Jackson Township (Ocean)

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4 Yes Does your municipality maintain an up-to-date municipal website containing at minimum the following: past three years adopted budgets; the current year's proposed budget (including the full adopted budget for the current year when approved by the governing body); most recent annual financial statement and audits; notification(s) for solicitation of bids and RFPs; and meeting dates, minutes and agendas for the governing body, planning board, board of adjustment and all commissions?

6 Yes The Local Government Ethics Law, designed to ensure transparency in government, requires local government officers to file Financial Disclosure Forms. Compliance by local elected officials is particularly important. Have all of your local elected officials filed their Financial Disclosure Form in 2017 that covers the 2016 calendar year?

7 Yes While outside employment by municipal officials can sometimes be acceptable, it is imperative that no conflicts of interest impinge on municipal governance. Does your municipality have 1) an established documented process requiring department heads to submit notice of outside employment, and 2) upon receiving such notice, does your municipality have a documented process within its human resources function to determine whether or not a conflict of interest exists?

Answer Question Comments

5 N/A The “Director's Ratio” (the average ratio of assessed to true market value) for each municipality as determined by the Director of the Division of Taxation, in the Table of Equalized Valuations promulgated annually pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:1-35.1. A Director's Ratio of lower than 85 percent generally denotes lack of uniformity in assessments and indicates a need for revaluation. N.J.A.C. 18:12A-1.14. If the ratio of assessed values to market values in your municipality is presently less than 85%, has your municipality at minimum awarded a contract for the updating of tax maps and earmarked funds in its budget for the hiring of relevant firms and/or professionals? The ratio of assessed value is not less than 85%