[1974 Code § 2-113]
All receipts of the Township and of any Department thereof shall
be deposited in authorized depositories to be designated by resolution
of the Council. The deposits shall be made in such accounts and upon
such procedure as shall be approved or directed by the Comptroller.
Cross Reference. The Bureau of Collections in the Division of Revenue within the Department of Administration and Finance is charged with receiving such funds from the various Departments and depositing same. See Subsection 2-13.8d.
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Editor's Note: For statutory requirement as to deposits of
funds, see N.J.S.A. 40A:5-15.
[1974 Code § 2-114; Ord. No. 07-05]
a.
Bills, claims and demands against the Township shall be deemed approved
or disapproved in accordance with the procedure prescribed by this
subsection. A voucher package prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer
or Municipal Comptroller shall be presented for each bill, claim or
demand, and shall be paid only upon the audit, warrant and approval
of the Chief Financial Officer or Municipal Comptroller. Disbursement
shall be made by a bank check or wire transfer and countersigned by
the Chief Financial Officer or Municipal Comptroller and signed by
the Mayor or Business Administrator, except that payroll checks may
be signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Municipal Comptroller
alone upon voucher and warrant of the Chief Financial Officer or Municipal
Comptroller for a total payroll.
b.
Signatures and countersignatures may be subscribed to a bank check
either manually or mechanically, or by a combination of such means,
as the Chief Financial Officer or Municipal Comptroller shall prescribe
or approve in writing filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk.
[1974 Code § 2-115; Ord. #07-05]
The Chief Financial Officer or Municipal Comptroller shall prepare
for each regular meeting of the Council a list of all bills, claims
and vouchers which have been paid since the last preceding list was
compiled and a list for Council approval. Such list shall be prepared
in sufficient quantity for each member of the Council, the Mayor and
the Business Administrator.
At least one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Clerk
as a public record open to examination in his office.
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Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40A:5-17 provides that the governing
body shall approve or disapprove all claims and shall, by ordinance,
prescribe the manner in which claims shall be approved or disapproved.
[1974 Code § 2-116]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-102 and subject to the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 54:4-99 to 54:4-101, the Council shall adopt and file
with the Township Clerk rules and regulations to regulate and control
applications for revision, alteration, adjustment and settlement of
past due taxes or assessments or both, and the interest and penalties
thereon to be paid.
[1974 Code § 2-117]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-11, the Collector of Taxes shall be
the official tax search officer and he is authorized to make examinations
and issue official tax search certificates with respect to liens for
municipal taxes and other charges which have the legal effect of a
tax lien.
[1974 Code § 2-118]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-18.1, the Municipal Engineer is hereby
designated to make and issue official certificates of searches for
municipal improvements authorized by ordinance but not yet assessed.
He shall receive and remit to the Municipal Comptroller for each such
certificate issued by him the fee provided by law.
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Cross Reference. Pursuant to Subsection 2-11.9 of these Revised General Ordinances, the Township Clerk issues certificates of approval of land subdivisions.
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[Ord. #94-84 § 2]
Pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 54:4-64(d), the Tax Collector
shall charge fifteen ($15.00) dollars for the first duplicate tax
bill issued and thirty ($30.00) dollars for each subsequent duplicate
tax bill issued in the same year to any "mortgagee," "servicing organization"
or "property tax processing organization." These terms shall have
the same meanings as the terms have pursuant to Section 1 of Public
Law 1990, Chapter 69 (N.J.S.A. 17:16F-15) as delineated below.
Shall mean the holder of a mortgage loan.
Shall mean an organization which, under contract with a mortgagee
or a servicing organization, collects and processes property tax information
with respect to properties securing mortgage loans.
Shall mean a mortgagee or an agent of the mortgagee, pursuant
to a written agreement between the agent and the mortgagee, which
is responsible for one (1) or more mortgagee escrow accounts.
[Ord. #94-84 § 1; Ord. #13-10]
Pursuant to the authority granted by N.J.S.A. 40:5-18, the Township
of Woodbridge shall impose a service charge in the amount of twenty
($20.00) dollars for each check or other written instrument which
is tendered to the Township for payment on account of taxes or any
other indebtedness owed to the Township, which check or written instrument
was returned for insufficient funds. Further, any future payments
to be tendered to the Township by the payer of any such check or written
instrument which was returned for insufficient funds shall only be
made in either cash or bank certified check or bank cashier's check.
[Ord. #94-84]
Consistent with the authority granted by N.J.S.A. 54:4-64(d)
and in recognition of the incremental expense to do both research
and prepare duplicate certificates for redemption from tax sales,
the Township shall impose a charge of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars
to be collected by the Tax Collector's office per duplicate certificate
issued by the Tax Collector's office.
[Ord. #05-26]
Upon redemption of a Tax Sale Certificate, the Tax Collector
shall send the certificate to the Middlesex County Clerk for cancellation
of record. The Township shall impose a charge of thirty ($30.00) dollars
to handle, process and mail the cancelled certificate. The Tax Collector
shall collect the charge for each Tax Sale Certificate redeemed.
[Ord. #10-58]
Consistent with the authority granted by P.L. 2009, c. 320 there
is no charge to any party for the first two (2) written redemption
calculations but the Township shall impose a fee of fifty ($50.00)
dollars for each subsequent calculation requested of the Tax Collector.
The request for a redemption calculation shall be made in writing
to the Tax Collector.
