The Bergen County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on final adoption of a package of 2025 capital and bond ordinances that together fund building repairs, park projects, public safety upgrades and a rental housing project at 133 River Street. The final roll calls on the ordinances 25‑20 through 25‑35 recorded seven yes votes and adoption of the measures.

County commissioners said the capital spending supports roofs, drainage, paving and renovations across county facilities and parks and funds renovations at county vocational and technical schools. The county executive and county administrator told the board the administration’s capital plan and the adopted bond authorizations allow the county to bond at favorable rates because of its Triple‑A rating.

The 133 River Street project was described by county officials as a rental housing initiative aimed at providing affordable units for people starting careers — specifically named in the meeting as firefighters and teachers who earn below a set income threshold — with units replaced over time as those tenants’ incomes rise. County officials said the project will use county funds in the capital program; the ordinance text read at the meeting appropriated $10,000,000 from the general capital improvement fund for that project.

During the ordinance readings, the clerk read out specific bond ordinances authorizing varying aggregate appropriations and bond issuances, including: ordinance 25‑24 (aggregate $5,163,900; authorizing $4,918,000 bonds or notes), ordinance 25‑25 (aggregate $1,071,000; authorizing $1,020,000 bonds or notes), ordinance 25‑28 (aggregate $25,396,040; authorizing $24,186,738 bonds or notes) and others as read into the record. Several ordinances noted expected state grants as part of the financing (for example, ordinance 25‑29 included an expected $1,000,000 state grant in its appropriation).

The board also confirmed the capital budget total figures presented by the administration. The county administrator said the administration initially introduced an operating budget figure in excess of $720,000,000; after commission hearings the operating budget was reduced to $719,000,000 and the capital budget total presented was approximately $70,000,000. Commissioners said these funds will finance repairs and upgrades including law and public safety center roofs, environmental center exhibit renovations, equipment upgrades to the public safety operations center, park improvements and classroom renovations at the county magnet technical schools.

The consent agenda of resolutions (listed as 7‑41‑25 through 7‑94‑25 at the meeting) passed by voice vote; the clerk reported seven yes votes on the roll and one abstention was recorded earlier on a separate resolution (noted in the clerk’s reading as an abstention on resolution 7‑69‑25). No public speakers addressed the bond ordinances during the hearings; the board opened and closed the public hearings on each ordinance with no comments for most items.

No additional conditions or amendments to the ordinances were recorded during the meeting. Commissioners and the county executive framed the adopted measures as part of a multi‑year capital master plan and emphasized that funding will support both maintenance and new projects across county facilities and parks.

A schedule for final implementation steps, bond sale dates or contract awards was not specified in the ordinance readings at the meeting.

The board adjourned after completing the ordinance votes and other agenda items.