TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018
Note 7. Interfund Receivables, Payables and Transfers (continued)
Transfers are used to (1) move revenues from the fund that statute or budget requires to collect them to the fund that statute or budget requires to expend them (i.e. interest earning), (2) provide cash flow to other funds to temporary finance expenditures that are on a reimbursable basis (i.e. grants), (3) when no bank account exists for a fund, and (4) utilizing surplus or fund balance from one fund as budgeted revenue in another.
Note 8. Fixed Assets
The following is a summary of changes in the General Fixed Assets Account Group for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Balance December 31, 2017AdditionsDeletionsBalance December 31, 2018
Land$ 56,970,100.00$ -$ (650,000.00)$ 56,320,100.00
Buildings and Improvements49,798,905.00--49,798,905.00
Machinery & Equipment15,316,240.001,058,336.00(2,078,541.00)14,296,035.00
$ 122,085,245.00$ 1,058,336.00$ (2,728,541.00)$ 120,415,040.00
Note 9. Pension Obligations
A. Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS)
Plan Description - The State of New Jersey, Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) is a cost-sharing multiple-employer defined benefit pension plan administered by the State of New Jersey, Division of Pensions and Benefits (the Division). For additional information about PERS, please refer to Division's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) which can be found at http://www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/financial-reports.shtml.
The vesting and benefit provisions are set by N.J.S.A. 43:15A. PERS provides retirement, death and disability benefits. All benefits vest after ten years of service, except for medical benefits, which vest after 25 years of service or under the disability provisions of PERS.
The following represents the membership tiers for PERS:
TierDefinition
1Members who were enrolled prior to July 1, 2007
2Members who were eligible to enroll on or after July 1, 2007 and prior to November 2, 2008
3Members who were eligible to enroll on or after November 2, 2008 and prior to May 22, 2010
4Members who were eligible to enroll on or after May 22, 2010 and prior to June 28, 2011
5Members who were eligible to enroll on or after June 28, 2011
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