PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
For purposes of this Article means, as defined at N.J.S.A.
40A:11-2(6), services rendered or performed by a person authorized
by law to practice a recognized profession, whose practice is regulated
by law, and the performance of which services requires knowledge of
an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal
course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished from
general academic instruction or apprenticeship and training. It shall
also include any "licensed person" as set forth in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26
and any person licensed by the New Jersey Board of Real Estate Appraisers,
the New Jersey State Board of Professional Planners or the New Jersey
State Board of Psychological Examiners. For purposes of this Article,
however, professional services shall not include professional artistic
services as defined at N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(6). Professional services
shall include financial services or insurance services.
In the event that compliance with part or all of the requirements
of this Article is impracticable as regards a particular contract
or agreement because of an emergency, time constraints, unique services
or other unusual circumstances the Mayor or City Council may waive
part or all of the requirements by setting forth with specificity
the reasons such waiver is required and publishing said reasons by
way of ordinance or Council resolution. Any licensed professional
appointed or retained under this exception must nonetheless comply
with the disclosure requirements of Subsections E(5) and E(6) prior
to the execution of any contract or payment for any services rendered.