Borough of Beach Haven, NJ
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 5 Claims Approval
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Code
- Ch 5 Claims Approval
- § 5-1 Certified detailed bill required.
- § 5-2 Endorsement of claim.
- § 5-3 Approval by Council member or representative; presentation for approval.
- § 5-4 Approval or rejection of claims.
- § 5-5 Records to be kept by Clerk.
- § 5-6 Fee for returned checks.
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Environmental Commission
- Ch 11 False Alarms
- Ch 12 Fire Company
- Ch 13 First Aid Squad
- Ch 19 Land Use Administration
- Ch 23 Municipal Housing Liaison
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Police Department
- Ch 35 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 38 Sewer Utility
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Historic Preservation Advisory Commission
- Ch 42 Volunteer Incentives
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 43 Affordable Housing
- Ch 45 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 Amusements
- Ch 51 Animals
- Ch 55 Beaches, Use of
- Ch 57 Beach Protection
- Ch 59 Bicycles
- Ch 61 Boat Ramps, Municipal
- Ch 63 Body Piercing
- Ch 65 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 66 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 68 Chemical Applications
- Ch 71 Cisterns and Dry Wells
- Ch 74 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 77 Curfew
- Ch 81 Dock, Public
- Ch 81A Docks, Use of Leased
- Ch 84 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 90 Fees
- Ch 95 Fire Prevention
- Ch 98 Fireworks and Firearms
- Ch 101 Floodplain Management
- Ch 104 Food Establishments
- Ch 106 Games of Chance
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 Hotel and Motel/Bed-And-Breakfast Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 112 Houseboats
- Ch 117 Library
- Ch 120 Licenses
- Ch 123 Littering
- Ch 126 Loitering
- Ch 131 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 134 Noise
- Ch 136 Nuisances
- Ch 137 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 138 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 139 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 140 (Reserved)
- Ch 141 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Pickleball Courts, Municipal
- Ch 146 Plumbing
- Ch 148 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 151 Property Maintenance
- Ch 152 Property, Vacant or Abandoned
- Ch 153 Public Records
- Ch 154 Public Health, Safety and Welfare
- Ch 154A Public Health, Safety and Welfare: Emergency Management
- Ch 155 Rental Property
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 158 Sales, Private
- Ch 160 Sewage and Waste Disposal
- Ch 163 Sewers and Sewer Utility
- Ch 167 Site Plan Review
- Ch 171 Smoking
- Ch 172 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 173 Solid Waste
- Ch 174 Special Events and Block Parties
- Ch 176 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 177 Stormwater Management
- Ch 179 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 180 Swimming Pools
- Ch 182 Taxicabs, Limousines and Jitneys
- Ch 184 Tennis Courts, Municipal
- Ch 187 Towers
- Ch 189 Trailers and Campers
- Ch 192 Trespassing
- Ch 194 Unregulated Substances, Sale of
- Ch 196 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 199 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 204 Water
- Ch 209 Wild Bird Refuge
- Ch 210 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 212 Zoning
- Ch 213 Single-Use Plastic Carryout Bags
- Appendix
- Ch A216 Lands Dedicated for Public Use
- Ch A217 Street Acceptances and Vacations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
(now Borough Council) of the Borough of Beach Haven 8-9-1971 as Ch. 4 of
the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
Any person claiming payment of funds from the
Borough shall present to the Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer
a detailed bill of demand, certified by the claimant to be correct.
[Amended 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
The claim shall not be presented by the Chief
Financial Officer and/or Treasurer for approval until there has been
endorsed thereon the certificate of an officer or duly designated
employee of the Borough having knowledge of the facts that the materials
have been received by, or the services rendered to, the Borough.
[Amended 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18; 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20]
After a claim has been duly certified as provided in § 5-2 hereof, the Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer shall submit the claim to the Council member or his designated representative responsible for the placing of the order for the materials or services. After such approval has been endorsed on the claim, it shall be presented to the governing body for formal approval at a regular meeting.
Claims shall be considered by the governing
body, which shall approve the same; except that the governing body
may reject any claim submitted to it, stating the reason for such
rejection.
[Amended 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
It shall be the duty of the Borough Clerk to
record the total amount of claims in the official minutes, indicating
that the governing body has by formal action approved the same, with
appropriate record as to any claims rejected or disapproved in whole
or in part.
[Added 6-24-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
The Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer
be and is hereby authorized and directed to collect a fee in the amount
of $20 from any payer whose check to the Borough of Beach Haven has
been returned unpaid. Said fee shall be collected for any check returned
whether by stop payment, insufficient funds, uncollected funds or
any other reason. Further, said fee shall be collected for any returned
check to any department, division or other branch of the government
of the Borough of Beach Haven.
