New Hanover Township is governed under the Township form of government. The five-member Township Committee is elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At the annual reorganization meeting held in January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another to serve as Deputy Mayor.

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The New Hanover Township Committee Members are Mayor Paul D. Peterla, Deputy Mayor Rick Koshak, Committee Member Dennis Roohr, Committee Member Patrick Murphy and Committee Member Nicholas Pawlyzyn.