Cumberland County, NJ
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👤 Members & officials (8)
Members seen in recent official meeting records — names and roles as published.
Who’s on the Board of County Commissioners - Regular Board Meeting
- Joseph Sileo — Commissioner
- Sandra Taylor — Commissioner
- Victoria Groetsch-Lods — Commissioner
Who’s on the Board of County Commissioners - Reorganization Meeting
- Donna Pearson — Commissioner
- Joseph Sileo — Commissioner
Who’s on the Board of Health
- Donna Pearson — Commissioner
- Joseph Sileo — Commissioner
Who’s on the TEST BOCC
- Austino
Municipal budget
Total revenue$208.4M (FY2023)
Total spending$251.0M (FY2023)
Taxes$105.6M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$289.5M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$1,634 (FY2023)
🗳️ Election results (18 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
County Commission - (REP) 2026-06-02
Sandra J. TAYLOR ✓ 4,262 · Arthur L. MARCHAND II ✓ 4,209 · James R . SAURO ✓ 4,144 · Write-In 14 · JASMIN 1 · BENJAMIN ROMANIK 1
County Commission - (DEM) 2026-06-02
LaRae H. SMITH ✓ 3,773 · Joseph PEPITONE ✓ 3,750 · Ronald J. FRANCESCHINI Jr. ✓ 3,593 · Tanisha GOMEZ 2,979 · Paul Praful THAKKAR 2,808 · Jasmine GOMEZ-DEMBY 2,238
County Commission 2025-11-04
JOHN P. CAPIZOLA, Jr. ✓ 19,933 · YOLANDA GARCIA BALICKI ✓ 19,270 · DOUGLAS A. ALBRECHT 19,131 · VICTORIA K. LODS 18,717 · JEFFREY BORDLEY 2 · LYNN MOONEYHAM JR 1
County Commission (REP) 2025-06-10
Douglas A. ALBRECHT ✓ 6,351 · Victoria K. LODS ✓ 5,850 · DARWIN COOPER JR 2 · TOM MERIGHI 2 · JEFF MERIGHI 2 · JEFFREY BORDLEY 2
County Commission (DEM) 2025-06-10
Yolanda G. BALICKI ✓ 5,387 · John P. CAPIZOLA, Jr. ✓ 5,037 · LaRae H. SMITH 4,424 · SEAN FISCHER 2 · Anne Eispaner 1 · RANDALL V WILHELM 1
County Commission 2024-11-05
Antonio F. ROMERO ✓ 26,413 · Robert A. AUSTINO ✓ 25,854 · Joseph V. SILEO, Jr. 25,803 · John P. CAPIZOLA, Jr. 25,282 · Lerea Smith 3 · Joeigh Perrella 2
City Council - VINELAND 2024-11-05
Cruz GOMEZ, Jr. ✓ 16,191 · Paul F. SPINELLI ✓ 15,763 · Scott E. ENGLISH ✓ 15,727 · Albert VARGAS ✓ 15,679 · Elizabeth A. ARTHUR ✓ 14,565 · Mayra ARROYO 7,464
County Commission (REP) 2024-06-04
Antonio F. ROMERO ✓ 4,904 · Joseph V. SILEO, Jr. ✓ 4,872 · John P. Capizola, Jr 3 · Robert A. Austino 2 · Dennis Rivera 1 · Sandy Asselta 1
County Commission (DEM) 2024-06-04
Robert A. AUSTINO ✓ 3,740 · John P. CAPIZOLA, Jr. ✓ 3,095 · LaRae SMITH 2,176 · Joeigh PERELLA 1,786 · Green 1 · Ethan Aronoff 1
County Commission 2023-11-07
ARTHUR L. MARCHAND II ✓ 12,668 · JAMES R. SAURO ✓ 12,477 · SANDRA J. TAYLOR ✓ 12,456 · JOHN P. CAPIZOLA, JR. 9,740 · JOEIGH PERELLA 9,159 · LA RAE H. SMITH 9,065
County Commission - (REP) 2023-06-06
Art L. MARCHAND ✓ 3,662 · Sandra J. TAYLOR ✓ 3,660 · James SAURO ✓ 3,657 · LaRae Smith 1 · John P. Capizola 1 · Kevin Smaniotto 1
County Commission - (DEM) 2023-06-06
La Rae SMITH ✓ 3,926 · John P. CAPIZOLA, Jr. ✓ 3,901 · Joseph “Joeigh” S. PERELLA, Jr. ✓ 3,821 · Richard W Dawson 10 · Marchand 2 · Sauro 1
Recent meetings
Fri Aug 28, 2026 · 05:00 PM
Test BCC Meeting for Training (SS)
Sat May 30, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Walk through Test
County board holds test walkthrough with placeholder items
The Cumberland County Board of County Commissioners is conducting a walkthrough test meeting on May 30, 2026. The agenda contains only placeholder items, including test ordinances, a test resolution, and a test consent agenda item. No substantive decisions or discussions are scheduled, and the entire meeting is procedural in nature.
- Ordinance 2026-003 (Test Item title) – placeholder ordinance
- Ordinance 2026-004 (test ord) – placeholder ordinance
- Test ordinance with placeholder title language
- Test consent agenda resolution with placeholder title
- Entire agenda is a walkthrough test with no real business
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📄 From the agenda
Extracted text of the official agenda document (automated extraction — may contain OCR/formatting errors).
Cumberland County Page 1 Printed 5/20/2026
Cumberland County
Board of County Commissioners
Regular Board Meeting
~ Agenda ~
http://www.CumberlandCountyNJ.gov
Content of this Agenda is Subject to Change
Saturday, May 30, 2026 10:00 AM Administration Building
I. Director calls the meeting to order.
Call to Order
6:00 PM Meeting called to order on 30 May 2026 at Administration Building, 164
West Broad Street, Bridgeton, NJ.
Clerk to the Board announces that adequate notice of this meeting was provided
in accordance with Ch.231, P.L. 1975 (Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public
Meetings Act).
II. Invocation / Silent Meditation – Trevor Bennett, IC Manager
III. Salute to Flag and Pledge of Allegiance – [enter name here]
IV. Clerk to the Board calls the roll.
V. Ordinances
1. Ordinance 2026-003
Test Item title
2. Ordinance 2026-004
test ord
3.
TEST This is an Ordinance title language
VI. Resolution To Read County Budget By Title Only (Motion to Adopt
Resolution And Roll Call)
VII. Public Comment Period/ Resolutions Only
VIII. Department Head Comments
IX. Consent Agenda Resolutions
When voting on Resolutions, all matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be
Regular Board Meeting Agenda May, 30, 2026
Cumberland County Page 2 Printed
routine in nature and having been reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners will be
enacted by one motion. Any item may be removed from the Consent Agenda at th …
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Sat Apr 4, 2026 · 09:08 AM
TEST BOCC
✓ Decided: Ordinance 2026-002 passed on first reading
The Board voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-002 on its first reading. The motion was made by Commissioner James Sauro and seconded by Commissioner Yolanda Garcia-Balicki. The vote was 5-1 in favor, with Commissioner Sandra Taylor voting no and Commissioner Robert Austino absent.
- Ordinance 2026-002 passed on first reading (5-1, Taylor nays, Austino absent)
📄 From the minutes
Extracted text of the official minutes document (automated extraction — may contain OCR/formatting errors).
I. Director calls the meeting to order.
Call to Order
6:00 PM Meeting called to order on 04 April 2026 at Administration Building, 164
West Broad Street, Bridgeton, NJ.
Clerk to the Board announces that adequate notice of this meeting was provided in
accordance with Ch.231, P.L. 1975 (Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings
Act).
The meeting was called to order at 11:02
II. Invocation / Silent Meditation – [enter name here]
III. Salute to Flag and Pledge of Allegiance – [enter name here]
IV. Clerk to the Board calls the roll.
Attendance Attendee Name
Present Antonio Romero, Commissioner
Arthur Marchand, Commissioner Deputy Director
James Sauro, Commissioner
Sandra Taylor, Commissioner Director
Yolanda Garcia-Balicki, Commissioner
John Capizola, Commissioner
Absent Robert Austino, Commissioner
V. Ordinances
1. Ordinance 2026-002
Test Ord - 1st reading, finance
COMMENTS - Current Meeting:
(a) Clerk reports compliance with N.J.S.A. 40A:2-17 so that the Ordinance may
be read by title only.
(b) Motion made by __________, seconded by _________ that the Ordinance be
read on final reading by title only. (Voice vote).
(c) Clerk reads Ordinance by title only: Test Ord - 1st reading, finance
(d) Motion made by _________, seconded by _________ to open public hearing
on Ordinance. (Voice vote).
(e) Public hearing. (f) Motion made by ______, seconded by _______ to close
public hearing on Ordinance. (Voice vote).
(g) __________ moves and ____ …
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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
Motion made by ______, seconded by _______ to close public hearing on Ordinance. (Voice vote). (g) __________ moves and _______ seconds motion that Ordinance 2025-3 be finally adopted. (requires 2/3…
5 yea · 1 nay
Romero yea · Marchand yea · Sauro yea · Garcia-Balicki yea · Capizola yea · Taylor nay
🌐 County-level context (Cumberland County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+82 people (-$19.5M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)5 ({"Hurricane": 10, "Snowstorm": 6, "Severe Storm": 5, "Flood" · last Sun Sep 5, 2021)
Traffic fatalities30 (6 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments2,826 (47,846 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,591/mo (4,003 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy35.8% (low numeracy 50% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
3,940
Recorded votes
$208.4M
Annual budget
$289.5M
Debt outstanding
143
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$208.4M
Spending$251.0M
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.
Debt load HIGH
Outstanding debt$289.5M
Debt-to-revenue1.39×
Debt-load index83 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.