[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Long Beach 5-19-2006 by Ord. No. 06-14C.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
A LOSAP is herewith created in accordance with Chapter
388 of the Laws of 1997 (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-183 et seq.), to reward the eligible
members of the Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, and Harvey Cedars
Volunteer Fire Companies, the Surf City Volunteer Fire and EMS, and the Barnegat
Light and Beach Haven Volunteer First Aid Squads for their loyal, diligent
and devoted services to the residents of the Township of Long Beach.
B.
The LOSAP shall provide for fixed annual contributions
to a deferred income account for each volunteer member that is certified to
have met the eligibility criteria set forth in the existing point systems
adopted by Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, Beach Haven, and Surf
City; that such contributions shall be made in accordance with and administered
by existing plans that have been established in Barnegat Light, Beach Haven,
Ship Bottom, Harvey Cedar, and Surf City pursuant to P.L. 1997 c.388 (N.J.S.A.
40A:14-183 et seq.), as shall be provided by interlocal agreements between
each of those municipalities and the Township of Long Beach; and that such
plan shall be administered in accordance with the laws of the State of New
Jersey, the United States Internal Revenue Code, and this chapter.
C.
The Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company services within
its response district all of Barnegat Light as well as a portion of the Township
of Long Beach.
D.
The Barnegat Light Volunteer First Aid Squad services
within its response district all of Barnegat Light and Harvey Cedars, as those
municipalities have established an interlocal agreement, as well as a portion
of the Township of Long Beach.
E.
The Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Company services within
its response district all of Beach Haven as well as a portion of the Township
of Long Beach.
F.
The Beach Haven First Aid Squad services Beach Haven
and Ship Bottom, as those municipalities have established an interlocal agreement,
as well as the Township of Long Beach.
G.
The Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Company services within
its response district all of Ship Bottom as well as a portion of the Township
of Long Beach.
H.
The High Point (Harvey Cedars) Volunteer Fire Company
services within its response district all of Harvey Cedars as well as a portion
of the Township of Long Beach.
I.
The Surf City Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical
Service services within its response district all of Surf City as well as
a portion of the Township of Long Beach.
J.
The single Township-wide LOSAP shall adopt the existing
point systems, which detail the necessary activity requirements in order for
volunteers to be certified as eligible for the annual per member deferred
income account contributions, of Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Surf City,
Beach Haven, and Ship Bottom (each requires a minimum of 50 points, per member
per calendar year, be attained in order for individual volunteers to be certified
as eligible each year), as detailed in the respective ordinances adopted by
those municipalities, which shall be available for public inspection and on
display in the Township of Long Beach's Municipal Complex and the Long
Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library until the day after the referendum
on the issue in November 2006.
K.
The Township of Long Beach shall provide annual contributions
per eligible member to the existing LOSAP programs in Barnegat Light, Harvey
Cedars, Surf City, Beach Haven, and Ship Bottom, not to exceed a statutory
maximum contribution to each eligible member of $1,150, calculating the contributions
from each aforesaid municipality and the Township of Long Beach together,
to be negotiated and implemented by and through interlocal agreements entered
into by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Township of Long Beach
and the neighboring municipalities.
The Mayor of the Township of Long Beach shall negotiate interlocal agreements
with Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, and Surf City
in accordance with and pursuant to the law in order to adopt the point systems
of those municipalities and establish the legally required administrative
responsibilities for a single Township-wide LOSAP for the Township of Long
Beach for the members of the Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, High Point (Harvey
Cedars), and Ship Bottom volunteer fire companies, as well as the Surf City
Fire and EMS, Barnegat Light First Aid Squad, and Beach Haven Volunteer First
Aid Squad. Those interlocal agreements shall be reviewed and, if deemed appropriate
and acceptable, adopted by resolution by the Board of Commissioners of the
Township of Long Beach.
A.
The Township of Long Beach's annual contribution
for each qualifying active member of the Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Harvey
Cedars, Ship Bottom volunteer fire companies, Surf City Fire and EMS, Barnegat
Light First Aid, and Beach Haven First Aid shall be set at the following rates:
B.
The estimated yearly cost of the single Township-wide
program has been calculated as $93,825 for regular annual service and is based
upon the above per-eligible-member contributions by the Township of Long Beach
and upon the following 2005 certified number of eligible members of Barnegat
Light, Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, and Surf City LOSAPs:
(1)
Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company: 24 eligible members.
(2)
Barnegat Light First Aid Squad: 19 eligible members.
(3)
Beach Haven Fire Company No. 1: 40 eligible members.
(4)
Beach Haven Volunteer First Aid Squad: 22 eligible members.
(5)
Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Company: 17 eligible members.
(6)
High Point (Harvey Cedars) Volunteer Fire Company: 26
eligible members.
(7)
Surf City Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and EMS: 38 eligible
members.
The Township of Long Beach shall retain all legal rights, dominion,
control, and powers over all decisions of whether to increase the Township
of Long Beach's contributions and funding to the single Township-wide
LOSAP pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-185 and all other applicable statutory and
administrative code provisions and same shall be reflected and included in
all interlocal agreements entered into between the Township of Long Beach
and Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, Beach Haven, and Surf City.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
If any word, phrase, clause, section or provision of this chapter shall
be found by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, illegal
or unconstitutional, such word, phrase, clause, section or provision shall
be severable from the balance of the ordinance and the remainder of the ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect.
The provisions of this chapter, adopting a single Township-wide LOSAP,
shall not take effect unless it is ratified by the voters as a public question
at the next general election in November 2006.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved by the voters 11-6-2006.
This chapter, providing for a single Township-wide LOSAP, although legally
adopted if passed by referendum of the voters of the Township of Long Beach
at the next general election in November 2006, shall not be legally effective
until the adoption and ratification by resolution of interlocal agreements
by each municipality: Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom,
Surf City and the Township of Long Beach.
The following referendum question shall be submitted to the voters of
the Township of Long Beach at the November 6, 2006, general election:
Shall the Township of Long Beach be authorized to establish a single
Township-wide LOSAP for the volunteer fire company members of Barnegat Light,
Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, Harvey Cedars (High Point), and Surf City, and the
volunteer emergency medical service members of Barnegat Light, Beach Haven,
and Surf City that serve the Township of Long Beach, pursuant to the following
terms and conditions:
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The program shall provide for annual contributions to a deferred income
account for each active volunteer member that is certified as having met the
eligibility criteria in accordance with the point systems adopted by Barnegat
Light, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, Harvey Cedars, and Surf City.
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The proposed annual contribution for an active volunteer member that
is certified as having met the eligibility criteria in accordance with the
point systems adopted by Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, Harvey
Cedars, and Surf City shall be set at a range of a minimum of $126 per eligible
member and a maximum of $752 per eligible member depending upon already existing
annual contributions made by those municipalities to eligible volunteers and
each active volunteer member so certified as having met the eligibility criteria
shall receive the statutory maximum contribution of $1,150 total when calculating
the contributions from each municipality and those of the Township of Long
Beach and the administration of the LOSAP shall be in accordance with and
set by interlocal agreements with each of those municipalities.
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3.
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The estimated yearly cost of the single Township-wide program for the
Township of Long Beach has been calculated at $93,825 for regular annual service.
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YES _____________ NO _____________
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
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The Township of Long Beach desires to sponsor a Length of Service Awards
Program ("LOSAP") in accordance with State law for the active members of the
volunteer fire and volunteer first aid/emergency medical service organizations
located in Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, and Surf
City that serve the Township of Long Beach. The awards program would consist
of an annual contribution to a deferred compensation program for all certified,
qualifying members. Members of those volunteer fire companies and first aid
squads would earn points for organization-related activities, and they would
qualify for the annual contribution upon being certified as earning 50 points
per year. Details of the point systems are available for public view in the
Township of Long Beach and are posted in the Township of Long Beach Municipal
Complex and the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library. The
proposed maximum annual contribution for each qualifying active member of
the Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, High Point (Harvey Cedars), Ship Bottom volunteer
fire companies, Surf City Fire and EMS, Barnegat Light First Aid, and Beach
Haven First Aid shall be set at a range of a minimum of $126 per eligible
member and a maximum of $752 per eligible member, depending upon already existing
annual contributions made by those municipalities to certified eligible volunteers,
and each active volunteer member so certified as having met the eligibility
criteria shall receive the statutory maximum contribution of $1,150 total
when calculating the contributions from each municipality and those of the
Township of Long Beach and the administration of the LOSAP shall be in accordance
with and set by interlocal agreements with each of those municipalities and
adopted by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Long
Beach. The proposed estimated total amount to be budgeted for the single Township-wide
LOSAP is $93,825 and is based upon the number of volunteers in Barnegat Light,
Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, and Surf City qualifying and certified
as eligible for compensation for the calendar year 2005.
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