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The document is the 2019 Annual Debt Statement for Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. Prepared on January 28, 2020, the statement provides a comprehensive overview of the township's debt condition as of December 31, 2019, including details on bonds and notes for local and regional school purposes, utilities, and other municipal obligations. The report breaks down gross debt, deductions, and net debt, adhering to the Local Bond Law of New Jersey.

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--- Document: 2019 Annual Debt Statement Document ---
FILED 1/29/2020
State of New Jersey
Department of Community Affairs
Annual Debt Statement
*Official* Little Egg Harbor Township - 2019
Date Prepared:
1/28/2020
Budget Year Ending
December 31
(Month D-D)
2019
(Year)
Name:
Rodney Haines
Phone:
609-296-7241
Title:
CMFO
Email:
rhaines@leht.com
Address:
665 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
CFO Cert #:
N-1714
Rodney Haines, being duly sworn, deposes and says:  Deponent is the Chief Financial Officer of Little Egg Harbor 
Township - County of Ocean here and in the statement hereinafter mentioned called the local unit.  This Annual Debt 
Statement is a true statement of the debt condition of the local unit as of the date therein stated above and is computed 
as provided by the Local Bond Law of New Jersey.
Gross Debt
Deduction
Net Debt
Total Bonds and Notes for Local School 
Purposes
$18,855,000.00
$18,855,000.00
$0.00
Total Bonds and Notes for Regional School 
Purposes
$42,758,881.86
$42,758,881.86
$0.00
Total Bonds and Notes for all Utilities
$
$
$0.00
Municipal/County General Obligations
$30,656,807.91
$55,050.69
$30,601,757.22
Total
$92,270,689.77
$61,668,932.55
$30,601,757.22
Equalized valuation basis (the average of the equalized valuations of real estate, including improvements and the assessed 
valuation of class II railroad property of the local unit for the last 3 preceding years).
Year
(1)
2017
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$2,330,113,664.00
(2)
2018
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$2,391,400,094.00
(3)
2019
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$2,454,602,506.00
Equalized Valuation Basis - Average of (1), (2) and (3)…………………………………………
$2,392,038,754.67
Net Debt expressed as a percentage of such equalized valuation basis is:  %
1.279%


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BONDS AND NOTES FOR LOCAL SCHOOL PURPOSES
Local School District Type (select one):
Type II
1.
Term Bonds
$
2.
Serial Bonds
            (a)   Issued
$18,855,000.00
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
3.
Temporary Notes
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
4.
Total Bonds and Notes
$18,855,000.00
DEDUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO BONDS AND NOTES - FOR SCHOOL 
PURPOSES
Amounts held or to be held for the sole purpose of paying bonds and notes included above.
5.
Sinking funds on hand for bonds shown as Line 1 but not in excess of 
such bonds.
$
6.
Funds on hand in those cases where such funds cannot be diverted to 
purposes other than the payment of bonds and notes included in Line 4.
$
7.
Estimated proceeds of bonds and notes authorized but not issued where 
such proceeds will be used for the sole purpose of paying bonds and 
notes included in Line 4.
$
8.
% of average of 
equalized valuations
$2,392,038,754.67
2.50%
$59,800,968.87
Use applicable per centum as follows:
    2.50% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 6
    3.00% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 8
    3.50% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 9
    4.00% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 12
9.
Additional State School Building Aid Bonds (N.J.S.A. 18A:58-33.4(d))
$
10.
Total Potential Deduction
$59,800,968.87
Total Allowable Deduction
$18,855,000.00


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BONDS AND NOTES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL PURPOSES
Regional School District
Pinelands Regional School Distrct
1.
TERM BONDS
$
2.
SERIAL BONDS
            (a)   Issued
$42,758,881.86
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
3.
 TEMPORARY BONDS AND NOTES
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
4.
TOTAL OF REGIONAL SCHOOL BONDS AND NOTES
$42,758,881.86
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-43 reads in part as follows: "Gross debt of a municipality shall also include that amount of the total of all 
the bonds and notes issued and authorized but not issued by any school district including the area of the municipality, which 
results from the application to such total of the ratio which the equalized valuation basis of the municipality bears to the 
sum of the equalized valuation basis of each municipality in any such school district."
COMPUTATION OF REGIONAL AND/OR CONSOLIDATED 
SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT
% OF VALUATIONS APPORTIONED TO EACH 
MUNICIPALITY
APPORTIONMENT OF DEBT – Dec. 31, 2019
Municipality
Average Equalized 
Valuations
%
Serial Bonds 
Issued
Temp. Bond – 
Notes Issued
Authorized But 
not Issued
Bass River Township
$172,418,003.00
5.37177780%
$3,082,057.51
$0.00
$0.00
Eagleswood 
Township
$230,150,546.33
7.17046697%
$4,114,055.42
$0.00
$0.00
Little Egg Harbor 
Township
$2,392,038,754.67
74.52528428%
$42,758,881.86
$0.00
$0.00
Tuckerton Borough
$415,093,642.33
12.93247095%
$7,420,005.21
$0.00
$0.00
Totals
$3,209,700,946.33
100.00%
$57,375,000.00
$0.00
$


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BONDS AND NOTES FOR UTILITY FUND
Utility
1.
Term bonds
$
2.
Serial bonds
(a) Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
3.
Bond Anticipation Notes
(a) Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
4.
Capital Notes (N.J.S.A. 40A:2-8)
(a) Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
5.
Other
(a) Issued 
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
6.
Total
$
DEDUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO BONDS AND NOTES 
FOR SELF-LIQUIDATING PURPOSES
Self-Liquidating Utility Calculation
1.
Total Cash Receipts from Fees, Rents or 
Other Charges for Year
$
2.
Operating and Maintenance Cost
$
3.
Debt Service
(a)
Interest
$
(b)
Notes
$
(c)
Serial Bonds
$
(d)
Sinking Fund 
Requirements
$
4.
Debt Service per Current Budget 
(N.J.S.A. 40A:2-52)
(a)
Interest on Refunding 
Bonds
$
(b)
Refunding Bonds
$
5.
Anticipated Deficit in Dedicated 
Assessment Budget
$
6.
Total Debt Service
$
7.
Total Deductions (Line 2 plus Line 6)
$
8.
Excess in Revenues (Line 1 minus Line 7)
$
9.
Deficit in Revenues (Line 7 minus Line 1)
$
10.
Total Debt Service (Line 6)
$
11.
Deficit (smaller of Line 9 or Line 10)
$
If Excess in Revenues (Line 8) all Utility 
Debt is Deductible
(a)
Gross  System Debt
$
(b)
Less:  Deficit (Capitalized at 5%), (Line 9 
or line 11)
$
 $-   times 20
(c)
Deduction
$
(d)
Plus: Cash held to Pay Bonds and Notes 
included in 2 (a) above
$
(e)
Total Deduction (Deficit in revenues)
$
(f)
NonDeductible Combined GO Debt
$
Total Allowable Deduction
$


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OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
1.
Term Bonds
$
Total Term Bonds
$
2.
Serial Bonds (state purposes separately)
(a) Issued 
2010 GO Refunding Bonds
$590,000.00
2012 GO Refunding Bonds
$2,090,000.00
2017 GO Bonds
$3,900,000.00
2019 GO Bonds
$6,280,000.00
Total Serial Bonds Issued
$12,860,000.00
(b) Bonds Authorized but not Issued
$
Total Serial Bonds Authorized but not Issued
$
3.
Total Serial Bonds Issued and Authorized but not Issued
$12,860,000.00


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OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES (state purposes separately)
4.
Bond Anticipation Notes
(a) Issued
2014-10 Various Capital Improvements
$1,514,000.00
2018-13 Various Capital Improvements
$1,200,000.00
2018-12 Dredging of Osborn Island
$1,500,000.00
2019-07 Dredging of Mystic Island Phase I
$3,000,000.00
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Issued
$7,214,000.00
(b) Authorized but not Issued
2009-06 Improvements to Frog Pond Road
$113,665.00
11-15 Various Capital Improvements
$940.89
13-14 Various Capital Improvements
$423,450.28
14-10 Various Capital Improvements
$357,500.00
18-08 NJEIT Twin Lakes Boulevard
$199,671.00
18-12 Dredging Osborn Island
$2,500,000.00
18-13 Various Capital Improvements
$773,150.00
2019-07 Dredging of Mystic Island Phase I
$1,500,000.00
2019-11 Preliminary Dredging Expenses
$361,000.00
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Authorized but not 
Issued
$6,229,377.17
5.
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Issued and Authorized but not Issued
$13,443,377.17


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OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
(not including Tax Anticipation Notes, Emergency Notes, Special Emergency Notes and Utility Revenue Notes)
6.
Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans
(a) Issued
18-08 NJEIT Twin Lakes Boulevard Drainage
$4,050,329.00
2002 Green Trust Open Space Acquisition
$45,988.28
2002 Green Trust - Recreation Complex
$75,450.46
2005 Green Trust  - Muncipal Complex
$80,586.53
2006 Green Trust - Construction of Softball Field & 
Tot Lot
$101,076.47
Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued
$4,353,430.74
(b) Authorized but not Issued
$
Miscellaneous Bonds and Notes Authorized but not 
Issued
$0.00
Total Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued and Authorized but 
not Issued
$4,353,430.74
Total of all Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued and Authorized 
but not Issued
$30,656,807.91


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DEDUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO OTHER BONDS AND NOTES
1.
Amounts held or to be held for the sole purpose of paying general bonds and 
notes included
(a) Sinking funds on hand for term bonds
$
$
(b) Funds on hand (including proceeds of bonds and notes held to pay other 
bonds and notes), in those cases where such funds cannot be diverted to 
purposes other than the payment of bonds and notes
Reserve to Pay Debt
$55,050.69
$55,050.69
(c) Estimated proceeds of bonds and notes authorized but not issued where 
such proceeds will be used for the sole purpose of paying bonds and notes
$
$
(d) Accounts receivable from other public authorities applicable only to the 
payment of any part of the gross debt not otherwise deductible
$
$
2.
Bonds authorized by another Public Body to be guaranteed by the 
municipality
$
3.
Bonds issued and bonds authorized by not issued to meet cash grants-in-aid 
for housing authority, redevelopment agency or municipality acting as its 
local public agency [N.J.S.A. 55:14B-4.1(d)]
$
4.
Bonds issued and bonds authorized but not issued - Capital projects for 
County Colleges (N.J.S.A. 18A:64A-22.1 to 18A:64A-22.8)
$
5.
Refunding Bonds (N.J.S.A. 40A:2-52)
$
$
Total Deductions Applicable to Other Bonds and Notes
$55,050.69


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BONDS AUTHORIZED/ISSUED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC BODY
TO BE GUARANTEED BY THE MUNICIPALITY
$
Total Bonds and Notes authorized/issued by another Public Body to be 
guaranteed by the municipality
$


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SPECIAL DEBT STATEMENT BORROWING POWER
AVAILABLE UNDER N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7(f)
1.
Balance of debt incurring capacity December 31, 2018
(N.J.S.A. 40:1-16(d))
$
2.
Obligations heretofore authorized during 2019 in
excess of debt limitation and pursuant to:
(a)
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7, paragraph (d)
$
(b)
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7, paragraph (f)
$
(c)
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7, paragraph (g)
$
Total
$0.00
3.
Less 2018 authorizations repealed during 2019
$
4.
Net authorizations during 2019
$
5.
Balance of debt incurring capacity December 31, 2019 
(N.J.S.A. 40:1-16(d))
$0.00


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Obligations NOT Included in Gross Debt
1.
Capital Leases and Other Commitments
$
Total Leases and Other Comittments
$
2.
Guarantees NOT included in Gross Debt – Public 
and Private
$
Total Guarantees NOT included in Gross Debt 
– Public and Private
$