BOROUGH COUNCIL Mayor and Council form of government Mountainside is governed by a Mayor and Council form of government, as authorized through the Option Municipal Charter Law (Faulkner Act). Enacted by the State Legislature in 1950, this form of local New Jersey government provides for the election of a Mayor for a term of four years and a Borough Council of varied complement. In our case, the Borough Council consists of six members, elected for staggered three year terms.  Both the Mayor and Borough Council are elected at-large, that is, to represent the entire community. Elections for all officials in Mountainside are conducted during the November General Election. The Borough Council holds its meetings on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of each month at 8:00 pm in Borough Hall. Click here to email the Mayor or Council.
					Mountainside Borough Council Robert F. Viglianti Mayor, term expires 12/31/2011 Mountainside resident since 1966 Twenty years as Mayor Nine years as Councilman Seven years as Council President History: Rescue Squad, Planning, Administration and Executive, Police, Recreation William R. Lane Council President Councilman, term expires 12/31/2009 Mountainside resident since 1995 Seven years as Councilman One year as Council President Portfolio: Fire, Administrative and Executive, Channel 35, Recreation, Rescue Squad Glenn Mortimer Councilman, term expires 12/31/2010 Nine years as Councilman Two years as Council President Mountainside resident since 1964 Portfolio: Administrative and Executive, Public Works/Facilities, Police, Solid Waste/Recycling, Library, Historic Preservation, Children’s Specialized Hospital, Library Robert W. Messler Councilman, term expires 12/31/2009 Four years as Councilman Mountainside resident since 1970 Portfolio: Administrative and Executive, Public Works/Facilities, Solid Waste/Recycling, Planning Board, Board of Tax Appeals, Board of Tax Assessors, Construction Board of Appeals Paul N. Mirabelli Councilman, term expires 12/31/2008 Eleven years as Councilman Two years as Council President Mountainside resident since 1990 Portfolio: Fire, Public Works/Facilities, Police, Channel 35, Solid Waste/Recycling, Recreation, Board of Education Keith C. Turner Councilman, term expires 12/31/2008 Mountainside resident since 1958 Seventeen years as Councilman Four years as Council President Portfolio: Police, Channel 35, Recreation, Emergency Management, Local Assistance, Local Ethics Board, Americans with Disabilities Act Jeffrey R. Wass Councilman, term expires 12/31/2010 First year as Councilman Portfolio: Fire, Board of Health, Shade Tree, Juvenile Conference Committee John N. Post, Esq. Borough Attorney Thirty-six years as Borough Attorney Firm: Post, Polak, Goodsell & MacNeill Mountainside resident