Bergen County Board of Commissioners
Bergen County Board of Commissioners | |
|---|---|
| Leadership | |
Chair | Germaine M. Ortiz (D) |
Vice Chair | Mary J. Amoroso (D) |
Chair Pro Tempore | Joan Voss (D) |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 7 |
 | |
Political groups | Democratic Party (7) |
Length of term | 3 years |
| Website | |
| Bergen County Commissioners | |
The Bergen County Board of Commissioners (formerly the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders) is a Board of seven people who govern Bergen County, New Jersey alongside the Bergen County Executive. The members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with either two or three seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting in the beginning of January, the board elects a Chair, Vice Chair and Chair Pro Tempore from among its members.
Responsibilities
[edit]The Board is responsible for creating the laws for Bergen County. Most importantly the Board is responsible for creating and adopting a yearly budget for the county.[1]
Sessions
[edit]2024
[edit]In 2024, the Board chose Commissioner Germaine M. Ortiz to serve as Chair of the Board, Mary J. Amoroso as Vice Chair, and Dr. Joan M. Voss as Chair Pro Tempore.
2023
[edit]In 2023, the Board chose Commissioner Thomas J. Sullivan to serve as Chair of the Board, Germaine M. Ortiz as Vice Chair, and Dr. Joan M. Voss as Chair Pro Tempore.
2022
[edit]In 2022, the Board chose Commissioner Tracy Silna Zur to serve as Chair of the Board, Thomas J. Sullivan as Vice Chair, and Dr. Joan M. Voss as Chair Pro Tempore.
2021
[edit]In 2021, the Board chose Commissioner Steven A. Tanelli to serve as Chair of the Board, Tracy Silna Zur as Vice Chair, and Dr. Joan M. Voss as Chair Pro Tempore.
2020
[edit]In 2020, the Board chose Commissioner Mary J. Amoroso to serve as Chair of the Board, Dr. Joan M. Voss as Vice Chair, and Steven A. Tanelli as Chair Pro Tempore.
2019
[edit]In 2019, the Board chose Commissioner Germaine Ortiz to serve as Chair of the Board, making her the first Latina to do so.[2] This was also the first time that the Board had been entirely led by women: Mary Amoroso serving as Vice Chair and Joan Voss and Chair Pro-tempore.
Previous sessions
[edit]| Year | County Executive | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | Seat 4 | Seat 5 | Seat 6 | Seat 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014[3] |
Kathleen Donovan (R) |
David L. Ganz (D) |
Joan Voss (D) |
John A. Felice (R) |
Maura DeNicola (R) |
Steve Tanelli (D) |
James Tedesco (D) |
Tracy Silna Zur (D) |
| 2015 |
James Tedesco (D) |
Thomas Sullivan (D) | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 2017[4] |
Germaine Ortiz (D) |
Mary Amaroso (D) | ||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||
| 2021 |
Ramon Hache Sr. (D) | |||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 2023 |
Rafael Marte (D) | |||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| 2025 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bergen County Board of Freeholders". co.bergen.nj.us. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Ortiz to lead Bergen Freeholders". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2019.