N.J. Stat. § 40A:63-5: Powers of the Mayor

a. The mayor shall be the chairman of the township committee and head of the municipal government. In those townships divided into wards the mayor shall be the member of the township committee elected at large.

b. The mayor shall have all those powers placed in the mayor by general law.

c. The mayor shall preside at meetings of the committee and shall have the right to debate and vote on all questions before the committee.

L.1989,c.157,s.1.