All bids for municipal contracts shall be unsealed and announced
publicly at the Municipal Building of the Township of Mount Olive
at a time and date specified by the Mayor or the Township Business
Administrator.
All advertisements for bids shall designate the Municipal Building
as the place where bids shall be received and further shall designate
the time and date as specified by the Mayor or the Township Business
Administrator.
At the time and date specified, either the Mayor or Business
Administrator of the Township shall publicly receive the bids submitted
and immediately proceed to unseal and publicly announce their contents.
At the time and date specified, a proper summarized record shall
be made and kept of all of the prices and terms contained in all bids
received. Either the Mayor or Business Administrator of the Township
of Mount Olive shall, at the next regular meeting or special meeting
of the Township Council called for the purpose of receiving public
bids, present to the Council, for appropriate action to accept or
reject, the bids received based upon the summarized record. The Mayor
or Administrator shall have available all bids at the time of the
report to the Council should the Council wish to further inspect the
details of any particular bid or bids.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to alter in any
manner the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-23.