[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Red Bank by Ord. No. 1988-7 (Sec. 2-70 of the 1987 Revised General Ordinances). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Borough-owned facilities may be utilized by organizations, groups,
committees, individuals; not sponsored, controlled or regulated by
the Borough of Red Bank, who meet the following requirements:
A.
The Borough Clerk will be responsible for the processing of said
applications and submission in complete form to the Mayor and Council
to be acted upon at a regular Borough Council meeting.
B.
Further, the Borough Clerk will be responsible for maintaining a
schedule of use of public buildings, and the Recreation Director will
maintain a schedule for the use of outdoor Borough recreation facilities.
[Added 10-8-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-17]
A.
CANDIDATE
ELECTED OFFICIAL
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL, EMPLOYEE AND APPOINTEE
MUNICIPAL PERSONAL PROPERTY
MUNICIPALITY
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
SOLICIT
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any individual seeking election to a public office of the
federal, state, county or municipal government or school district,
or other political office, or any individual who shall have been elected
to or failed to be elected to any such office.
A person elected to any public office of the federal, state,
county or municipal government, school district or other political
office.
Any building owned or leased by the municipality for the
conducting of any official municipal business.
Any person holding any elected municipal office or holding
an appointed position in the municipal government or any agency, commission,
board or office thereof, whether the position is full time or part
time, compensated or uncompensated; and any employee of municipal
government or of any municipal agency, commission, board or office
thereof, whether the position is full time or part time.
All municipal property owned, leased or controlled by the
municipal government including, but not limited to, vehicles, telephones,
fax machines, computers, copy machines, stationery which includes
municipal letterhead, postage and other office equipment.
The government of the municipality, including any office,
department, board, commission or agency thereof.
The conducting of a political campaign for the election of
a candidate to public office to include political canvassing, meetings
to discuss the election of a candidate, writing of political literature,
dissemination or mailing of literature for a candidate, preparation
of political signs for a candidate, direct or indirect contact with
other political candidates, elected officials or representatives of
any political organization or any public or private entity or person
or persons concerning in any way the election of a candidate, or the
storage of any political literature, signs or other political items
used for election of a candidate.
Any loan, transfer of money or other thing of value to any
candidate, elected official or representative of any candidate, elected
official or representative of any political organization or any other
commitment or assumption of liability to make any such transfer. Political
contributions shall be deemed to have been made upon the date when
such commitment is made or liability assumed.
Any two or more persons acting jointly, or any corporation,
partnership or other incorporated or unincorporated association which
is organized to, or does, aid or promote the nomination, election
or defeat or any candidate or candidates for any federal, state, county,
municipal or school board office or political party office. Political
organization includes, but is not limited to, organizations defined
in N.J.S.A. 19:44A-3 as a "political committee," "joint candidates
committee," "continuing political committee," "political party committee"
or "legislative leadership committee."
To ask for, by oral or written communication, a political
contribution as that term is defined herein.
B.
Regulations.
(1)
Prohibition against soliciting or accepting political contributions
or political campaigning in a municipal building or room in a municipal
building. No municipal official, employee, appointee or political
candidate may solicit, commit to pay, or receive payment of a commitment
to pay any political contribution for any candidate, elected official
or political organization while in any municipal building or room
in a municipal building or undertake or conduct any political campaigning
while in any municipal building or room in a municipal building.
(2)
Prohibition against use of municipal personal property for political
fund-raising or political campaigning. No municipal official, employee,
appointee or political candidate may solicit, commit to pay or receive
payment of or a commitment to pay any political contribution for any
candidate, elected official or political organization while utilizing
municipal personal property or undertaking or conduct political campaigning
while utilizing municipal personal property.
A.
The Mayor and Borough Council may impose fees to cover costs to the
Borough associated with the proposed use, and the Mayor and Borough
Council may impose additional requirements deemed to be necessary
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public.
B.
The use of Borough-owned facilities by official groups of the Borough
government and Borough-sponsored activities and quasi-officials will
take precedence before nonsponsored organizations, groups, committees
and/or individuals.
C.
The facility
usage fees for any Borough-owned property (including but not limited
to The Count Basie Field Complex, Marine Park, Riverside Garden Park,
The White Street Parking Lot, Maple Cove, and The Senior Center) for
the purposes of holding a special event (approved by Council and the
Special Events Committee) will be billed at a rate of $500 per day
(sponsored by in-town organizations) and $750 per day sponsored by
out-of-town organizations. Other fees may apply (DPW, Police, etc.).
Facility usage fees must be paid in advance of all special events.
These fees may be adjusted by resolution of the governing body upon
publication of such resolution.
[Added 9-28-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-19]
D.
Fees for
all special events facility rentals shall go to the Parks and Recreation
Trust to be used for recreation programming.
[Added 9-28-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-19]
