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2020 Annual Debt Statement

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This is the 2020 Annual Debt Statement for Rockaway Borough, Morris County, New Jersey, as prepared on January 27, 2021, and filed on January 29, 2021. The statement provides a comprehensive overview of the borough's debt condition as of December 31, 2020, including details on bonds and notes for local school purposes, regional school purposes, utilities, and municipal/county general obligations. The net debt is reported as $6,904,696.48, which is 0.838% of the equalized valuation basis.

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--- Document: 2020 Annual Debt Statement Document ---
FILED 1/29/2021
State of New Jersey
Department of Community Affairs
Annual Debt Statement
*Official* Rockaway Borough - 2020
Date Prepared:
1/27/2021
Budget Year Ending
December 31
(Month D-D)
2020
(Year)
Name:
PATRICIA REICHE
Phone:
973-627-2000  x225
Title:
CFO
Email:
CFO@ROCKAWAYBOROUGH.ORG
Address:
1 East Main Street
Rockaway, NJ 07866
CFO Cert #:
N-0901
PATRICIA REICHE, being duly sworn, deposes and says:  Deponent is the Chief Financial Officer of Rockaway 
Borough - County of Morris 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
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Bonds and Notes for Regional 
School Purposes
$1,693,536.93
$1,693,536.93
$0.00
Total Bonds and Notes for all Utilities
$5,372,540.00
$5,372,540.00
$0.00
Municipal/County General Obligations
$6,917,622.00
$12,925.52
$6,904,696.48
Total
$13,983,698.93
$7,079,002.45
$6,904,696.48
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)
2018
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$808,527,544.00
(2)
2019
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$817,446,503.00
(3)
2020
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$846,420,889.00
Equalized Valuation Basis - Average of (1), (2) and (3)…………………………………………
$824,131,645.33
Net Debt expressed as a percentage of such equalized valuation basis is:  %
0.838%


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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
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
3.
Temporary Notes
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
4.
Total Bonds and Notes
$0.00
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
$824,131,645.33
3.00%
$24,723,949.36
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
$24,723,949.36
Total Allowable Deduction
$0.00


BONDS AND NOTES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL PURPOSES
Regional School District
Morris Hills Regional School District
1.
TERM BONDS
$
2.
SERIAL BONDS
            (a)   Issued
$1,693,536.93
            (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
$1,693,536.93
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, 2020
Municipality
Average Equalized 
Valuations
%
Serial Bonds 
Issued
Temp. Bond – 
Notes Issued
Authorized But 
not Issued
Denville Township
$3,316,837,562.67
35.82594198%
$6,815,885.46
$0.00
$0.00
Rockaway Borough
$824,131,645.33
8.90163957%
$1,693,536.93
$0.00
$0.00
Rockaway Township
$4,380,785,154.67
47.31788995%
$9,002,228.56
$0.00
$0.00
Wharton Borough
$736,446,201.67
7.95452849%
$1,513,349.05
$0.00
$0.00
Totals
$9,258,200,564.34
100.00%
$19,025,000.00
$
$


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BONDS AND NOTES FOR UTILITY FUND
Water & Sewer
Utility
1.
Term bonds
$
2.
Serial bonds
(a) Issued
$1,255,000.00
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
3.
Bond Anticipation Notes
(a) Issued
$4,117,540.00
(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
$5,372,540.00
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
$2,186,560.23
2.
Operating and Maintenance Cost
$1,689,740.65
3.
Debt Service
(a)
Interest
$114,069.22
(b)
Notes
$86,317.00
(c)
Serial Bonds
$55,000.00
(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
$255,386.22
7.
Total Deductions (Line 2 plus Line 6)
$1,945,126.87
8.
Excess in Revenues (Line 1 minus Line 7)
$241,433.36
9.
Deficit in Revenues (Line 7 minus Line 1)
$0.00
10.
Total Debt Service (Line 6)
$255,386.22
11.
Deficit (smaller of Line 9 or Line 10)
$0.00
If Excess in Revenues (Line 8) all Utility 
Debt is Deductible
(a)
Gross Water & Sewer System Debt
$5,372,540.00
(b)
Less:  Deficit (Capitalized at 5%), (Line 9 
or line 11)
$0.00
 $- 0.00  times 20
(c)
Deduction
$5,372,540.00
(d)
Plus: Cash held to Pay Bonds and Notes 
included in 2 (a) above
$12,518.58
(e)
Total Deduction (Deficit in revenues)
$5,385,058.58
(f)
NonDeductible Combined GO Debt
$
Total Allowable Deduction
$5,372,540.00


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OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
1.
Term Bonds
$
Total Term Bonds
$
2.
Serial Bonds (state purposes separately)
(a) Issued 
General Improvement Bond Series 2011
$415,000.00
Total Serial Bonds Issued
$415,000.00
(b) Bonds Authorized but not Issued
Fox Lake Dam Repairs and Improvements - Ord. #11-20
$19,000.00
Various Capital Improvements Ord. #6-18
$93,673.00
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #06-20
$669,750.00
Total Serial Bonds Authorized but not Issued
$782,423.00
3.
Total Serial Bonds Issued and Authorized but not Issued
$1,197,423.00


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OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES (state purposes separately)
4.
Bond Anticipation Notes
(a) Issued
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #06-20
$579,500.00
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #12-15
$545,210.00
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #14-16
$1,937,642.00
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #10-17
$746,643.00
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #06-18
$1,159,904.00
Various Capital Improvements - Ord. #12-19
$751,300.00
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Issued
$5,720,199.00
(b) Authorized but not Issued
$
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Authorized but not 
Issued
$
5.
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Issued and Authorized but not Issued
$5,720,199.00


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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
$
Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not Issued
$
Miscellaneous Bonds and Notes Authorized but not 
Issued
$
Total Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued and Authorized but 
not Issued
$0.00
Total of all Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued and Authorized 
but not Issued
$6,917,622.00


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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 for Payment of Debt Service
$12,925.52
$12,925.52
(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
$12,925.52


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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, 2019
(N.J.S.A. 40:1-16(d))
$
2.
Obligations heretofore authorized during 2020 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 2019 authorizations repealed during 2020
$
4.
Net authorizations during 2020
$
5.
Balance of debt incurring capacity December 31, 2020 
(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
$