[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Shamong as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-5-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-11]
[Amended 8-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-10]
The Township shall be entitled to charge and
collect fees for the reproduction of any public records at the rate
established by the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1
et seq., as amended.
[Amended 8-3-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-10]
In addition, in the instance of mailing, the
Township shall be entitled to charge an additional fee to cover the
actual cost of postage and handling. A deposit of $5 may be required
by the Township prior to mailing if the actual cost of mailing is
not know at the time of the request and deposit.
[Amended 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-07]
A.
In accordance
with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, the Tax Collector shall provide to any party
entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, two
calculations of the amount required for the redemption within a calendar
year at no cost. For each subsequent calculation requested from the
Tax Collector, there shall be a fee of $50. A request for a redemption
calculation shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector.
B.
In accordance
with N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1, the Tax Collector may charge a lien holder
of a tax lien $50 for the calculation of the amount due to redeem
the tax lien as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1. Any requests
for a redemption calculation shall specify the date to be used for
the calculation which shall be the date of the notice. Neither the
Tax Collector nor the Township shall be liable for an incorrect calculation.
The fee paid to the Township shall not become part of the lien, and
shall not be passed on to any party entitled to redeem pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 54:5-54.
[Amended 7-3-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-008; 7-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-06]
In the event that public records are in other
formats or require production by an outside vendor or agency, the
Township shall charge the actual cost of the reproduction of the record.
[Amended 7-3-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-008]
In the event that the nature, format, manner
of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form
of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to
this article is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
document-copying equipment in ordinary business size or involves an
extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the request,
the public agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplicating
the record, a special service charge. The Municipal Clerk shall notify
the requestor of the imposition of a special service charge prior
to undertaking the response to the request pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1
et seq.
A.
Any person seeking the reproduction of public records,
documents or other information as contemplated by this article shall
submit his or her request, in writing, on a form prescribed by the
Municipal Clerk. All requests will be handled in accordance with N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 et seq.
B.
Prior to commencing with the reproduction of said
public records and/or documents, the Municipal Clerk shall first estimate
the number of pages or other formats involved and provide the requesting
party with a written estimate of the costs of reproduction. No photocopying
of any document shall be undertaken without the requesting party first
having provided, by check or cash, the funds so estimated as necessary
for that reproduction. In the event that the photocopying or other
reproduction charges exceed the amount estimated, the requesting party
shall be required to pay the difference.
[Amended 7-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-06]
Any certified copy of a legal document issued
by the Registrar of Vital Statistics shall be supplied at a charge
of $15 for the first copy and $5 for each additional copy.
[Adopted 12-3-2019 by Ord. No.
2019-10]
The County of Burlington is delivering the initial recycling
container to each property owner. Additional carts are available at
the Township. Residents, upon proof of identification and registration
of the cart number to their address, may pick up additional carts
at no cost while the supply of free carts remains. If a resident requests
delivery of a cart to their address, the resident will be charged
a delivery fee of $10.
Any property owner seeking a third cart or any supplemental
cart after the supply of secondary carts is exhausted shall pay the
Township a fee of $55 for a ninety-five-gallon cart and $50 for a
sixty-five-gallon cart or the current cost of same as may be established
by resolution.
