Jackson Township (Ocean)

1511 Please see Color Key at bottom of sheet for limits on answers

Answer Question Comments

24 Yes Given the potential fiscal impact of property tax appeals on municipalities, the Tax Assessor and CFO should review the status of filed appeals on a regular basis to determine their effect on future budgets and plan accordingly. With input and approval from the governing body, this plan should include an evaluation of current assessment values and should consider setting aside an adequate estimated reserve to fund potentially successful state tax court appeals. Has your municipality considered a property reassessment/revaluation to counter the effect of successful residential tax appeals? In answering this question, a yes answer indicates that the municipality either 1) determined after reviewing assessed values that a reassessment/revaluation is unnecessary due to assessed values accurately reflecting market values (resulting in a small number of successful appeals); or 2) if the impact of appeals is significant, a revaluation plan has been filed with your County Board of Taxation.

25 No In developing your multi-year capital plan, is your municipality dedicating sufficient revenues to fund maintenance, repair and eventual replacement of infrastructure such as roads, storm sewers, sanitary sewers and water systems?

26 Yes N.J.S.A. 40A:4-62.1 allows for the creation of a dedicated trust fund to reserve funds budgeted during years with relatively little snowfall for use in future years when excessive snowfalls may exceed budgeted funds. In your 2013 Budget, has your municipality appropriated at least the average of snow removal expenses incurred over a minimum of 3 years?

Health Insurance - HI

27 No Does your municipality exclude from healthcare coverage part-time elected and appointed officials (less than 35 hours per week)?

28 Yes Does your municipality conduct a monthly review of health benefit covered lives itemized on health insurance invoices to determine that health insurance invoices do not include employees, former employees, spouses or dependents who should no longer be receiving coverage?

29 Yes As explained in Local Finance Notices 2011-20R and 2011-34, P.L. 2011 c. 78 requires employees to contribute toward healthcare based on a percentage of total premium cost, subject to a four-year phase-in. Has your municipality implemented the employee healthcare contribution provisions contained in P.L.2011 c. 78?