Freeholders hold off overriding latest veto from Bergen County Executive Donovan
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Last updated: Tuesday June 18, 2013, 7:00 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
After six months of a Punch-and-Judy routine of veto and override, it looks like Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan and the freeholders may have found the grounds for a possible bit of détente.
Donovan on Thursday issued a veto of the minutes of the June 4 meeting of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority, this one blocking the hiring of an outside law firm.
The action marks the 28th time that Donovan has issued a veto since becoming County Executive in January 2011, including 21 against the utilities authority. Most of those vetoes dealt with the disputed issue of stipends and medical benefits for the utility commissioners, a matter that is still in litigation.
