Jackson Township (Ocean)

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Answer Question Comments

2 Yes Has your municipality adopted a written vehicle use policy prohibiting personal use of municipal vehicles (except for commuting), and providing that employees authorized to use such vehicles for commuting to/from work have a fringe benefit value added to the gross income reported on the employee's W-2 (unless the vehicle meets the "qualified non-personal vehicle" criteria specified by the IRS)? Only answer "N/A" if your municipality does not have any municipality-owned vehicles.

1 Yes N.J.S.A. 34:13A-8.2 requires public employers, including municipalities, to file with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) a copy of all contracts negotiated with public employee representatives. This includes, but is not limited to, collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, contract amendments, and "side letter" or "side bar" agreements. Copies of same may be emailed to contracts@perc.state.nj.us. Has your municipality filed all current contracts with PERC?

3 Yes Active monitoring management of a municipality's ratable base is fundamental to helping ensure fiscal stability. There should be communication with the municipal tax assessor to ensure that the municipality has sufficient time to factor potential exposure to tax appeal judgements into their budgetary planning. Does your municipality have an established written policy requiring its tax assessor to notify the chief financial officer and the governing body of all tax appeals upon filing, but no later than June 1st each year? The policy should, at minimum, require the assessor's report to break down by property class the number of pending appeals, the current assessed value, and the reduction in assessed value if all appeals were successful. If there are appeals for which complete information is unavailable as of June 1, those appeals should be reported as information becomes available. Only answer "N/A" if your municipality is in Gloucester County (county assessor pilot program) or participates in the Monmouth County assessment demonstration program.