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===Local government=== [[File:11.22.10UnionCityCityHallByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|City Hall]] Union City's City Hall is located at 3715 Palisade Avenue. The oldest municipal building in North Hudson, it was built in the 1890s as the town hall for Union Hill. Prior to the 1914 opening of Union Hill High School, classes were also held in the building. After the 1925 consolidation of West Hoboken and Union Hill into Union City, the town hall for the former was converted into the new fire headquarters for the city. It also served as the second police precinct for many years.<ref>Anlian, Haig (February 28, 1984). "Union City boasts oldest municipal site", ''The Jersey Journal''.</ref> The governing body is comprised of a five-member Board of Commissioners, as per the city's [[Walsh Act (New Jersey)|Walsh Act]] form of government, which has been in place since 1930. The members of the commission are elected [[at-large]] on a non-partisan basis in the May municipal election. At a reorganization meeting held after the election, each commissioner is assigned a department to oversee. The mayor of Union City also serves as a commissioner.<ref name=DataBook>''2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], p. 144.</ref><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 city is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form.<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> [[File:9.11.07BrianPStackByLuigiNovi23.2.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Mayor [[Brian P. Stack]] also serves as state senator.]] {{As of|2024}}, the [[mayor]] of Union City is [[Brian P. Stack]],<ref name=Mayor>[http://www.ucnj.com/Officials/Bio/mayor-brian-p-stack Mayor Brian P. Stack], Union City, New Jersey. Accessed November 28, 2022.</ref> who became mayor in 2000 after a [[recall election]] forced the resignation of then-mayor [[Rudy Garcia (New Jersey politician)|Raรบl "Rudy" Garcia]].<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/29/nyregion/politics-and-government-for-two-young-mayors-it-was-a-difficult-week.html "Politics And Government; For Two Young Mayors, It Was A Difficult Week"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 29, 2000. Accessed July 7, 2016. "In Union City, a political minefield in the heart of Hudson County, Mayor Rudy Garcia handed in his resignation on Tuesday afternoon, and was replaced the same evening by three of his former allies on the city Board of Commissioners.... Mr. Garcia's antagonist was a savvy grass-roots politician named Brian Stack, who saw in the city's budget deficit the chance to unseat Mr. Garcia and install himself -- with help from Representative Robert Menendez, whom Mr. Garcia had clashed with in recent years."</ref> The five members of the Union City Board of Commissioners serve in both administrative and legislative capacities, with each commissioner acting as the director of one of the five major departments of the city, administering the daily operations of a designated department. The five commissioners and their departmental assignments are Mayor Brian P. Stack ([[Commissioner of Public Safety]]), [[Lucio P. Fernandez]] ([[Commissioner of Public Affairs]]), Wendy A. Grullon ([[Commissioner of Public Works]]), Maryury A. Martinetti ([[Commissioner of Revenue and Finance]]) and Celin J. Valdivia ([[Commissioner of Parks and Public Property]]), all serving concurrent terms ending on May 15, 2026.<ref>[http://www.ucnj.com/directory Directory], Union City, New Jersey. Accessed May 12, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.ucnj.com/_Content/pdf/minutes/2022-05-17-Commissioners-Minutes.pdf#page=17 Reorganization Meeting Transcript May 17, 2022], City of Union City. Accessed November 28, 2022. "The Department of Public Safety, Brian P. Stack; Department of Public Affairs, Commissioner Lucio Fernandez; Department of Public Works, Commissioner Wendy Grullon; Department of Parks and Public Property, Commissioner Celin Valdivia; Department of Revenue and Finance, Commissioner Maryury Martinetti."</ref><ref>[https://www.ucnj.com/_Content/pdf/budgets/2023-UC-adopted-Budget.pdf#page=17 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Union City, New Jersey. Accessed May 4, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ Elected Officials], [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed May 12, 2024.</ref><ref name=Hudson2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/112983/web.285569/#/summary 2022 Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results], [[Hudson County, New Jersey]], updated June 1, 2022. Accessed November 28, 2022.</ref> The budget adopted by the city in 2021 was $151 million, which remained balanced during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=2021YearReview>{{cite web|title=2021: The year in review |newspaper=[[The Hudson Reporter]]|date=January 7, 2022 |url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/01/07/2021-the-year-in-review/|accessdate=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107154658/https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/01/07/2021-the-year-in-review/|archive-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>
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