page_title: Denville Township, New Jersey
section_title: Local government
hierarchical_section_title: Denville Township, New Jersey / Government / Local government
caption_attribution_description: English: Town clock with sign for Route 53 visible, Denville NJ.
context_page_description: Denville Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 16,635, reflecting an increase of 811 from the 15,824 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,012 from the 13,812 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Denville is known as the "Hub of Morris County" for its location along major transportation routes at the center of the county. In 1988, as part of the town's 75th anniversary celebration, a time capsule was buried that contained "artifacts" from that era.
  Denville was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1913, from portions of Rockaway Township.
context_section_description: Denville Township is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under Mayor-Council plan F, as implemented as of January 1, 1972, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission. The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 565) statewide governed under this form. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the seven-member Township Council, all elected to four-year terms of office on a partisan basis in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election. Four members are elected together, one council member from each of four wards, and two years later, the three at-large and the mayoral seats are up for election at the same time.
  As of 2020, the Mayor of Denville Township is Republican Thomas W. Andes, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. Members of the Denville Township Council are Gary Borowiec (2021; Ward 4), Glenn R. Buie (R, 2021; Ward 3), Angela Cote (R, 2023; at-large), Harry Fahrer (R, 2023; at-large), Douglas N. Gabel (R, 2021; Ward 1), Christopher Golinski (R, 2021; Ward 2) and John Murphy (R, 2023; at-large).
  In February 2020, the Borough Council selected former-councilmember Christopher Golinski to fill the Second Ward seat expiring in December 2021 that had been held by Brian Bergen until he resigned from office in November 2019 after being elected to a seat in the General Assembly.
caption: Denville's town clock with sign for Route 53 visible
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