[Added 3-17-1983; amended 6-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-9]
[Amended 12-27-2001 by Ord. No. 20-01]
There is hereby created the office of Joint Municipal Tax Assessor of the Township of South Hackensack, the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights and the Township of Rochelle Park, which shall consist of a single Tax Assessor who was appointed to serve as Joint Municipal Tax Assessor of this Township and the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights pursuant to Ordinance No. 97-9 adopted on June 26, 1997, upon the mutual agreement of the governing bodies of those two municipalities to hold such office for a term of four years commencing on July 1, 1998, and further consisting of such subordinate personnel as deemed necessary to perform the assessment function in accordance with law. The assessment function of the Joint Municipal Tax Assessor shall be exercised in the same manner and to the same extent as though it were exercised in each of the three municipalities separately, and the tax list, duplicate, property record cards and all other records for each of the municipalities shall be maintained separately and shall be available for public inspection as otherwise required by law in the Municipal Building of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, the Township Hall of South Hackensack and the Township Hall of Rochelle Park, respectively.
The compensation to be paid the Tax Assessor appointed hereunder shall be set and appointed between the participating municipalities upon the further agreement of the respective governing bodies thereof at the time of appointment as hereinbefore provided. The apportionment of the compensation to be paid any subordinate personnel who may be provided for in the agreement of conditions for operation shall be fixed therein. The remaining cost and expense necessary to the maintenance and operation of the joint office shall be apportioned between the participating municipalities in percentage equal to the ratio that the number of line items in each respective municipality bears to the total of the two as required by law. All employees in the office of the Joint Municipal Tax Assessor shall be deemed to be employees of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48B-8 for the purposes of processing the compensation of such employees and for such other purposes as may not otherwise be fixed by law, regulation, ordinance or agreement of the municipalities.
[Amended 12-27-2001 by Ord. No. 20-01]
There is hereby authorized an agreement or agreements of conditions for operation, each of which shall for a term not to exceed two years between the Township of South Hackensack, the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights and the Township of Rochelle Park, which shall provide the further terms and conditions for the establishment, maintenance and operation of said joint office of Tax Assessor not otherwise fixed by law, regulation, this article or other ordinances. Such agreements shall be made upon the approval of a resolution or, if otherwise required, by ordinance duly adopted by the governing bodies of each of the participating municipalities and shall be filed with and subject to approval of the Director of the Division of Taxation of the Department of the Treasury and the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs if required by law.
[Amended 12-27-2001 by Ord. No. 20-01]
This article, as hereby amended, shall become effective upon the occurrence of the last of all of the following:
A. 
The adoption of mutual ordinances by the governing body of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights and the Township of Rochelle Park within 60 days of the adoption date of this amendment and supplement.
B. 
The entry into an agreement among the three participating municipalities establishing the conditions for operation as provided herein.
C. 
Approval of this amended article and the mutual ordinances of the two other participating municipalities and of the agreement or agreements of conditions for operation by the Director of the Division of Taxation of the Department of the Treasury and the Director of Local Government Services of the Department of Community Affairs.
D. 
Upon passage and publication in the manner provided by law.
E. 
January 1, 2002.