 Members are elected to four-year concurrent terms in office on a non-partisan basis as part of the May municipal election., Bordentown's commissioners are
Mayor James E. Lynch Jr. (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), 
Deputy Mayor John C. Brodowski (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance) and
Joe Myers (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property), all serving terms of office that end on May 15, 2021.Hope Hose Humane Fire Company 1 dates its founding to 1767, making it the nation's second-oldest volunteer fire service, having taken its current name from the combination in 1976 of the Hope Hose and the Humane fire companies.