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The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners is a body of five people, called commissioners that govern Sussex County, New Jersey. They are elected at large by popular vote. The last democrat to serve on the board was Howard Burrell who served on the board from 2000 to 2002.[1]
Sussex County Board of County Commissioners | |
|---|---|
| Leadership | |
Director | |
Deputy Director | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 5 |
| |
Political groups | Republican Party (5) |
Length of term | 3 years |
| Website | |
| Sussex County Freeholders | |
The board is the legislative body of Sussex County, New Jersey. They are responsible for the adoption of a budget for the county. The board oversees, and creates policies for the county's Departments of Central and Shared Services, Engineering and Planning, Finance and Library Services, and the Department Health and Human Services. Among those departments they also operate multiple boards, and committees.[2] They also oversee the boards of estimates for Sussex County Technical School, and Sussex County Community College. The board also has the authority over the county's infrastructure. Meetings are held in Newton, New Jersey in the Sussex County Administrative Center.[3] Each year during the reorganization meetings commissioners choose two members from the board to serve as director and deputy director. The current director is Commissioner Herb Yardley, and the current deputy director is Commissioner Sylvia Petillo.
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 5 | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | |
In April, the board approved a resolution that would put a question on the ballot asking the Sheriff to ignore the sanctuary state directive sent out by State Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in November 2018. Grewal sent a letter to Sussex County Clerk Jeff Parrott telling him not to put the question on the ballot. Sheriff Mike Strada in turn asked Attorney General William Barr for legal assistance.[4] In July the board hired state Republican Chairman Doug Steinhardt as legal counsel in fighting the state Attorney General.[5]
| Year | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | Seat 4 | Seat 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |
Howard Burrell (D) |
JoAnn D'Angeli (R) |
Glen Vetrano (R) |
Hal Wirths (R) |
Susan M. Zellman (R) |
| 2003 |
Gary R. Chiusano (R) | ||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 2005 |
Steve Oroho (R) | ||||
| 2006 | |||||
| 2007 | |||||
| 2008 |
Jeff Parrott (R) | ||||
| 2008 |
Philip R. Crabb (R)[n 1] | ||||
| 2009 | |||||
| 2010 |
Rich Zeoli (R) | ||||
| 2010 |
Parker Space (R) [n 2] [n 3] | ||||
| 2011 |
Richard Vohden (R) | ||||
| 2012 | |||||
| 2013 |
Dennis Mudrick (R) |
Gail Phoebus (R) | |||
| 2013 |
George F. Graham [n 4] | ||||
| 2014 | |||||
| 2015 | |||||
| 2016 |
Carl Lazzaro (R) |
Jonathan Rose (R) | |||
| 2017 |
Sylvia Petillo (R) | ||||
| 2018 |
Herb Yardley (R) | ||||
| 2019 |
Josh Hertzberg (R) | ||||
| 2020 | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 |
Jill Space [n 5] |
Chris Carney |
Dawn Fantasia (R) | ||
| 2023 |
William Hayden |
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