 Each of the Commissioners is designated as the head of a designated department, with the mayor presiding over meetings but having no executive role.Mayor Deborah Buzby-Cope (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), 
Deputy Mayor Nicholas Capriglione (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety) and 
Louis Bourguignon (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property).Like other municipalities in New Jersey without a local police department, Bass River Township is served by troopers from the New Jersey State Police Troop C which maintains a barrack in Tuckerton.