[Adopted 5-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2096]
This article shall be known as the "Borough of Ridgefield Ethics
in Autonomous Boards Act."
Any application before the Boards requires that all applicants
or professionals appearing before either Board to set forth any contribution
of money, or pledge of a contribution, including in-kind contributions,
to any member of the Board or anyone having ultimate responsibility
for the decision affecting the applicant, or campaign committee supporting
such candidate or officeholder, or to any Borough of Ridgefield or
Bergen County political party committee, or to any political action
committee (PAC) that regularly engages in or whose primary purpose
is the support of municipal elections and/or municipal parties, in
excess of the threshold of $300, within the past three years, indicate
said contribution on a separate page appended to the appropriate Board's application, which shall be provided by the secretary
to the respective Board with the said application, and shall state
at the top of said page:
"Please list all contributions by you or your professionals
pertaining to this matter, if any, in excess of $300 to any Ridgefield
political organization and/or candidate and/or candidate committee
within the past three years."
Any member of the Boards of the Borough of Ridgefield who was
a candidate for election during the year of any political donation
listed on said form to his/her political party, committee, and/or
him/her as a candidate shall be recused from the specific application
at issue and shall reveal and seek the determination of the respective
Board attorney in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23(b), N.J.S.A.
40A:55D-69 and N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22/1.