Bloomfield Municipal Government
When the Township of Bloomfield was first formed on ____ 1812, the government consisted of _________________. Meetings were held ______________.
On February 23, 1900, the State of New Jersey enacted the Town Act, incorporating Bloomfield as a town. [Describe process of conversion] The Act, adopted by Bloomfield three days later, created the positions of mayor and town council.
[Explain post-1907 government changes]
Discuss key laws and ordinances.
Bloomfield Mayors
George Fisher (1900)
William Hauser (1912)
Fred Sadler
Frederick R. Pilch (1922)
Charles Howell Demarest (1924-193_)
Harry E. Newell (1934)
George Peterson
John A. Reed (1946)
William Huck, Jr. (1947)
Donald H. Scott (1950)
Walter Davis
Walter Steinmann (1962)
Ralph G. Conte (1963-__)
John Kinder (1970s-80s)
John A. Bukowski Jr. (1999)
Raymond J. McCarthy
Town Councilors
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Municipal Building, about 19__ to 19__. The _______ was added in 19__.
