[1967 Code § 8-14; Ord. No. 05-23; Ord. No. 2009-15; Ord. No. 2013-05]
a.
Fee for birth certificate. The fee for the issuance of a certified
copy of a birth certificate shall be $20 per copy.
b.
Fee for marriage certificate. The fee for the issuance of a certified
copy of a marriage certificate shall be $20 per copy.
c.
Fee for death certificate. The fee for the issuance of a certified
copy of a death certificate shall be $5 per copy.
[Ord. No. 10-18]
a.
Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, the fee assessed
for the duplication of any other government record embodied in the
form of printed matter shall be $0.05 per letter size page, and $0.07
per legal size page. The actual cost of duplicating any other record
shall be the cost of materials and supplies used to make a copy of
the record, but shall not include the cost of labor or other overhead
expenses associated with making the copy, except as provided for in
paragraph b of this section.
b.
Whenever 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 section 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 Borough may charge, in addition
to the actual cost of duplicating the record, a special service charge
that shall be reasonable and shall be based upon the actual direct
cost of providing the copy or copies. The requestor shall have the
opportunity to review and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
c.
This subsection shall become inoperative upon the effective date
of a New Jersey State law setting fees inconsistent with this subsection.
[Ord. No. 10-27]
a.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54 the Tax Collector shall provide
any party entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to this section
(N.J.S.A. 54:5-54) two calculations of the amount required for redemption
within a calendar year at no cost. For each subsequent calculation
requested from the Tax Collector there shall be a $50 fee. 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 lienholder 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 request 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 municipality shall be liable for
an incorrect calculation. The fee paid to the municipality 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.
[Ord. No. 2016-10]
N.J.S.A. 37:1-13 provides that any Mayor or designee is authorized
to solemnize marriage or civil union between such persons as may lawfully
enter into the matrimonial relation or civil union.
No statute exists that specifically provides for the collection
of fees for the performance of such ceremonies.
The Division of Local Government Services has issued guidelines
for the collection of such fees for marriage and civil union ceremonies,
upon adoption of an ordinance fixing such fees in accordance with
N.J.S.A. 40:48-1, which shall be paid to the municipality, and deposited
into the municipality's current fund.
The guidelines provide for payment of a fixed fee to the municipality
for any marriage or civil union performed by the Mayor.
The Mayor and Borough Council approve the guidelines for the
performance of wedding ceremonies performed by the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 2016-10; amended 1-28-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03]
A fee of $150 will be made payable to the municipality, and
allocated to pay the monthly fee of $750 for the Bound Brook Chronicle.
[Ord. No. 2017-02]
a.
Residents opting to pay taxes, sewer charges, refuse charges and
other authorized payments due to the Borough, shall pay, in addition
to the taxes, sewer charges, refuse charges or other authorized payments
due to the Borough, third-party processing service fees within the
following ranges:
1.
Service fee for electronic check for payment of taxes: $0 to $3;
2.
Service fee for electronic check for payment of sewer charges: $0
to $3;
3.
Service fee for electronic check for payment of refuse charges: $0
to $3;
4.
Service fee for electronic check for other municipal charges: $0
to $3; and
5.
Service fee for credit card transactions: 2.75% to 4.50%.
b.
Specific service fees within the foregoing ranges, shall be established
annually by resolution of the Borough Council, and amended from time
to time, as necessary, to reflect the Borough's contractual costs
with the Borough's third-party payment processor.
c.
The service fees established by resolution of the Borough Council
shall be added to the tax, sewer, refuse and other authorized payments
due.
[Added 3-26-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-15]
a.
Whenever a check or other written instrument payable to any account
of the Borough of Bound Brook is not honored by the drawee because
the issuer of the check had no account with the drawee at the time
the check was issued or because of insufficient funds, a service charge
of $20 per check or other written instrument shall be added to the
account or accounts upon which payment was attempted. The service
charge shall be paid and credited before any other payment on the
account is accepted and credited.
b.
Any person who becomes liable for a service charge under this chapter
on a chronic basis may, as determined by the governing body with the
recommendation of the Chief Financial Officer, thereafter be required
to pay in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
c.
Unpaid service charges shall, when assessed with respect to the attempted
payment of a tax or special assessment, be a lien against property,
to be enforced in the same manner as other liens.
[Added 10-22-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-45]
a.
The Borough of Bound Brook Police Department shall charge a fee as
provided hereunder when providing off-duty police officers and/or
police vehicles for police extra-duty jobs to assist contractors or
other persons or companies in need of such services. This section
shall not apply to work done by nonprofit religious and/or charitable
organizations or the Bound Brook Fire Department, Rescue Squad or
the Bound Brook Board of Education, and there shall be no charge imposed
on these organizations.
b.
The charge for use of off-duty police officers to provide this type
of services is $90 per hour for road jobs. All other extra-duty jobs
shall be charged at the police officer's regular time and 1/2 (1.5)
rate. There shall be a four-hour minimum charge for all extra-duty
road jobs hereunder. Cancellations must be received by the Bound Brook
Police Department not less than two hours prior to the scheduled start
of any extra-duty job. Failure to cancel at least two hours prior
to the scheduled start of any extra-duty job shall result in a four-hour
minimum charge hereunder.
c.
The rate of compensation for usage of a Department vehicle shall
be $15.75 per hour, except that if the Borough is paying for any road
improvement job, such fee shall be waived.
[Amended 9-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-27]
d.
In addition
to the hourly rate for off-duty police in Subsection a hereof, and
the hourly rate for use of Department vehicles in Subsection b hereof,
the Borough shall, either directly or through its contracted vendor,
collect an administrative fee to offset the costs of administration.
The administrative fee shall include 15% due to the municipality and
7% to cover the administrative fee charged to the Borough by its contracted
vendor.
[Added 9-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-27]
