Mission & Responsibilities

The Essex County Improvement Authority (ECIA) was created by the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders by Resolution # 30674 dated October 12, 1972. The ECIA was established as a public body corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, exercising public and essential governmental functions, empowered by the State of New Jersey Constitution and statutes of the State of New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 40:37A-1, et seq. – County Improvement Authorities the “Act”).

The ECIA is a public body corporate and politic, constituting a political subdivision of the State of New Jersey, and was established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public convenience, benefit and welfare and shall have perpetual succession.

The ECIA is governed by a seven member Board of Commissioners appointed by the Essex County Executive with the Advice and Consent of the Essex County Board of County Commissioners.

The current Board of Commissioners is set forth as follows:

Commissioner	Title	Term
Steven H. Klinghoffer	Chairman	01/31/2025
Ronald J. Brown	Vice-Chairman	01/31/2027
Gerard M. Spiesbach	Treasurer	01/31/2029
Jacqueline Yustein	Secretary	01/31/2026
Anthony Nardone	Commissioner	01/31/2025
Clifford Ross	Commissioner	01/31/2027
Vacancy	Commissioner