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Homestead Road, situated in the Township of Jackson, Ocean County, New Jersey 08527. Said right-of-way is attached hereto as Exhibit "A".

SECTION 2. It is the intention of this Ordinance to authorize the said easement agreement in order to complete this project and commence rental payments to the Township of Jackson by the Solar Developer.

SECTION 3. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.

SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law. And upon the adoption of a concurring Resolution from the Ocean County Board of Supervisors.

DATE: _____ MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 23rd day of March, 2021, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 13th day of April, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.

Janice Kisty, RMC

Jackson Township Clerk

ORDINANCES, FIRST READING:

ORDINANCE: 07-21

TITLE: CALENDAR YEAR 2021 ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK PURSUANT TO (N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14)

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 07-21 ON FIRST READING, ADVERTISE THE APPROVAL AND NOTICE OF SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 27, 2021 BY: SAUICKIE MOTION SECONDED BY: FLEMMING YES: BORRELLI, SAUICKIE, FLEMMING, KERN ABSENT: CHISHOLM

WHEREAS, the Local Government Cap Law, N.J.S.A 40A: 4-45.1 et seq., provides that in the preparation of its annual budget, a municipality shall limit any increase in said budget up to 1.0% unless authorized by ordinance to increase it to 3.5% over the previous year's final appropriations, subject to certain exceptions; and,

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.15a provides that a municipality may, when authorized by ordinance, appropriate the difference between the amount of its actual final appropriation and the 3.5% percentage rate as an exception to its final appropriations in either of the next two succeeding years; and,