Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders


The Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders is a Board of 7 people who govern Bergen County, New Jersey alongside the Bergen County Executive.

Responsibilities

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.

Party affiliation

Sessions

2019

In 2019 the Board chose Freeholder Germaine Ortiz to serve as Chair of the Board, making her the first Latina to do so.
This was also the first time that the Board had been entirely lead by women: with Mary Amoroso serving as Vice Chair and Joan Voss and Chair Pro-tempore.

Previous Sessions