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.

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.

[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.

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) James Tedesco (D) Thomas Sullivan (D) Germaine Ortiz (D) Mary Amaroso (D) Ramon Hache Sr. (D) Rafael Marte (D)