MORRISTOWN, N.J. — The Morris County Board of Commissioners opened its Sept. 10 meeting by recognizing three recent deaths among county residents and staff and by observing the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The board’s presiding official, identified in the meeting roll call as Director Sellen, said the county lost Kathleen Oliveira, a longtime employee in the Office of Temporary Assistance and a Boonton resident who worked for Morris County for more than 23 years; Edward Hennington, a region 1 municipal representative who had served on the Morris County Historic Preservation Trust Fund Review Board for five years; and Connor Markowski, a 19‑year‑old Rockaway resident and corrections officer in training who had been at the Essex County academy since June.

The director asked the meeting to include the 64 Morris County residents who died in the Sept. 11 attacks in the board’s prayers and led the room in a moment of silence.

The recognitions were offered at the start of the regular meeting, before routine business. No formal action or vote related to the memorial remarks was taken; the remarks were made as part of the meeting’s opening recognitions.

A commissioner later thanked county staff for a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony and expressed concern about violent events mentioned during her remarks. That speaker was not identified by name in the meeting transcript; her remarks were made during the commissioner comments portion of the agenda.

The board then moved on to its regular agenda, which included approval of minutes and routine resolutions. No public speakers addressed the board during the public comment period, and the clerk reported no written comments had been received in advance.

The meeting record shows county administrators and legal staff present in the room, including Dina Leary, county administrator; Brian Murray, assistant county administrator; John Napolitano, county counsel; Stacy Santucci, assistant county counsel; and Deborah Lynch, clerk of the board.

The county’s opening recognitions and the moment of silence concluded the board’s ceremonial remarks and preceded the approval of routine agenda items and roll‑call votes that followed.