Passaic County, NJ

Pasquale "Pat" Lepore  

COMMITTEES: 

• Administration & Finance (Chair)
• Budget (Chair)
• Public Works

COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAT LEPORE was first elected to the Board in 2004. His past service includes four terms as the Mayor of Woodland Park and a term on the Borough Council. He and his wife Linda are proud to call the Borough of Woodland Park home. They live there along with their son Robert, his wife Rebecca, and two grandchildren. Robert is a veteran of United States Marine Corps and continues his service to his community and country as a police officer in Woodland Park. As County Commissioner Lepore very proudly commented at his swearing-in ceremony: “My son’s public service far exceeds my own.”

Upon election to the Board of County Commissioners, he retired as a Sales Representative for the Entenmann’s Division of George Weston Bakeries. He remains a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Union Local 802 located in Long Island City, New York. County Commissioner Lepore’s commitment to Passaic County has been recognized by many public, private and civic organizations. This includes service on the Alfred H. Baumann Library Board, Office of Emergency Management, West Paterson Boys & Girls Club, Passaic County Board of Social Services, and Camp Hope Commission.

Throughout his tenure on the Board of County Commissioners, County Commissioner Lepore has been elected director of the board four times and has also served on every standing Passaic County committee including the Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools and the Passaic County Community College Boards of School Estimate.

County Commissioner Lepore helped spearhead fiscal initiatives and has served as budget chair for the past eleven years, resulting in ten credit upgrades to Passaic County’s bond ratings from Moody’s Financial Services, an independent credit rating agency which has given the county its highest bond rating in its history. This has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings on interest payments and debt service for Passaic County taxpayers. County Commissioner Lepore’s fiscal stewardship has allowed our county government to rein in costs, increase efficiencies, and more effectively share services.