Best Practices Worksheet CY 2015/SFY2016
Jackson Township (Ocean)
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1511 Please see Color Key at bottom of sheet for limits on answers
27 Yes N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (a)(i) states that, if a municipality utilizes the professional services exemption from the Local Public Contracts Law, β€œThe governing body shall in each instance state supporting reasons for its action in the resolution awarding each contract and shall forthwith cause to be printed once, in the official newspaper, a brief notice stating the nature, duration, service and amount of the contract, and that the resolution and contract are on file and available for public inspection in the office of the clerk of the [ ] municipality...”. With respect to the award of professional services contracts, is your municipality complying with the above referenced provision of the Local Public Contracts Law?