Public Notice

Under the terms of the “Open Public Meetings Act P.L. 1975, C. 231, and pursuant to requirements of N.J.S.A 10: 4-10 of the Open Public Meetings Act, please be advised of the following changes, necessitated by circumstances, to the 2021 Union County Board of County Commissioners’ Annual Meeting Schedule:

The Agenda Setting Session (commencing at 5:00pm) and the Regular Meeting (commencing as soon as possible after the close of the Agenda Setting Session) scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2021 have been cancelled. These meetings of the Board of County Commissioners will not be rescheduled.

The Agenda Setting Session and the Regular Meeting scheduled for Thursday, December 2, 2021 and Thursday, December 16, 2021 will no longer be held remotely via Zoom webinar, but rather will be held in-person at the Union County Board of County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ 07207.  The Agenda Setting Sessions held on both Thursday, December 2, 2021 and Thursday, December 16, 2021 will commence at 5:30pm and subsequently, the Regular Meetings on both Thursday, December 2, 2021 and Thursday, December 16, 2021 will commence as soon as possible after the close of their respective Agenda Setting Session meeting.

As a result of returning to in-person meetings, the Board of County Commissioners will subsequently return to the rules and procedures relative to conducting the Board of County Commissioners’ meetings, and the public’s ability to participate in said meetings, as established by the Union County By-Laws and Administrative Code. As such, members of the public will not be able to observe or participate in meetings remotely, and public comments will no longer be accepted to the Office of the Clerk of the Board via email to be read into the record.

Masks will be required to be worn by all participants of these in-person meetings.  The County of Union encourages participants to social distant themselves in the meeting room as practicable.

Persons requiring a sign language interpreter should contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board at 908-527- 4140.

Jim Pellettiere, RMC/QPA

Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners