Meet Bayonne’s first Hispanic city tax collector Updated Feb 22, 2021; Facebook Share Rosemarie Martinez continues to break barriers in Bayonne. Martinez will be the first Hispanic in Bayonne history to serve as tax collector. She was also the city’s first Hispanic to work as chief of staff to Mayor Jimmy Davis. “I am grateful to Mayor Davis and the City Council for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she said in a statement. Martinez was nominated by Davis, and the City Council unanimously approved it on Wednesday. She will serve in her new position from March 1 through Dec. 31. A four-year term will then follow starting on Jan. 1, until Dec. 31, 2025.