page_title: Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
section_title: Local government
hierarchical_section_title: Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey / Government / Local government
caption_attribution_description: A view of the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey looking north toward Jenkinson's Aquarium
context_page_description: Point Pleasant Beach is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 4,665, reflecting a decline of 649 from the 5,314 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 202 from the 5,112 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Point Pleasant Beach was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 18, 1886, from portions of Brick Township, subject to the results of a referendum passed the previous day.
  The borough is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean at the Manasquan Inlet, and the borough derives its name from this location. The borough's boardwalk is approximately one mile long, spanning the coastline from the Manasquan Inlet at the north to New Jersey Avenue in the south. The central third of the boardwalk is largely amusement rides, the Jenkinson's Aquarium, the Jenkinsons Arcades, pizza joints, ice cream parlors, games-of-chance and miniature golf courses. Point Pleasant Beach is also the northern terminus of the East Coast's Intracoastal Waterway.
context_section_description: Point Pleasant Beach is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 218 municipalities (of the 565) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The Borough form of government used by Point Pleasant Beach is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.
  As of 2020, the Mayor of Point Pleasant Beach is Republican Paul M. Kanitra, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Thomas Migut (R, 2020), Caryn S. Byrnes (R, 2020), George Andrew "Andy" Cortes (R, 2021), Robert A. Santanello (R, 2021) and Arlene Testa (R, 2022) and Douglas Vitale (R, 2022).
  In February 2020, the Borough Council selected Caryn S. Byrnes to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that became vacant following the resignation of Paul Kanitra to take office as mayor.
caption: The Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk looking north
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