[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Bordentown as Ch. 3.12 of the 2003 Municipal Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act, New Jersey Laws of 2007, Chapter 63, as amended, N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1 et seq., the Township is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with any municipality, county, school district, or regional authority or district other than an interstate authority or district, individually or in combination thereof, for the joint provision within their several jurisdictions of any service which any party to such agreement is empowered to render within its own jurisdiction.
B. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the Regional Efficiency Aid Program Act, New Jersey Laws of 1999, Chapter 61, as amended, N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.76 et seq., the Township is authorized to apply for state grants-in-aid to provide any or all of the following services jointly with any other municipality, county, school district, or regional authority or district other than in interstate authority or district, individually or in combination thereof:
(1) 
Joint assessment and collection of taxes;
(2) 
Joint maintenance of municipal records and statistics and electronic data processing;
(3) 
Joint building, housing and plumbing code inspection and enforcement;
(4) 
Joint solid waste collection and disposal;
(5) 
Joint air pollution control inspection and enforcement;
(6) 
Joint welfare and social service programs;
(7) 
Joint maintenance and administration of parks and recreational and cultural facilities;
(8) 
Joint maintenance of roads, public works and beaches;
(9) 
Joint fire departments;
(10) 
Consolidation of municipal police forces;
(11) 
Joint municipal courts.
The proper Township officials are authorized and empowered to execute on behalf of the Township all such intergovernmental contracts as may be authorized herein and approved by ordinance or resolution of the Township Committee.