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Salem County commissioners administer oaths to Surrogate’s Office staff
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Salem County Board of County Commissioners swore in multiple employees of the Surrogate’s Office, including Christina Sparks and Donna Rosenstock, and highlighted staff roles and five-year appointment terms during a brief ceremony.
The Salem County Board of County Commissioners administered oaths of office to several staff members of the Salem County Surrogate’s Court during the meeting. Deputy Surrogate Christina Sparks repeated the oath to “support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey” and to “faithfully, impartially and justly perform all the duties of the office of the Salem County Surrogate’s Court as deputy surrogate.”
Christina Sparks and other staff — introduced by the chair to help commissioners "put some faces to the staff" — were sworn in in a short ceremonial sequence. The chair noted that these staff members are appointed to five-year terms by the surrogate and that the ceremony was intended to familiarize county leaders with the office’s personnel and functions.
Also sworn in were staff identified in the transcript as Lisa (appearing in the record as both "Giovanetti" and "Givinetti"), Denise McCarthy and Donna Rosenstock. At the time of the oath the chair referred to the swearing as a courtesy and asked staff to provide signable copies for personnel files. The chair encouraged the public to become familiar with the surrogate's office personnel but added that most residents will not need to use the office directly.
The swearing-in was a ceremonial item and no independent policy decisions or funding authorizations were taken as part of the oath sequence.
