page_title: Lambertville, New Jersey
section_title: Local government
hierarchical_section_title: Lambertville, New Jersey / Government / Local government
caption_attribution_description: Lambertville, New Jersey-City Hall
context_page_description: Lambertville is a city in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,906, reflecting an increase of 38 from the 3,868 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 59 from the 3,927 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Lambertville is located on the Delaware River in the southwestern portion of Hunterdon County. During the 18th century, the area was named after various operators of ferries across the river to Pennsylvania, ultimately becoming known as Coryell's Ferry, after its owner, Emanuel Coryell. Coryell's Ferry was the western terminus of the New Jersey portion of the York Road connecting New York City and Philadelphia. The community was named Lambertville in 1810, when the post office was established, in honor of John Lambert, a local resident who had served as United States Senator and Acting Governor of New Jersey, and who was responsible for the opening of the local post office.
context_section_description: Lambertville is the only city in Hunterdon County, and describes itself as one of the smallest cities in the United States. It is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal charter Law) under the Small Municipality form of government (Plan C), which is available only for municipalities with a population of under 12,000, and was implemented in Lambertville by direct petition as of January 1, 1983. This form of government is used by 18 municipalities (of the 565) statewide and is available to municipalities with less than 12,000 residents at the time of adoption. The government is comprised of the Mayor and the four-member City Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general elections. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a three-year term of office. Council members serve a term of three years, which are staggered so that two seats come up for election in two years in a three-year cycle, with the mayoral election up for vote in the third year.
  The Mayor exercises executive power of the municipality. The Mayor presides over Council with voice and vote, but has no veto powers; Exercises executive power of the municipality; Appoints Council committees; Appoints municipal clerk, attorney, tax assessor, tax collector and the treasurer, all with Council confirmation. The Council exercises legislative power of the municipality and also approves Mayor's appointees for municipal clerk, attorney, tax assessor, tax collector and treasurer.
  As of 2020, the Mayor of Lambertville is Democrat Julia Fahl, whose term of office ends December 31, 2021. Members of the City Council are Council President Elizabeth "Beth" Asaro (D, 2020), Wardell M. Sanders Jr. (D, 2022), Julia Taylor (D, 2022) and Madeline Urbish (D, 2020; appointed to serve an unexpired term).
  In December 2019, the City Council selected Madeline Urbish to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Elaine Warner until she resigned from office earlier that month.
  In November 2018, the City Council appointed Julia Taylor to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that became vacant following the resignation the previous month of Steven M. Stegman, who left office to focus on family issues.
caption: Lambertville City Hall, which was constructed in 1871 and has been preserved by the New Jersey Historic Trust[45]
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