026 Core Competencies Shared Services [1.00] Yes

N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8(d)(20) requires each municipal user-friendly budget to include a listing of each shared service provided or received, what entity or entities are providing or receiving the service, the beginning and end date of the agreement as applicable, and the amount either received or paid for the service. Does your municipality list on its user-friendly budget each shared services agreement it is a party to, along with the other information required by the above-referenced regulation?

027 Core Competencies Fire Districts [1.00] Yes

If a Board of Fire Commissioners establishes annual compensation for its fire district commissioners, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-88 requires the municipal governing body to review and approve such compensation before the fire district can submit its annual budget to the voters, or, in the case of fire districts whose Board of Fire Commissioners elections coincides with the November General election, before the fire district's annual budget can be adopted. The fire district shall submit to the municipal governing body for approval the amount of compensation fixed by the Board regardless of whether the amount of compensation is being modified. Oughton v. Board of Fire Comrs., etc., 178 N.J. Super. 565, 570-571 (App. Div. 1981). If any members of the Board of Fire Commissioners in one or more of your municipality's fire districts are authorized by the Board to receive compensation, does your municipality 1) require its fire district(s) to submit such compensation for review on an annual basis; 2) ensure that each Board has adopted a resolution or resolutions fixing the amount of compensation requested for governing body approval; and 3) adopt a resolution approving, disapproving, or modifying the compensation amount fixed by the Board of Fire Commissioners?

028 Core Competencies Shared Services [1.00] Yes

N.J.S.A. 40A:65-4(b) requires a copy of each shared services agreement to be filed with the Division of Local Government Services. Has your municipality filed with the Division the most current copy of each shared services agreement under which the municipality provides one or more services to another local unit as defined by N.J.S.A. 40A:65-3 of the Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act? Only answer N/A if your municipality does not provide a shared service to another local unit.

029 Core Competencies Financial Administration [1.00] Yes

N.J.S.A. 40A:5-4 requires municipalities to complete their annual audit for the preceding fiscal year within 6 months after the close of their fiscal year. For calendar year 2021 audits, this deadline was extended to August 31, 2022 pursuant to the Director's June 16, 2022 Order (See Local Finance Notice 2022-12). Has your municipality's completed audit for the preceding fiscal year been electronically submitted to DLGS within the required timeframe? You may only answer this question "N/A" if the Director expressly granted an extension in response to a governing body resolution petitioning for same.