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The document is a Best Practices Inventory survey for Little Egg Harbor Township, completed in 2019 for State Fiscal Year 2020. It covers a wide range of topics, including core competencies and best practices in areas such as financial administration, personnel management, cybersecurity, shared services, land use, and affordable housing. The survey is designed to assess the municipality's compliance with state laws and regulations, as well as its adoption of best practices in various areas of local government.
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--- Document: Little Egg Harbor Best Practices Inventory Document --- Best Practices Inventory Survey CY2019 SFY2020 Little Egg Harbor Township Municipal Code: 1516 Core Competencies 001 The “Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act” (P.L. 2018, c. 9) modifies current law to strengthen protections against employment discrimination and promote equal pay for all groups protected under the Law Against Discrimination (N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq.). Have appropriate municipal officials (including labor counsel as necessary) evaluated whether your municipality is in compliance with this law? Yes 002 P.L. 2017, c. 183, signed into law on August 7, 2017, amends the Local Budget Law to require municipal and county governing bodies to certify compliance with the following Federal civil rights requirements when submitting their approved budgets with DLGS: that their hiring practices comply with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” Local Finance Notice 2017-27 discusses this requirement in further detail. Has your governing body reviewed your municipality’s policies on the use of criminal history when making personnel decisions, to ensure that those policies do not violate Title VII on the basis of either disparate treatment or disparate impact? Yes 003 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 municipally-owned vehicles. Yes 004 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 a conflict of interest exists? Yes 005 Payments for waivers filed before May 21, 2010 and maintained continuously since, cannot exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount saved by the local unit as a result of Yes the employee’s waiver of coverage. For waivers filed on or after May 21, 2010, which is the effective date of P.L. 2010, c. 2, payments cannot exceed the lesser of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount saved by the local unit as a result of the waiver, or $5,000. When calculating an employee’s waiver payment, the local unit must deduct the employee’s healthcare contribution obligation from the total premium cost. Local units have sole discretion as to whether or not to offer employees payments for waiver of health benefits, and may offer waiver payments below the statutory maximum. Health benefit waiver payments are statutorily excluded from collective bargaining. See Local Finance Notices 2010-12 and 2016-10 for further discussion on health benefit waiver payments. Are your municipality’s healthcare waiver payments at or below the statutory maximum? “N/A” is only applicable where the municipality does not make payments in lieu of health benefits. 006 The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law requiring that overtime pay must be paid for all hours over 40 hours in a work week except for those employees classified as exempt and thus not entitled to overtime. Management employees such as elected officials, managers/administrators, municipal clerks, CFOs, public works superintendents, police chiefs and other department heads are typically classified as having exempt status and thus not entitled to overtime pay. Other municipal employees may also be classified as exempt under the FLSA (please consult labor counsel for detailed guidance). Exempt status also precludes overtime pay for time worked during emergencies, attendance at night meetings and participation in training sessions. Compensated leave time in lieu of cash payments is considered a form of overtime pay unless such leave is utilized in the same pay period. Does your municipality not pay overtime to employees classified as exempt under the FLSA? Yes 007 Employee personnel manuals or handbooks serve as a valuable tool to convey a municipality’s policies, procedures and benefits. Many insurance carriers encourage the adoption of such a document and offer discounted rates for their use. These publications should review employees’ rights and obligations in areas including, but not limited to: discrimination, harassment, personal days, use of municipal vehicles, and political activity. Has your municipality adopted an employee personnel manual/handbook by resolution or ordinance? If yes, please provide in the Comments section the date of the meeting at which the personnel manual was adopted. If Yes July 10, 2014 not yes, please type "Did Not Answer Yes" into the comment box. 008 Has your municipality reviewed and updated its employee personnel manual/handbook by resolution or ordinance within the past three years? If yes, please provide in the Comments section the date of the meeting at which the personnel manual was updated. If not yes, please type "Did Not Answer Yes" into the comment box. Prospective Did Not Answer Yes 009 Does your municipality maintain centralized records for all time worked and all employee leave time earned and used? Yes 010 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? No 011 Does your municipality complete an initial draft of its annual budget no later than the first week of January (or first week of July if an SFY municipality), and obtain input in crafting the draft budget from elected officials and department heads as appropriate to the form of government? Yes 012 A formal policy regarding municipal budget surplus (i.e. fund balance) is crucial to making informed financial decisions, and the lack of a policy could lead bond rating agencies to downgrade your municipality's credit rating. In developing said surplus policy the CFO should analyze and explain at least a five (5) year trend of surplus, describing the factors causing each annual increase or decrease; to develop a realistic and sustainable surplus policy. Has your municipality adopted a written annual goal for the amount of surplus available in support of municipal operations? Prospective 013 Revenue earned from Uniform Construction Code (UCC) fees must be dedicated to UCC enforcement. The amounts of UCC revenue generated and funds appropriated to UCC enforcement appear on the User-Friendly Budget as well as the UCC Annual Report submitted to the Division of Codes and Standards. Does your municipality’s construction code fee schedule comply with the parameters set by N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.17, 5:23-4.18 and Local Finance Notice 2017-15, specifically does your municipality comply with the law Yes prohibiting the imposition of UCC fee amounts greater than necessary to operate the UCC office? 014 Has your municipality created an accumulated absence liability trust fund pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:30-15.5? Yes 015 Does your municipality annually review 1) its fee schedules against revenue collected, and 2) its fee ordinance(s) to determine whether fees need to be brought more in line with expenses? Yes Best Practices 016 N.J.S.A. 40A:4-62.1 allows municipalities to establish a storm recovery reserve for purposes such as, but not limited to, snow, ice, and debris removal. Unexpended balances budgeted annually for storm recovery purposes may be lapsed into the reserve. Has your municipality established a storm recovery reserve to ensure the consistent availability of funds for this purpose? No 017 Does your current year annual budget appropriate an amount for snow removal based on, at minimum, an average of the municipality’s snow removal expenses over the last three (3) years? A Yes answer is permitted where the budget appropriation is below the three-year average, but the balance remaining in a snow removal or storm recovery reserve trust fund would bring the total amount equal to or above the three-year average. Yes Core Competencies 018 Audit findings address areas needing improvement and ignoring these findings devalues the process. Municipalities should correct noted deficiencies. Have the audit findings in your municipality's 2017 audit been identified in a corrective action plan and not been repeated in the 2018 audit? If the answer is no, please list the repeat findings, along with the date the corrective action plan was submitted to DLGS, under Comments. Only answer "N/A" if there were no audit findings in the 2018 audit. If you did not answer no, please type "Did Not Answer No" into the Comment Box. Yes Did Not Answer NO 019 Effective for CY2019/SFY2020 and CY2020/SFY2021 municipal budgets, the annual maximum contribution a municipality can appropriate for use by its volunteer fire companies or board of fire commissioners pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-34 is $154,518.75. In any municipality where there are more than three volunteer fire companies N/A or fire districts, the governing body may appropriate an additional $50,000 annually for each additional volunteer company or fire district. At least 50% of the municipality’s annual appropriation must be used by a volunteer fire company or board of fire commissioners for the purchase of fire equipment, materials and supplies. N.J.S.A. 40A:14- 34 requires the volunteer fire company or fire district to provide the municipal governing body, on an annual basis, an accounting of the use of all municipal funds. See Local Finance Notice 2019-01 for further details. Is your municipality obtaining from each volunteer fire company or fire district an accounting of the use of all municipal funds? 020 N.J.S.A. 40:5-2 limits to $70,000 the maximum annual dollar amount that a municipality may contribute to a duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association, except that if any such associations experience extraordinary need, a municipality may contribute an additional amount of not more than $35,000 annually. Whenever the total annual contribution exceeds $70,000, the municipal CFO shall receive an audit performed by a CPA or RMA of the association's current year financial records which shall certify that such records are being maintained in accordance with sound accounting principles. If your municipality contributed in excess of $70,000 toward a first aid, ambulance, rescue or EMS squad in its current budget, was an audit performed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:5-2? N/A 021 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 utilize standard electronic funds transfer (EFT) technologies for payment of claims. Use of EFT technologies such as, but not necessarily limited to, Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions, wire transfers and e-checks are subject to certain fiscal, operational, and technological control requirements as a condition of use. Has your municipality considered 1) where the use of electronic payment methods could benefit the municipality; and 2) where the adopted regulations may require changes in the municipality’s current claims payment procedures as pertain to electronic payment methods? Yes 022 The Government Electronic Payment Acceptance Act (N.J.S.A. 40A:5-43 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (N.J.A.C. 5:30-9.1 et seq.) set forth requirements for Yes municipalities accepting credit cards, debit cards, and other electronic fund transfer mechanisms as means of collecting payment. In part, N.J.A.C. 5:30-9.9 limits any surcharges or convenience fees charged by a municipality for handling and processing the transaction. Is your municipality adhering to N.J.A.C. 5:30-9.9 when charging surcharges or convenience fees relating to electronic payment acceptance? 023 Has your municipality adopted a capital program as defined by N.J.A.C. 5:30-4.2, meaning a moving, multi-year plan and schedule for capital projects (including prospective financing sources) and, when pertinent, first year operating costs and savings? Yes 024 Is your municipality appropriating sufficient funding for maintenance, repair, and replacement of environmental and transportation infrastructure? Yes 025 Does your municipality evaluate the age and condition of municipally-owned underground infrastructure (e.g. water and sewer mains) to determine whether age or condition necessitate repair or replacement before performing needed repairs or replacement in conjunction with a road resurfacing or road reconstruction project and coordinate with owners of non-municipally owned underground infrastructure to avoid having to redo a recently-completed road project? Only answer N/A if there is no underground infrastructure underneath any municipally-owned roads or your municipality does not own any roads. Yes 026 If your municipality charges administrative fees for off-duty police traffic safety personnel on a public works or utility project, are such fees set by ordinance at an amount not exceeding the municipality’s actual costs for administering the off-duty work? See Local Finance Notice CFO 2000-14 for further guidance. Yes 027 The Local Government Ethics Law, designed to ensure transparency in government, requires local government officers to file annual Financial Disclosure Forms. Have all of your local elected officials filed their Financial Disclosure Form in 2019 that covers the 2018 calendar year? Yes 028 Does your municipality maintain an up-to-date municipal website containing at minimum the following: past three years adopted budgets; the current year proposed budget (including the full adopted budget for the current year when approved by the governing body); most recent Yes 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? 029 Has your municipality recodified its ordinances within the past five (5) years? Yes 030 Are your municipality's codified and uncodified ordinances, including all current salary ordinances, available online? Yes Best Practices 031 Does your municipality have an official social media account or accounts and, if so, is there a written policy establishing guidelines on access, use, and permitted content? No 032 Does your municipality feature a link on its website to the Division of Taxation’s Property Tax Relief Program webpage at https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/relief.shtml? Yes Core Competencies 033 Note: The following question does not apply to authorities with more than one member municipality. For those which this question does not apply, please type "N/A" into the comment box. Municipalities should annually evaluate the authority or authorities they created and publicly discuss their findings and conclusion. Findings and conclusions should address whether existing authorities continue to serve the public interest and are more efficient than other potential alternatives in providing services and financing public facilities. Within the past year, 1) has the above- referenced discussion appeared as a listed agenda item on a scheduled governing body meeting, and 2) do the findings and conclusion appear in publicly-available meeting minutes? Please identify the meeting date(s) under "Comments". Those that answer No should type “Answered No” into the comment box. No Answered No Best Practices 034 Local Finance Notice 2017-23 describes the avenues through which a municipality can consolidate multiple fire districts into a single fire district. Does your municipality have a single fire district or, if your municipality has multiple fire districts, is it reviewing the feasibility of consolidating its multiple districts into a single district? No Only answer N/A if your municipality does not have a fire district. Core Competencies 035 Do your municipality's professional services contracts include a "not to exceed" amount? Yes Best Practices 036 If your municipality contracts with an insurance broker for health insurance, and said contract exceeds the Local Public Contracts Law bid threshold, is your municipality's health insurance broker being procured through a competitive contracting or sealed bid process conducted pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law? N/A 037 Insurance broker fees dependent on the amount of health insurance premiums or fees paid by the municipality are vulnerable to abuse as brokers could face conflicting incentives in seeking lower-cost health insurance alternatives. If your municipality contracts with an insurance broker for health insurance, is the structure for broker payments set at a flat-fee rather than on a commission basis to mitigate the risk of a broker recommending more expensive health insurance coverage to earn higher fees? Yes Core Competencies 038 A cybersecurity incident response plan is a set of instructions to help detect, respond to, and recover from network security incidents. These plans address areas such as cybercrime, data loss, and service outages. Does your municipality have a cybersecurity incident response plan? Yes 039 Does your municipality perform daily computer backups to off-network devices for all data files and operating application software? Yes 040 Does your municipality employ defensive software to protect its network and data from cyberattacks, including an email anti-virus filter and a firewall designed to block unauthorized network access? Yes 041 Are all municipal employees receiving ongoing cybersecurity training in malware detection, password construction, identifying security incidents and social engineering attacks? Yes Unscored Survey 042 Has your municipality explored new or expanded shared service opportunities with other local governments (including boards of education) within the past year? Yes 043 If no shared services agreement was reached, please set forth under Comment the shared service considered, the local unit with whom it was considered, and the reason(s) why an agreement was not reached. If you did not answer yes to Question 42, please type "NA" into the Comment Box. Expanded shared service agreement with Pinelands Regional School District and Township Fire Districts Best Practices 044 Has your municipality entered to a new or expanded shared services agreement this year with another local government entity? Yes 045 Does another government entity handle all public safety and emergency dispatch functions for your municipality or, if your municipality has its own dispatch (whether directly staffed or outsourced to a private entity), has it explored having another government entity perform all dispatch functions? If the answer is Yes, please state in the Comment Box the government entity that provides the entirety your municipality’s dispatch functions; or, if your municipality has its own dispatch, when discussions with other entities have occurred, with which entities, whether an agreement resulted and, where no agreement was reached, the reason(s) why. If you did not answer Yes, please type “Did Not Answer Yes” into the Comment Box. No Did Not Answer Yes 046 Does your municipality have another government entity fulfilling all local public health functions; or if your municipality has its own health department or board of health, has it explored having another government entity perform all local public health functions? If the answer is Yes, please enter into the Comment Box the government entity that performs your municipality’s public health functions; or, if your municipality has its own health department or board of health, when discussions with other entities have occurred, with which entities, whether an agreement resulted and, where no agreement was reached, the reason(s) why. If you did not answer Yes, please type “Did Not Answer Yes” into the Comment Box. Yes Ocean County Board of Health Core Competencies 047 Municipalities are encouraged to investigate all available grant opportunities; however, certain grants have Yes conditions that pose additional budgetary costs (e.g. match dollars, hiring requirements). For all grants accepted within the past year, has your municipality evaluated whether the grant’s benefits exceed the actual and/or potential costs associated with the grant? Best Practices 048 Does your municipality regularly evaluate opportunities for alternate revenue streams to help offset its property tax levy? Yes Unscored Survey 049 Have all professional appointments requiring governing body approval been approved within 30 days after the municipality’s annual reorganization meeting? Yes 050(a) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Financial Administration? Yes 050(b) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Capital Improvements? Yes 050(c) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Asset Management? Yes 050(d) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Tax Incentives? Yes 050(e) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Procurement? Yes 050(f) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Training and Support for Elected Officials? Yes 050(g) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Management Training? Yes 050(h) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Shared Services? Yes 050(i) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Risk Management? Yes 050(j) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS’s new Local Assistance Bureau in the area of Ethics? Yes 050(k) Would your municipality like to receive additional technical assistance from DLGS in any other area? If you answered No Yes, please fill in under Comments what area or areas your municipality would like assistance. 051 Has your municipality converted all mechanical parking meters (analog or digital display) to an electronic parking system (e.g. pay-and-display, numbered spaces, license plate)? N/A 052 Have public electric vehicle charging stations been installed on municipal property? No 053 Has your municipality implemented a web application that allows residents to submit service requests to municipal departments? No 054 Has your municipality implemented an emergency communication system that encompasses cell phones? Yes 055 How is residential garbage collected? Municipal pickup 056 If your residential garbage is collected through a private hauler contracted by the municipality, did your municipality receive at least two bids in its latest procurement? N/A 057 If your municipality’s residential garbage pickup is done through a private hauler contracted directly by residents, does your municipality know the number of hauler services servicing residents? If yes, please state in the Comments how many garbage haulers service your municipality’s residents. If you did not answer yes, please type "Did Not Answer Yes" into the Comment Box. N/A Did Not Answer Yes Best Practices 058 If your municipality provides residential garbage pickup or contracts with a private hauler to do so, is garbage pickup scheduled for no more than once-per-week? Yes Unscored Survey 059 Does your municipality have a revenue-generating residential recycling program? Yes 060 What is the primary reason your municipality has not established a SALT charitable fund? IRS regulations 061 P.L. 2017, c.266, enacted in January 2018, permits municipalities to establish by ordinance a list of residents identifying themselves as needing special assistance in an emergency. This list, which can only be used for public safety purposes, is maintained by the municipal clerk and shall be cross-indexed by the name and address of each resident opting in to the list, identifying the special No Did Not Answer Yes circumstances for each. Please review Local Finance Notice 2018-17 for further information. Has your municipality adopted an ordinance pursuant to P.L. 2017, c.266 to establish a special needs assistance list? If yes, please list in the Comments which type of assistance is predominantly needed. If you did not answer yes, please type "Did Not Answer Yes" into the Comment Box. Core Competencies 062 If your municipality’s Director's Ratio (defined as the ratio of assessed values to true market values) is less than 85%, your municipality needs to undertake a reassessment/revaluation. Have at least 20% of properties in your municipality been inspected? Please state the percentage of properties inspected in the Comments. If you answered No or NA, type in the Comment Box “Answered No” or “Answered NA” N/A Answered N/A 063 Before formalizing negotiations and entering into a Long- Term Financial Agreement, does your municipality have at least one staff member or contractually-retained professional evaluate all proposed Long-Term PILOTs to assure that the proposed agreement is a net-benefit to the municipality? Prospective 064 Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILOTs) can be a useful tool for economic development. However, municipalities must monitor PILOT agreements to ensure recipients comply with all agreement terms, particularly timely payment and reporting. Does your municipality have an official designated to monitor exemptions/abatements and ensure compliance with the PILOT agreement terms? Yes Best Practices 065 Does your municipality actively maintain an inventory of buildings and vacant properties that would benefit from redevelopment? If yes, state how in the Comment Box or, if no, state “Did not answer Yes” No Did Not Answer Yes Unscored Survey 066 Is your municipality presently considering establishing a land bank entity pursuant to P.L. 2019, c.159 and, if so, which entity (if any) is being considered to operate the land bank? Not considering land bank 067 Does your municipality have a current community and/or economic development plan in place with established metrics, and regularly review and measure progress toward development goals set forth in the plan(s)? No 068 Does your municipality either employ or contractually retain a licensed professional planner? Yes 069 Does your municipality either employ an economic development staff person or contractually retain an economic development consultant? No 070(a) The Office of Local Planning Services (LPS) in the Department of Community Affairs works with communities to achieve local land use and planning goals. As part of DCA's commitment to provide technical assistance to municipalities, our professional planning staff offers comprehensive planning services at no-cost to eligible local governments. Would your municipality benefit from assistance with respect to its Master Plan? Yes 070(b) Would your municipality benefit from LPS assistance with respect to Redevelopment Plans? Yes 070(c) Would your municipality benefit from LPS assistance with respect to Land Use Ordinances? Yes 070(d) Would your municipality benefit from LPS assistance with respect to Land Use Mapping? Yes 070(e) Would your municipality benefit from LPS assistance with respect to Economic Development Plans? Yes 070(f) Would your municipality benefit from LPS assistance with respect to Storm and Natural Disaster Resiliency? Yes 071 P.L. 2017, c.253 permits a municipality to authorize its parking authority to serve as a redevelopment entity, subject to Local Finance Board approval. A parking authority so authorized may exercise redevelopment powers within an area in the municipality designated as in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation; however, revenue from fees charged for parking shall be utilized solely for the purposes set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:11A-6. Is your municipality considering seeking Local Finance Board approval to authorize its parking authority to serve as a redevelopment entity? N/A 072 The New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA) provides financial and technical resources into urban redevelopment projects in eligible municipalities throughout the State. A list of eligible municipalities can be found at https://www.njra.us/maps. Is NJRA providing redevelopment financing to your municipality? Answer "NA" if your municipality is not on the list of eligible municipalities. N/A 073 Have officials from your municipality participated in one or more workshops offered by NJRA’s Redevelopment No Training Institute (RTI)? 074 If your municipality has one or more opportunity zones, have you been actively marketing your zones to investors and developers? If yes, please state in the Comments whether this has resulted in one or more projects coming before your municipality for approval. If you did not answer Yes, please provide an explanation in the Comment Box. No Do not have an opportunity zone 075 Is your municipality aware of any real estate development projects or businesses that will be using the Opportunity Zone tax incentive or receiving an Opportunity Fund investment? N/A 076 If your municipality knows of any projects that are using or will be using the Opportunity Zone tax incentive, please include the name of each project, the full address, a short description that includes the primary developer (if applicable), estimated value of the development (i.e. total permitted value), and the project's status (if known) on the Excel form provided on DLGS’s Best Practices webpage. Upload the Excel form using the “Attach File” button toward the bottom of your screen. If you have uploaded the Excel form, type “File Uploaded” in the Comment Box. If you have not uploaded the Excel Form, type NA in the Comment Box. N/A Best Practices 077 Has your municipality changed its master plan and zoning ordinances within the past two years to improve resliency in the face of extreme weather events? Only answer NA if your municipality has determined, after a review of its master plan and zoning ordinances within the past two years, that no such changes are necessary. Yes 078 If your municipality has a combined sewer overflow (CSO) system, has the conversion to a non-CSO overflow system been incorporated into your municipality's capital improvement program? If your municipality does not have a CSO system, is it undertaking affirmative measures to reduce stormwater runoff? Non-CSO municipalities answering Yes should explain these measures in the Comment Box. Yes Unscored Survey 079 Does your municipality currently have an affordable housing element and fair share housing plan? If so, please Yes state in the Comments section whether or not the fair share housing plan is on your municipality's website. If you did not answer Yes, please provide an explanation in the Comment Box. http://www.leht. com/wp- content/uploads/ Zoning_masterPl ans/HE_FSP_CMX _2008.pdf 080 If your municipality has an affordable housing element and fair share housing plan, has the element and plan been approved by the Superior Court? Yes 081 If you answered "Yes" to either of the above questions, fill in under Comments the number of affordable housing unit obligations for the following periods: Prior Round (1987- 1999); Present Need (Rehabilitation Share); and Third Round (Prospective Need 1999-2025), as well as the number of units that have been constructed and are ready for occupancy that count toward the affordable housing obligations in your municipality's affordable housing element and fair share housing plan. If you did not answer yes to either question 80 or 81, please type "NA" into the Comment Box. Prior Round – 194 Units Present Need – 124 Units Prospective Need – 634 Units Number of Units Constructed - Prior Round: Units Constructed Credits = 194 Present Need (Rehabilitation Obligation): Units Constructed Credits = 3 (as of 2017) Prospective Need: Units Constructed Credits = 183 082 Does your municipality collect a non-residential development fee? Yes 083 Does your municipality have a municipal housing liaison? Yes 084 Does your municipality have an affordable housing trust fund? Yes 31 [1.00] Yes 3 [1.00] Prospective 3 [1.00] N/A 8 [0.50] Yes 1 [0.50] N/A 7 [0.00] No 53 Total Answered 41.50 Score (Yes + N/A + Prospective) Score Aid Withheld 30 + No aid withholding 25 - 29 25% of final aid payment withheld 20 - 24 50% of final aid payment withheld 0 - 19 100% of final aid payment withheld Chief Administrative Officer’s Certification I hereby certify that the information provided in this Best Practices Inventory is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Name: Matthew Spadaccini Date: 10/23/2019 Chief Financial Officer’s Certification I hereby certify that the information provided in this Best Practices Inventory is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Name: Rodney R. Haines Date: 10/23/2019 Municipal Clerk’s Certification I hereby certify that the Governing Body of Little Egg Harbor Township in Ocean has discussed/will discuss the Survey CY2019 SFY2020 Best Practice Inventory as completed herein at a public meeting on 12/12/2019, with the Inventory results, and the certification thereof by the Chief Administrative and Chief Financial Officers, respectively, to be stated in the minutes of said public meeting. Name: Diana K .McCracken Date: 10/24/2019
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