Editing North Bergen, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
North Bergen has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] form of New Jersey municipal government since 1931.<ref>[http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=2015-06-05 }}, p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the [[City commission government|form of government]].<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of five commissioners elected [[at-large]] to the Township Committee in [[Non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. After each election, each individual is assigned to head one of the five commissions and the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 142.</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, members of the North Bergen Township Committee are 
Mayor [[Nicholas Sacco]] (Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-nicholas-j-sacco Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172332/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-nicholas-j-sacco |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), 
Hugo D. Cabrera (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-hugo-cabrera Hugo D. Cabrera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172332/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-hugo-cabrera |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), 
Frank Gargiulo (Commissioner of Public Works<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-frank-gargiulo Commissioner Frank Gargiulo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172331/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-frank-gargiulo |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), 
Julio Marenco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-julio-marenco Commissioner Julio Marenco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172324/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-julio-marenco |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), and 
Allen Pascual (Commissioner of Public Safety<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-allen-pascualCommissioner Allen Pascual] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140438/https://www.northbergen.org/Errors/e500?aspxerrorpath=/Officials/Bio/commissioner-allen-pascualCommissioner |date=September 30, 2023 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), all serving concurrent terms of office ending in May 2027.<ref name=Officials>[http://www.northbergen.org/Directory Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203120559/http://www.northbergen.org/Directory |date=February 3, 2018 }}, North Bergen Township. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/CY-2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf 2022 Municipal User Friendly Budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419181624/https://www.northbergen.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/CY-2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf |date=April 19, 2022 }}, North Bergen Township. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/#ElectedOfficials Elected Officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221516/https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/#ElectedOfficials |date=November 12, 2019 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed May 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hudson2019Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/95800/Web02.226438/#/ 2019 May Municipal Election North Bergen - West New York Unofficial Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140518/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/95800/Web02.226438/#/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated May 17, 2019. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref><ref>McDonald, Corey W. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/05/with-election-victory-north-bergen-mayor-continues-his-28-year-run.html "With election victory, North Bergen mayor continues his 28-year run"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707131121/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/05/with-election-victory-north-bergen-mayor-continues-his-28-year-run.html |date=July 7, 2019 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', May 15, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Sacco and incumbent commissioners Frank J. Gargiulo, Hugo D. Cabrera, Allen Pascual, and Julio A. Marenco cruised to reelection, each racking up more than 8,000 votes. Sacco was the top vote-getter with over 8,700 — more than double Wainstein's 4,026 votes."</ref>