The Township Council hereby makes the following declarations:
A. That N.J.S.A. 40:23-6.26 through 40:23-6.29 provides
that the Board of Chosen Freeholders of a county may provide for the entering
into of a contract with any municipality to provide for the furnishing by
the county of any service or facility which the municipality may otherwise
furnish or provide to its residents, said contract to be for a term not in
excess of 10 years and to contain certain terms and conditions.
B. That N.J.S.A. 40A:11-9 through 40A:11-11 provides that
the governing bodies of two or more contracting units may provide by joint
agreement for the purchase of materials and supplies and may designate a joint
purchasing agent who shall be responsible for public advertising for bids.
C. That the County of Burlington has requested the Township
of Evesham to participate in a joint public bidding and cooperative purchasing
program, whereby the Township of Evesham designates the office of County Purchasing
Agent to solicit public bids to determine prices of commodities, selective
numbers of which are purchased by the municipality directly from the low bidder,
said purchasing program being operated in accordance with the terms and conditions
of a form of an agreement entitled, "Agreement to Provide Municipality with
Voluntary Joint Public Bidding and Cooperative Purchasing Services," which
is on file in the office of the Township Clerk and available for public inspection
during regular business hours.
The Township Council, for the aforementioned reasons, hereby agrees
to participate in the joint public bidding and cooperative purchasing program
and hereby designates Burlington County, by way of the Office of County Purchasing
Agent, to solicit bids and provide other administrative services with respect
to the public bidding process, said participation, designation and rendering
of administrative services being in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the aforementioned agreement.