[Amended 10-21-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021]
The City of Lambertville (the “City”) shall by ordinance
establish titles for public employment by the City and salary ranges
for City employees. Said titles shall conform to the New Jersey Civil
Service Act and regulations promulgated by the New Jersey State Department
of Personnel.
The City shall by resolution adopt and amend from time to time
personnel policies and procedures including rules concerning the hiring
and termination of employees, terms and conditions of employment,
and regulations required to comply with applicable Federal and State
employment related law. The personnel policies and procedures adopted
pursuant to said resolution(s) shall be applicable to all officials,
appointees, employees, prospective employees, volunteers and independent
contractors of the City.
As per the Lambertville Municipal Code (the “Code”), Chapter 2, the Mayor shall be responsible for implementing and enforcing the personnel practices adopted by ordinance or resolution authorized pursuant to this section. If there is a conflict between said personnel practices and any duly adopted and lawful collective bargaining agreement, personnel services contract or Federal or State law, the terms and conditions of that contract or law shall prevail. In all other cases, the practices adopted pursuant to this ordinance shall prevail.
a.
The Mayor and Council of the City of Lambertville shall by ordinance
establish titles for public employment by the Mayor and Council of
the City of Lambertville and salary ranges for City employees.
b.
The Mayor and Council of the City of Lambertville shall by resolution
adopt and amend from time to time personnel policies and procedures
including rules concerning the hiring and termination of employees,
terms and conditions of employment, and regulations required to comply
with applicable Federal and State employment related law. The personnel
policies and procedures adopted pursuant to said resolution(s) shall
be applicable to all officials, appointees, employees, prospective
employees, volunteers and independent contractors of the (local unit
type).
c.
As per the Lambertville City Code, 2014, Chapter 2, Administrative Code, the Mayor shall be responsible to implement and enforce the personnel practices adopted by ordinance or resolution authorized pursuant to this section. If there is a conflict between said personnel practices and any duly adopted and lawful collective bargaining agreement, personnel services contract or Federal or State law, the terms and conditions of that contract or law shall prevail. In all other cases, the practices adopted pursuant to this ordinance shall prevail.
[1990 Code § 3-11.1]
Any purchase of goods or services shall first be requested by
an official or properly designated employee of the City of Lambertville
upon which a purchase order shall be prepared and signed by the official
or employee. Such purchase order shall not be processed unless it
is determined through the Chief Financial Officer of the City of Lambertville
that funds are available to commit such funds.
[1990 Code § 3-11.2]
Any person claiming payment from the City of Lambertville shall
first submit a detailed statement of the items or demand necessitating
such claim, specifying particularly how the bill or demand is made
up, with the certification of the party claiming payment that is correct.
[1990 Code § 3-11.3]
No bill, claim or demand shall be considered for payment unless
the voucher has attached to it or includes a certification of some
officer or duly designated City employee having personal knowledge
of the facts that the goods have been received by, or the services
rendered to, the City of Lambertville.
[1990 Code § 3-11.4]
The City Clerk is hereby designated as the certifying and approval officer of the City of Lambertville, and his duties shall include the making of certifications required by subsection 3-11.3 above, ascertaining the existence of proper and sufficient appropriations for the payments to be made and determining that there is legal authority for the payments evidenced by action of a purchasing department or agent or officer in respect to the goods or services ordered and the incurring of the expense therefor.
[1990 Code § 3-11.5]
All bills or claims duly certified shall be presented to the
City Clerk not later than seven days prior to the meeting of the Mayor
and Council at which the same will be considered. It shall be the
duty of the City Clerk to examine all bills or claims submitted for
payment in order to ascertain if proper administrative procedures
have been followed. All claims or bills to be considered by the Governing
Body shall be listed systematically and without preference, and this
list shall be made available to every member of the Mayor and Council
prior to formal action by that body.
[1990 Code § 3-11.6]
The Mayor and Council shall approve or disapprove all claims
in the manner prescribed in this section and in accordance with the
law. If the Mayor and Council shall reject any claim presented to
it, it shall state the reason for such rejection, and the disapproved
claim shall be referred back to the City Clerk with such instructions
as the Mayor and Council may give at the time of disapproval.
[1990 Code § 3-11.7]
If it appears to the Mayor and Council that any claim requires
further study or investigation, the Mayor and Council may withhold
action on the claim for a reasonable period of time pending further
study or investigation.
[1990 Code § 3-11.8]
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to record all items in
the official minutes or through an appropriate claims register, indicating
that the Governing Body has by formal action approved the same with
appropriate records as to any claims disapproved or rejected. All
records pertaining to approved or disapproved bills or claims shall
be available for public inspection.
[1990 Code § 3-11.9]
The Chief Financial Officer shall make disbursements upon receipt
of an order by the Mayor and Council, attested by the City Clerk.
[1990 Code § 3-11.10]
After the Clerk has certified that the claims have been approved,
he shall turn the same over to the Chief Financial Officer who shall
forthwith prepare the necessary checks for the payment thereof, and
checks shall be signed by the Mayor or President of the City Council,
and by the Chief Financial Officer or Deputy Financial Officer and
by the Clerk or Deputy Clerk. In the case of salaries, wages and other
compensation to individual for services where remuneration has been
set by municipal ordinance or resolution, payment may be made by check
drawn by any one of the following officers: the Mayor, President of
City Council, City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk, and countersigned by
the Chief Financial Officer or Deputy Financial Officer. After preparing
checks for the payment of claims, the Chief Financial Officer shall
record them in proper books of accounting. The City Clerk shall mail
or deliver the checks to the claimants.
[1990 Code § 3-12]
a.
Any applicant for a permit or approval in connection with a designated
parcel of real property located in the City of Lambertville shall
submit proof with such application that all real estate taxes, assessments
and sewerage fees assessed against such real property have been paid
through the quarter in which the application is filed.
b.
No permit or approval in connection with a designated parcel of real
property located in the City of Lambertville shall be issued by any
board, body, officer or employee of the City of Lambertville unless
all real estate taxes, assessments and sewerage fees assessed against
such real property have been paid through the current quarter pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.2.
[1990 Code § 3-13; Ord. No. 2007-11; Ord. No. 2007-23; Ord. No. 2010-04; Ord.
No. 2010-14; Ord. No. 08-2012; New; Ord. No. 19-2017; Ord. No. 2010-25]
a.
Lambertville Municipal Court.
1.
A person applying for representation by the Public Defender shall
pay to the Municipal Court Clerk an application fee of not more than
$200, but only in an amount necessary to pay the costs of the municipal
public defender services.
2.
The Municipal Court may waive, in whole or in part the application
fee if, upon review of application, it is determined that the full
fee is a burden upon the applicant.
b.
Lambertville Police Department.
c.
Returned Check Service Charge.
1.
A $20 fee, pursuant to P.L. 1990, Chapter 105, shall be charged per
check or other written instrument returned for insufficient funds.
2.
This service charge shall be in addition to any interest or late
penalties that may continue to accrue from the time of initial payment
until final satisfaction.
3.
Future payment from individuals writing such check or instrument
shall be made in cash or certified funds for a minimum of one year
at the discretion of the Department Head.
4.
This fee can be waived upon submission of a letter from the bank
that a bank error had occurred.
d.
Planning Board. The fee for copies of the Master Plan including Natural
Resource Inventory, the Waterfront Plan, and the Land Use Plan Element
shall be as follows:
e.
Tax Collector.
1.
A fee of $5 shall be charged for the initial duplicate copy of a
tax bill.
2.
A fee of $25 shall be charged for each subsequent copy of a tax bill
for the same tax year requested by the same person or organization
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-64.
3.
A fee of $100 shall be charged for each duplicate tax sale certificate
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-52.1.
4.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, the Tax Collector shall provide
to any person entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to 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 fee of $50. A request for
a redemption calculation shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector.
5.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1, the Tax Collector may charge
a lien holder 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.
Neither the Tax Collector nor the City shall be liable for an incorrect
calculation. The fee paid to the City 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.
f.
City Clerk.
1.
Vital Records:
(a)
Certified Copies of Birth, Marriage, Civil Union and Domestic Partner
Licenses shall be charged a fee of $15 per certified copy.
(b)
Certified Copies of all Death Certificates shall be charged a fee
of $25 for the first certified copy and $2 for each additional copy
for each order placed.
(c)
Corrections shall be charged a fee of $10 per correction filed.
g.
Fees for OPRA Request or Photo Copying pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(b):
1.
The fee for in-house copying shall be determined by calculating the
actual number of copies per month, including the monthly fee for the
copier, fees for the paper, staples and envelopes are based on actual
fees paid to venders and are set as follows:
2.
This paragraph g shall become effective July 1, 2010.
3.
This paragraph g shall be revisited each May to ensure that the requirements
of the OPRA law are met and that charges are based on the actual cost
associated with reproducing of paper.
4.
As per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c), the special service charge when the duplication
of a record involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort
shall be set for services sent out to a vendor for copying and shall
be the same rate/fee assessed to the requestor.
h.
Tax Map Revision Fees: shall be as stated in the Zoning Ordinance,
§ 800.
i.
City Owned Property and Parks:
[Ord. No. 28-2015 § 1]
All contractors bidding on contracts or doing business with
the City of Lambertville shall complete the Affidavit of Compliance
agreeing to adhere to the City's Non- Discrimination Policy for Contractors.
The Affidavit is hereby made part of this section and the Mayor shall
be the only person authorized to waive the submittal of all or any
part thereof the Affidavit of Compliance.
a.
It is declared to be the policy of the City of Lambertville that
any person contracting for building and construction projects or furnishing
supplies or services to the City of Lambertville, and to which any
funds of the City of Lambertville are expended, shall establish equal
employment opportunities for all individuals so that no individual
shall be excluded from employment by such person because of actual
or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, nationality,
ancestry, sex/gender (including pregnancy), marital status, civil
union status, domestic partnership status, height, HIV status, familial
status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, source of income,
gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood
trait, genetic information, political beliefs, religion, liability
for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability,
victim of domestic violence or stalking, or weight.
b.
Any person so contracting for building and construction projects,
or furnishing supplies or services to the metropolitan government,
wherein any funds of the City of Lambertville may be appropriated
or expended to such person, shall not subscribe to any personnel policy
which permits or allows the promotion, demotion, employment, dismissal
or laying off of any individual due to his actual or perceived age,
race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, sex/gender
(including pregnancy), marital status, civil union status, domestic
partnership status, height, HIV status, familial status, religion,
affectional or sexual orientation, source of income, gender identity
or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic
information, political beliefs, religion, liability for service in
the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability, victim of domestic
violence or stalking, or weight, or which is in violation of applicable
laws concerning the employment of individuals with disabilities.
c.
It is further declared to be the policy of the City of Lambertville
that any person entering into any agreement for the use of any government
property or facility with a lease term of greater than six months
shall establish equal employment opportunities for all individuals
so that no individual shall be excluded from employment, discharged,
demoted, or refused a promotion by such person because of actual or
perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry,
sex/gender (including pregnancy), marital status, civil union status,
domestic partnership status, height, HIV status, familial status,
religion, affectional or sexual orientation, source of income, gender
identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait,
genetic information, political beliefs, religion, liability for service
in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability, victim of
domestic violence or stalking, or weight, and to ensure compliance
with all applicable laws concerning the employment of individuals
with disabilities.
d.
The foregoing provisions of this subsection prohibiting employment
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
shall not apply to the following: religious entities, organizations,
or institutions where employment discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity is in furtherance of the organization's
religious mission or beliefs, as such prohibition is not intended
to interfere with the free exercise of religion or the freedom of
expressive association guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution
[Ord. No. 28-2015 § 2]
a.
The Purchasing Agent of the City of Lambertville shall include in
all bid specifications or invitations to bid a provision to the effect
that no contract shall be entered into for building and construction
projects, or supplies, or services unless the successful bidder submits
an affidavit to the City of Lambertville stating that his employment
and personnel policies, standards, and practices do not permit or
allow for the promotion, demotion, employment, dismissal or laying
off of any individual due to race, creed, color, national origin,
sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, and that he is not in
violation of, and will not violate, any applicable laws concerning
the employment of individuals with disabilities.
b.
The Purchasing Agent, or other agency of the City of Lambertville
under whose jurisdiction such work is to be performed, shall include
in the specifications to bidders or in the invitations to bid, a clause
prohibiting the successful bidder from discriminating against any
individual due to his/her race, creed, color, national origin, sex,
gender identity, or sexual orientation, and from violating applicable
laws concerning the employment of individuals with disabilities.
c.
The foregoing requirements of this subsection pertaining to employment
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
shall not apply to the following: religious entities, organizations,
or institutions where employment discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity is in furtherance of the organization's
religious mission or beliefs, as such prohibition is not intended
to interfere with the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the
U.S. Constitution.
[Ord. No. 28-2015 § 3]
The contractor agrees:
(a)
To comply with the terms of the City of Lambertville's Non-Discrimination
Ordinance and contract compliance administrative policy, including
but not limited to an acceptable affirmative action program, if applicable.
(b)
To post the City of Lambertville's Non-Discrimination Ordinance Notice
in every work place or other location in which employees or other
persons are contracted to provide services under a contract with the
City.
(c)
To provide documentation within the specified time frame in connection
with any workforce verification, compliance review or complaint investigation.
(d)
To permit access to employees and work sites to City representatives
for the purposes of monitoring compliance or investigating complaints
of non-compliance.
The undersigned states that he/she has the requisite authority
to act on behalf of his/her employer in these matters and has offered
to provide the services in accordance with the terms of the City of
Lambertville's Non-Discrimination Ordinance. The undersigned certifies
that he/she has read and is familiar with the terms of the Non-Discrimination
Ordinance, obligates the Contractor to those terms and acknowledges
that if his/her employer is found to be in violation of Ordinance
it may be subject to civil penalties and termination of the awarded
contract.
_______________________________________
Company Name
_______________________________________
Signature of Authorized Representative Date
_______________________________________
Print Name and Title
_______________________________________
Address, City, State, Zip Code
_______________________________________
Phone/Email address
[Ord. No. 09-2016]
a.
The City of Lambertville will offer the convenience of paying for
property taxes and City services by credit card and echecks conditioned
upon all fees associated with the transaction be paid in full by the
user.
b.
Annually or when rates with the vender providing the service change,
the Governing Body will adopt the fees by resolution.
