year (i.e., the most recent General Assembly election). Once the petition is submitted, the local governing body can vote to pass the requested ordinance, and if they refuse, it is then submitted directly to the voters.

History

The Faulkner Act was created to provide municipalities with greater flexibility than provided in New Jersey\’s traditional forms of government (City, Township, Borough, Town and Village) and to expand on the reforms provided in the Walsh Act and the 1923 Municipal Manager Law.

As originally enacted in 1950, the Faulkner Act provided for three forms of government: Mayor-Council, Council-Manager and Small Municipality. Within each form, letter codes designated predefined aspects of each form and its individual arrangement of options, such as partisan or nonpartisan elections, concurrent or staggered terms, all at large or a combination of ward and at large seats.

In 1981, the Faulkner Act was significantly amended. The letter codes were eliminated, and the number of varieties within each plan was greatly increased. The Council-Manager plan was amended to include the option of having a mayor chosen by the electorate. A new form, Mayor-Council-Administrator, was added. Municipalities were also given greater flexibility to amend their Faulkner Act charter without having to place the entire charter on the ballot.

Forms of Government

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