South Brunswick Township Mayor
The Township mayor is elected to a four-year term.Duties and responsibilities of the mayor include: Conducting Township Council meetings Serving as the Township's chief ceremonial official Issuing proclamations Appointing members to boards and commissions Executing all bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations of the Township
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Charlie Carley
(Dem)
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John G. O'Sullivan
(Rep)
What are your priorities for your term in municipal government? How do you plan to implement those priorities?
How will you solicit feedback from the community and resolve disagreements among community members?
What, if any, specific challenges do you anticipate in implementing the Fourth Round Affordable Housing Plan adopted by your municipality? How will you address them?
Are there marginalized groups in the community and, if so, what services would you work to provide for them?
What, if anything, is the role of the office you are seeking in addressing the impact of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) policies on your community?
A primary priority is to ensure the continuation of excellent municipal services, chiefly public safety and infrastructure. Another is to manage the effects of residential growth, propelled by state affordable housing mandates.
Throughout my public life, I have been easily accessible, with office hours, a robust traffic in emails, and a published cell phone number. I expect to continue to be readily available.
The courts have awarded ad hoc development approvals without apparent concern for the costs: the loss of natural spaces; the strain on a water utility compelled to pull ever more water from our aquifers; the palpable increase in traffic congestion; the coming impact on our public schools. The list goes on. Each of these challenges demands its own approach, and each of those approaches has to be a competent one.
We are all equal. No group is the "other." In South Brunswick, we have a long history of providing services through municipal government to residents in need. We are also home to strong faith-based communities and eleemosynary groups that meet these needs alongside us. We pride ourselves on being a community where everyone knows they belong, without fanfare.
Immigration policy is not set locally. That is federal. What a mayor can do is make sure the municipal government our residents pay for works for all of us.
The rules our police department follows come from the state Attorney General's Immigrant Trust Directive, which draws a line between enforcing New Jersey's criminal law and enforcing federal civil immigration law. That line protects everyone. A resident who is afraid to call the police is a resident whose neighborhood is less safe.
The rest is what we already do. Services go to residents in need. Our faith-based communities and charitable organizations reach people the township cannot, and we keep those channels open.
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