Jackson Township (Ocean)

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Answer Question Comments

0 N/A If the ratio of assessed values to market values in your municipality is presently less than 65%, is your municipality in the process of conducting a reassessment or revaluation?

10 Yes The Local Government Ethics Law, designed to ensure transparency in government, requires local government officers to file Financial Disclosure Forms. Compliance by local elected officials is particularly important. Have all of your local elected officials filed their Financial Disclosure Form in 2015 that covers the 2014 calendar year?

11 Yes Many municipalities have created one or more authorities (including fire districts, utilities authorities, redevelopment authorities, housing authorities, port authorities, etc.) to provide greater focus and attention on addressing a public need, or to reduce governing body burdens. While creation of an authority is often appropriate, and many authorities successfully fulfill their missions, authorities with weak membership or insufficient local-level monitoring can become wasteful, inefficient and unresponsive to the public they serve. N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-20 allows a local governing body to dissolve an authority subject to certain parameters and with Local Finance Board approval. Municipalities should at least annually assess the authority or authorities they created and publicly discuss their findings and conclusions. Findings and conclusions should address whether the authority's continued existence is appropriate, and whether the authority is appropriately and efficiently serving its residents. Does the governing body meet at least once annually to discuss an assessment of the authority or authorities they have created?