COuRT from Page 1 onciliation plans .
The language of the resolution states that , at the April 8 meeting of the Mullica Twp . Committee , the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs ( DCA ) presented “ its feasibility study cost saving analysis regarding a municipal court shared service arrangement between the town of Hammonton and the township of
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Mullica ( the “ Parties ”) which demonstrates that the Parties should proceed with negotiation of the terms and conditions of an agreement for a joint municipal court as permitted by N . J . S . A . 2B : 12-1 , et . seq . and N . J . S . A . 40A : 65-1 , et . seq ; and ... an employment reconciliation plan is required to be prepared as part of the shared service agreement .”
The resolution authorizes
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Mayor Kristi Hanselmann — who also serves as the township ’ s director of revenue and finance — Committeeperson Chris Silva and township solicitor James Franklin to negotiate the terms and conditions for the joint municipal court , and to prepare the employment reconciliation plan .
The resolution also authorizes the aforementioned individuals “ to proceed with the request for a made to DCA to conduct a feasibility study pertaining to possible shared services with the township [ sic ] of Hammonton to provide shared services for the positions of tax assessor , tax collector and chief financial officer .”
“ To facilitate the process , and subject to the results of the DCA Feasibility Study which shall be presented to this governing body and the public at a future meeting , the mayor / director of revenue and finance , committee person Silva and the township solicitor are authorized to enter into negotiations with the town of Hammonton to prepare a draft shared service agreement for one or more such services which shall be subject to review and approval by this governing body at a future committee meeting ; and ... to prepare an employment reconciliation plan which shall be referenced in any approved shared service agreement ,” the resolution states .
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Mullica Twp . OK ’ s shared services agreement with town
The resolution was approved .
Also on the agenda was Ordinance No . 4-2021 , a bond ordinance related to the proposed construction of the new municipal complex .
“ The bond ordinance that ’ s on for tonight is first reading , which is by title only . There will be a second reading and public comment at that next meeting ,” Franklin said .
Hanselmann explained the purpose of the ordinance , noting that it was “ not for the down payment for the building .”
“ It is not going to increase our taxes right now , and it is not money that we are going to be encumbering right now ,” Hanselmann said . Hanselmann said that current cost estimates of the municipal complex were strictly from the architect .
“ Until we move forward with Phase II of the project , and we receive construction drawings , and we go out to bid , and we receive bids on this project , we will not know the cost of the building ... When we get through Phase II , and we actually have a number for the cost of the building , if that number exceeds what this committee is comfortable expending , then we can put the project on pause and we can pay any costs that we have encumbered along the way to get to that point . That will not exceed the $ 300,000 . At that point , we would bond the $ 300,000 to pay for the costs incurred to get through Phase II . This bond ordinance is only there if we put the project on hold and we need to pay for costs encumbered to get up to the point that we hit the pause button . Otherwise , the bond won ’ t be in effect , and we will not have to encumber those funds ,” Hanselmann said .
Franklin said that the original schedule with the Atlantic County Improvement Authority “ contemplated that , at this point in time , the municipality would be adopting a resolution and an ordinance that would basically move the entire project forward .”
“ The reason why we ’ ve shifted that schedule back and done the ordinance introduction tonight is to allow all the things that everybody ’ s talking about to actually happen before any commitment is made to proceed with the project or with any dollar amount for issuance of bonds or lease purchase agreement . Before anything further is done , Phase II will be prepared ,” Franklin said . Hanselmann concurred . “ We shifted this to have this bond ordinance on there , so that way the original intent was to have the approval of the ordinance to
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