COUNTY OF BERGEN 2018 COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL DIRECTORY WWW.CO.BERGEN.NJ.US Published by the COUNTY OF BERGEN Produced by the Office of the County Executive & Office of Public Information Cover Photos Provided By: Office of the Bergen County Executive Bergen County Office of Public Information Bergen County Department of Health Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs Bergen Community College Printed by: Royal Printing Services COVER DESIGN Touray Holland EDITOR Derek Sands COUNTY OF BERGEN One Bergen County Plaza Hackensack, NJ 07601-7076 James J. Tedesco III County Executive BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Thomas J. Sullivan Chairman Germaine M. Ortiz Vice Chairwoman Mary J. Amoroso Chair Pro Tempore David L. Ganz Germaine M. Ortiz Steven A. Tanelli Dr. Joan M. Voss Tracy Silna Zur 4 CONTENTS County Executive ................................................................................5 Board of Chosen Freeholders ...............................................................6 Freeholders' Committee Assignments.............................................. ....8 Freeholder Representation on Various Boards & Agencies....................8 Constitutional Officers........................................................................9 Bergen County History & Government............................................. 10 Education in Bergen County.................................................. ............12 Directions to One & Two Bergen County Plaza.................................13 Bergen County Holidays.....................................................................13 Organizational Chart of County Government ....................................14 County Departments, Authorities, Agencies, & Commissions (listed alphabetically)............................................................................15 County Administrative Divisions and Offices (listed alphabetically)............................................................................21 The Courts .......................................................................................30 State Officials ...................................................................................31 Federal Officials ................................................................................32 Map of Bergen County Municipalities ...............................................33 Municipalities (listed alphabetically) ....................................................34 Important Phone Numbers.................................................................69 Webpages of Interest...........................................................................70 County Parks Information..................................................................71 Bergen County Fast Facts...................................................................IBC (The information in this directory was compiled and completed as of Feburary 2018. 5 BERGEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE James J. Tedesco, III 6 BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Thomas J. Sullivan Freeholder Chairman Germaine M. Ortiz Mary J. Amoroso Freeholder Vice Chairwoman Freeholder Chair Pro Tempore 7 David L. Ganz Steven A. Tanelli Freeholder Freeholder Dr. Joan M. Voss Tracy Silna Zur Freeholder Freeholder 8 FREEHOLDERS' COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Budget and Finance Information Technology Ganz (Chair), Ortiz, Tanelli Tanelli (Chair), Ganz,Sullivan Community Development Organization and Internal Affairs (Agenda) Amoroso (Chair), Tanelli, Voss Sullivan (Chair), Ortiz, Zur Health Services Zur (Chair), Sullivan, Ganz Parks Tanelli (Chair), Ortiz, Zur Human Services Voss (Chair), Amoroso, Ortiz Planning & Engineering Labor and Personnel Ortiz (Chair), Ganz, Sullivan Tanelli (Chair), Ortiz and Sullivan Public Works Veteran Liaison Sullivan (Chair), Ganz, Ortiz Ganz (Tanelli alternate) Shared Services/Consolidation Cultural and Historic Affairs Liaison Amoroso (Chair), Sullivan, Zur Voss Transportation Sullivan (Chair), Tanelli, Zur Law and Public Safety Zur (Chair), Tanelli, Sullivan FREEHOLDER REPRESENTATION ON VARIOUS BOARDS & AGENCIES B.C. Economic Development Liasion B.C. Municipal Advisory Council Zur Voss and Sullivan B.C. Housing Authority Liaison New Jersey Legislature Ortiz Voss and Sullivan B.C. Open Space Trust Fund B.C. Planning Board Tanelli Voss (member), Ortiz (alternate) Solid Waste Advisory Council (S.W.A.C.) B.C. Flood Advisory Council Voss Tanelli Workforce Development Board (WDB) Board of Social Services Amoroso and Zur Zur Board of School Estimate Utilities Authority Liaison Bergen Community College: Ortiz Ganz (Chair), Ortiz,Voss Improvement Authority Liaison Special Services School District: Tanelli Voss (Chair), Amoroso, Zur Advisory Committees Vocational Schools: African American: Ganz Voss (Chair), Amoroso, Tanelli Asian: Amoroso Community Action (GBCA) Hispanic: Ortiz Amoroso and Ganz LGBTQ: Zur Environmental Environmental Committee Amoroso Amoroso Hospital Authority/New Bridge Zur 9 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS The Consititution of the State of New Jersey provides for the election of a Sheriff, a County Clerk, and a Surrogate Judge to serve each county. The Sheriff is elected to a three-year term and the Surrogate Judge and County Clerk are each elected to five-year terms. The County Prosecutor is appointed by the Governor for a five-year term. SURROGATE JUDGE Michael R. Dressler ACTING PROSECUTOR Dennis Calo COUNTY CLERK SHERIFF John S. Hogan Michael Saudino 10 BERGEN COUNTY HISTORY First designated as a judicial district in 1675, Bergen County was established (alongside Essex, Middlesex, and Monmouth) as one of four original New Jersey counties by an act of the Provincial Assembly in 1683. At that time, Bergen County’s borders extended into what are now Passaic and Hudson Counties. Today, Bergen County is a 233-square- mile parcel of land in the northeast corner of the state, with a population of 945,487 people. Hackensack, which takes its name from a Lenni Lenape word believed to mean "stony ground," was designated as the County Seat in 1710. The oldest records of county governance are May 19, 1715, and describe a meeting of the Bergen County Board of Freeholders and Justices that resulted in the decision to construct a building housing both the County Court House and County Jail, which would rise on Hackensack’s Historic Green the following year. Bergen County observed the 300th anniversary of its founding on March 7, 1983. In 1984, the county voters elected members of the Bergen County Charter Study Commission, which was tasked with evaluating the county’s nine member Freeholder form of government. The commission recommended that voters approve a change to the county charter to establish a County Executive-led form of government while reducing the number of Freeholders to seven. In 1985, voters approved the commission’s recommended changes to the County Charter and established the position of County Executive. The first Bergen County Executive was elected to a four-year term in November 1986. The seven members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders are elected at-large for staggered three-year terms. Excluding special elections or appointments to unexpired terms, all county officials take office January 1 in the year following their elections. BERGEN COUNTY GOVERNMENT Bergen County Government is led by the County Executive, Board of Chosen Free- holders and four Constitutional Officers. There are eight departments under the executive branch of government serving the people of Bergen County. The County Executive leads and supervises the operation of county government, including appointing department heads. In collaboration with the Board of Chosen Freehold- ers, the County Executive establishes the policy agenda for county departments, divisions and agencies. Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco, III has been serving his first term as Bergen County Executive since January 1, 2015. As County Executive, Tedesco has focused on improving services to county residents while also creating greater efficiency and effectiveness throughout county government. Top accomplish- ments in his first term have included: realigning the County Police as a unit within the County Sheriff’s Office, creating responsible oversight and a secure future for the county’s hospital, New Bridge Medical Center (New Jersey’s largest hospital and the fourth largest publicly-owned hospital in the nation), increasing services and support for U.S. military veterans and their families, identifying opportunities to share services with and between Bergen County municipalities, and preserving and enhancing the nearly 10,000 acres of open space and recreational facilities within our Bergen County Parks System. Under Tedesco’s leadership, Bergen County has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the first county in New Jersey to end homelessness among veterans. HUD has also recognized Bergen County as the first com- munity in the nation to eliminate chronic homelessness. Tedesco is a major advocate for the Stigma-Free Initiative, which works to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness and encourage mental health treatment without judgment. 11 The Board of Chosen Freeholders acts as a legislative body giving advice and consent to the actions of the County Executive. The current members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders are Chairman Thomas J. Sullivan, Vice Chairwoman Germaine M. Ortiz, Chair Pro Tempore Mary J. Amoroso, David L. Ganz, Steven A. Tanelli, Dr. Joan M. Voss, and Tracy Silna Zur. The Constitutional