No conflict found by Bergen County ethics board on Donovan appointee
Friday July 5, 2013, 5:07 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
The Bergen County Board of Ethics has ruled that there is no conflict for two individuals who work for a hospital or a mental health organization from serving on the Bergen County Improvement Authority, which oversees the Bergen Regional Medical Center.
The issue came up earlier this year when Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan attempted to appoint Laura E. Cima, a Lodi councilwoman and deputy mayor, to the volunteer five-member authority board.
But the resolution for her appointment was temporarily withdrawn after several freeholders questioned if Cima’s role as vice president for clinical operations at Hackensack University Medical Center posed a conflict.
