[1967 Code § 2-2.1]
The Governing Body shall consist of the Mayor and six council members elected at large in the Borough, all of whom shall be elected and take office in the manner provided by law. The terms of office of the Mayor and Council members shall commence on January 1 next following their election.
[1967 Code §§ 2-3, 2-4; N.J.S.A. 40A:60-3]
a. 
The Mayor and Council shall hold an annual meeting on the first day of January at 12 o'clock noon, or during the first seven days of January in any year.
b. 
At its annual meeting, the Council shall, by the vote of a majority of its number, elect a President of the Council, who shall preside at all its meetings when the Mayor does not preside. The President of the Council shall hold office for one year and until the next annual meeting. He shall have the right to debate and vote on all questions before Council. If the Council fails to elect a president at the annual meeting, the Mayor shall appoint the President from the Council and, in that case, no confirmation by the Council shall be necessary.
c. 
The President of the Council shall perform all the duties of the Mayor during any period in which the Mayor is absent from the Borough for three days or more or is unable to perform the duties of his office. Where such absence is intended, the President of the Council shall become the acting Mayor until the Mayor's return. If the President of the Council is unable to perform the duties of the acting Mayor, then the member of Council with the longest term of service may act temporarily for the President of the Council.
d. 
Three Council members and the Mayor or, in the absence of the Mayor, four Council members shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.
e. 
The Council may, at its annual meeting, establish for its members such committees of the Council as will assist it for the ensuing year.
f. 
The Council shall hold such other meetings, at such time and place as it may by resolution direct, but all regular meetings shall be held within the Borough.
g. 
The Mayor shall, when necessary, call special meetings of the Council. In case of his neglect or refusal, any four members of the Council may call such meeting at such time and place in the Borough as they may designate, and in all cases of special meetings notice shall be given to all the members of the Council, or left at their places of residence.
[N.J.S.A. 40A:16-1 et seq.]
Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Governing Body for any reason other than the expiration of term of office, the vacancy shall be filled pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:16-1 et seq., the Municipal Vacancy Law.
[1967 Code § 2-5; N.J.S.A. 40A:60-5]
a. 
The Mayor shall be the head of the municipal government.
b. 
The Mayor shall have all those powers designated by general law.
c. 
The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the Borough Council and may vote to break a tie.
d. 
Every ordinance adopted by the Borough Council shall, within five days after its passage, Sundays excepted, be presented to the Mayor by the Municipal Clerk. The Mayor shall, within 10 days after receiving the ordinance, Sundays excepted, either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature thereto or return it to the Borough Council by delivering it to the Municipal Clerk together with a statement setting forth his objections thereto or any item or part thereof. No ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the Mayor's approval, unless the Mayor fails to return the ordinance to the Borough Council, as prescribed above, or unless the Borough Council, upon consideration of the ordinance following its return, shall, by a vote of 2/3 of all the members of the Borough Council, resolve to override the veto.
e. 
No ordinance shall be passed, or appointment of any subordinate officer of the Borough be confirmed, except by a vote of a majority of the members of the Borough Council present at the meeting, provided that at least three affirmative votes shall be required for such purpose, the Mayor voting only in the case of a tie.
f. 
If any ordinance contains more than one distinct section, clause or item, the Mayor may approve one or more thereof and veto the rest.
g. 
The Mayor shall nominate and, with the advice and consent of Borough Council, appoint all subordinate officers of the Borough, unless the specific terms of the general law clearly require a different appointment procedure. He shall make his nomination to any such office within 30 days of that office becoming vacant.
h. 
The Mayor shall set to it that the laws of the State and the ordinances of the Borough are faithfully executed. He shall recommend to the Borough Council such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient for the welfare of the Borough. He shall maintain peace and good order and have the power to suppress all riots and tumultuous assemblies in the Borough.
[N.J.S.A. 40A:60-6]
a. 
The Borough Council shall be the legislative body of the municipality.
b. 
The Borough Council may, subject to general law and the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:60-1 et seq.:
1. 
Pass, adopt, amend and repeal any ordinance or, where permitted, any resolution for any purpose required for the government of the municipality or for the accomplishment of any public purpose for which the municipality is authorized to act under general law;
2. 
Control and regulate the finances of the municipality and raise money by borrowing or taxation;
3. 
Create such offices and positions as it may deem necessary. The officers appointed thereto shall perform the duties required by law and the ordinances of the Borough Council. Other than the Borough Attorney, Engineer, and Building Inspector, these officers shall be residents of the Borough and shall serve at the pleasure of the Borough Council, except the Municipal Clerk, who also shall be exempt from the Borough residency requirement, the Tax Collector and Tax Assessor who shall serve for terms as provided in Chapter 9 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes. The Borough Council may exempt officers from the residency requirements but only pursuant to the adoption of an ordinance to that effect;
4. 
Investigate any activity of the municipality;
5. 
Remove any officer of the municipality, other than those officers excepted by law, for cause; and
6. 
Override a veto of the Mayor by a 2/3 majority of all the members of the Borough Council.
c. 
The Borough Council shall have all the executive responsibilities of the municipality not placed, by general law or N.J.S.A. 40A:60-1 et seq., in the office of the Mayor.
d. 
The Borough Council, whenever it fails to confirm the nomination by the Mayor of any official to a subordinate office of the Borough within 30 days of being presented such nomination, shall make the appointment to that office, provided that at least three affirmative votes shall be required for such purpose, the Mayor to have no vote thereon except in the case of a tie.