Jackson Township (Ocean)

1511 Please see Color Key at bottom of sheet for limits on answers

Answer Question Comments

35 Prospective Does your municipality have a current community and/or economic development plan with established metrics?

36 Prospective Does your municipality regularly review and measure progress toward the development goals set forth in its community and/or economic development plan?

37 Yes Does your municipality's capital improvement program coordinate the replacement of infrastructure to avoid disturbance of recent capital projects and avoid duplicated efforts?

38 Yes Is your municipality dedicating sufficient revenues to fund maintenance, repair and replacement of environmental and transportation infrastructure?

40 Yes While the issuance and renewal of bond anticipation notes can be a reasonable and prudent financing mechanism, failing to take advantage of low interest rates on permanent financing can cause municipalities to incur unnecessary carrying and issuing costs. Has your municipality evaluated its outstanding bond anticipation notes and developed a strategy to move toward permanent financing?

39 Yes Municipalities are encouraged to investigate all available grant opportunities; however, certain grants require commitment of matching funds, staffing levels, etc. For each grant accepted within the past year, have each grant's benefits exceeded or are they expected to exceed the actual and/or potential costs of the grant.

41 Prospective Local Finance Notice 2018-13 discusses the Local Finance Board's recent adoption of regulations permitting all local units, county colleges, and school district boards of education/boards of trustees to use standard electronic funds transfer (EFT) technologies for payments. Has your municipality's chief financial officer and head procurement official reviewed this Notice with the governing body to determine where the use of electronic payment methods could benefit the municipality?

42 Yes Has your municipality assessed whether the Local Finance Board's adopted EFT regulations require changes in the municipality's current claims payment procedures as certain to electronic payment methods?

44 Prospective Other states such as California and Florida have enacted Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) legislation that authorizes municipalities to establish programs for public or private financing of energy, water and storm resilience projects through the use of voluntary special assessments for certain property owners. There is currently a bill pending before the New Jersey Legislature, S-1611, that would authorize these PACE programs in New Jersey. Is this something that your municipality would take advantage of?

45 Yes Does your municipality have a professional planner on staff?

43 Yes Does your municipality have a professional or professionals capable of evaluating and recommending PILOTs assess the utility and value of a PILOT before formalizing negotiations and entering into a PILOT agreement?