Tucci re-elected as Passaic Valley Sewerage chairman

Thomas Tucci, Jr. was re-elected as chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission today, making him the longest-serving chairman since James McMahon stepped down in 1970.

The former Cedar Grove township manager became chairman in November 2015 after a four-year period where no meetings were held.  That came after Gov. Chris Christie dismantled the board and attacked a culture of mismanagement, patronage, and nepotism.   Only one commissioner, Kenneth Lucianin, was retained.

James J. McMahon holds the record at the helm of the North Jersey utility agency.  McMahon, a former Montclair town commissioner, served as the PVSC chairman for 18 years, albeit non-consecutively.   He served as chairman from 1935 to 1936, again from 1937  to 1944, and for a third tenure that spanned from 1960 to 1970.

Gov. William Cahill declined to renominate McMahon in 1970, giving his seat to the Republican mayor of Bloomfield, Walter Davis.