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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 The Observer | www.theobserver.com
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Tanelli takes oath for 4th term as commissioner
By Kevin A. Canessa Jr.
kc@theobserver.com
Steven A. Tanelli, D-North Arlington and Tracy Silna Zur, D-Franklin Lakes, were sworn in for their fourth terms on the Board of Commissioners at the governing body’s annual reorganization. Also sworn in were Bergen County Surrogate Michael Dressler, Sheriff Anthony Cureton and Clerk John Hogan.
The event took place on the Courthouse steps and drew leaders from across the state, including Gov. Philip D. Murphy and U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
The board also chose its 2022 leadership as Silna Zur, Thomas J. Sullivan, D-Montvale and Joan Voss, D-Fort Lee, will serve as chairwoman, vice-chairman and chair pro tempore respectively.
“I’m honored to have been re-elected to my fourth term to serve the people of Bergen County,” Tanelli, the former North Arlington councilman, said. “I look forward to continuing the work of expanding outdoor recreation and working to help the complete return from the pandemic while advocating for the nearly one million residents.”
Sullivan, meanwhile, was elated to have been selected to a leadership post on the board.
“I am truly honored to have been selected as vice chairman for 2022,” Sullivan said. “I have the utmost confidence in this board to tackle all of the challenges this year will bring, in the same way we successfully tackled the challenges of the past two years. Bergen County residents can rest assured we will continue to be Bergen County Strong.”
Tanelli spent 2021 as the chairman of the Bergen County Board of Commissioners.
Tradition states that position rotates each year so, as such, he will not serve as chairman in 2022.
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without the hard work and dedication of our borough employees, our borough administrator and our Borough Council. Our great accomplishments have been done with absolutely no increase in taxes to our homeowners. In addition, I want to commend our borough employees who continued to work as our Borough Hall remained open for business throughout the entire pandemic, bringing full services to our residents. Our roads have never looked better. Our property values have risen. Our community is getting green again. Under my plan, we have planted roughly 600 new trees within the borough, since Earth Day 2017. We will continue to beautify our borough with the help of our DPW and Mark Cunningham as their leader. Additionally, our roadways have become safer over the past few years. With the implementation of all-way stop intersections, speed-calming devices and targeted enforcement by our hard-working police department, we have been able to make residents, students and crossing guards breathe a little easier when crossing the street. Yes, there is still work to be done and we plan on doing it, one area at a time. In addition to congratulating our two Council Members on their re-election, I would also like to congratulate George McDermott on his re-election to the North Arlington School Board. As you know, the Board of Education has elected officials who act independently to the Mayor and Council to control the school budget and the decisions made concerning our students. We look forward to assisting George and the NA Board of Ed, as well as Superintendent, Dr. Stephen Yurchak with any and all issues facing our community. Also in attendance tonight (I believe) is our County Commissioner, Steven Tanelli, who also won his election this past November. Congratulations to him. They are doing quite a bit of work down at County Park and we look forward to seeing a finished product very soon. I want to thoroughly thank every one of our community volunteers, whether they serve as firefighters, CERT members, EMS, board commissioners, board members, coaches and anyone else who puts in their precious time for the betterment of North Arlington. In closing, I hope I summed up our past year and touched on each aspect of our day-to-day operations as we move forward into 2022. We have many exciting plans for this upcoming year, including community trips, new signage, redevelopment projects and some parking relief. I will keep everyone updated as we progress.
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