The Board of Bucks County Commissioners is composed of three commissioners elected to four-year terms, two from the majority party, one from the minority party. The commissioners are responsible for the adoption and administration of the county operating budget - $469 million in 2021 - and oversight of almost 2,400 full-time employees, one of the largest workforces in the county.
Departments and divisions under the administrative control of the commissioners include:
Chief Clerk
- Community Services
- Planning Commission
- Housing and Community Development
- Military Affairs
- Workforce and Economic Development
- Corrections
- Emergency Services
- Emergency Management Agency
- Emergency Communications
- Emergency Health Services
- Fire Marshal
- Police Training
- Security
- Finance and Administration
- Board of Assessment
- Finance
- Information Technology
- Purchasing
- General Services
- Bridges and Capital Projects
- County Properties
- Parks and Recreation
- Health Services
- Health Department
- Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home
- Human Services
- Area Agency on Aging
- Children and Youth Social Services Agency
- Behavioral Health / Developmental Programs
- Human Resources
- Legal Services
- Consumer Protection
- County Solicitor
- Guardian Ad Litem
- Law Department
- Open Records / Right to Know
- Public Information