035 Best Practices Financial Administration

N.J.A.C. 5:30-8.3(a) establishes a schedule of minimum dollar amounts for tax collector surety bonding. However, subsection (b) of 5:30-8.3 encourages municipalities to adopt a more stringent schedule for tax collector surety bonding that is specified in the subsection. Has your municipality adopted, at minimum, the higher level surety bonding schedule for tax collectors set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:30-8.3(b)? [0.50] Yes

036 Best Practices Financial Administration

N.J.A.C. 5:30-8.4 (a) establishes a schedule of minimum dollar amounts for municipal court surety bonding, specifically for municipal judges and municipal court administrators. However, subsection (b) of 5:30-8.4 encourages municipalities to adopt a more stringent schedule for municipal court surety bonding that is specified in the subsection. Has your municipality adopted, at minimum, the higher level surety bonding schedule for municipal court judges and court administrators set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:30-8.4(b)? [0.50] Yes

037 Best Practices Personnel

Has your municipality established by ordinance an anti-nepotism policy that, at minimum, only authorizes the hiring the family members/relatives of municipal officials and employees if the individuals involved would do not work in a direct supervisory relationship, or in job positions in which a conflict of interest could arise. The term “family member/relatives” should be defined to include but not necessarily be limited to spouses, children, siblings, parents, in-laws, and step-relatives. [0.00] No Comment: Although we have not passed an Ordinance on this subject, we have a very comprehensive and restrictive set of guidelines on antinepotism which is in our employee handbook that was passed by Resolution.

038 Best Practices Tax Collection

Does your municipality issue periodic late notices to taxpayers who are overdue on their property tax payments? [0.50] Yes

039 Best Practices Procurement

If your municipality contracts with an insurance broker for health insurance, and said contract exceeds the Local Public Contracts Law (LPCL) bid threshold, is your municipality’s health insurance broker being procured through a competitive contracting or sealed bid process conducted pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law? Only answer N/A if your municipality does not contract with an insurance broker for health insurance or, if it does, the contract does not exceed your municipality’s LPCL bid threshold. [0.50] N/A