Arnone, Kiley elected to leadership roles on Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners
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The first Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners has been seated and its members are ready to direct the fortunes of Monmouth County’s 53 municipalities and 617,000 residents in 2021 as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to batter lives and businesses from Sandy Hook to Allentown.
For hundreds of years, the county’s governing body was known as the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The historic name reflected the fact that for many years, only certain individuals could serve on the body.
The name change that became effective on Jan. 1 complies with legislation Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law in 2020. The legislation requires the title of “chosen freeholder” to be changed to “county commissioner” and all “boards of chosen freeholders” to be known as “boards of county commissioners.” Owning land is not a requirement to serve on a board of county commissioners.