New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-49. Public meeting when resolution proposed to establish, modify employee compensation
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-49
- chief financial officer: means , except in the case of a municipality, the director of revenue and finance, comptroller, treasurer, collector or other financial officer of a local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
- clerk: means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- governing body: means the governing body of a county or the commission, council, board or body having control of the finances of a municipality or any other local unit as defined herein. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
- local unit: means any county, municipality, special district or any public body corporate and politic created or established under any law of this State by or on behalf of any one or more counties or municipalities, or any board, commission, department or agency of any of the foregoing having custody of funds, but shall not include a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Prior to the publication of the newspaper notice required by this section, the chief financial officer or other appropriate officer of the local unit shall prepare an employee compensation disclosure form pursuant to the requirements of this section. The employee compensation disclosure form shall be made part of any formal action taken by the local unit, but shall not be considered part of any contract or agreement.
The chief financial officer of the local unit shall file the employee compensation disclosure form with the clerk or the secretary to the governing body of the local unit prior to a public meeting when such measure shall be introduced and discussed. Any such proposed measure shall be announced publicly at the meeting, along with a declaration that an employee compensation disclosure form has been provided to the governing body of the local unit pursuant to the requirements of sections 38 through 41 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C. 40A:5-48 et al.). Any formal action by a governing body approving or disapproving a measure establishing or modifying the salaries, benefits, or other compensation of its employees shall occur no earlier than the tenth calendar day immediately following the meeting at which the measure was introduced and discussed.
The employee compensation disclosure form shall display the estimated cost of salary, benefits or other compensation, for each year of the contract for each individual employee or group of employees, itemized by the specific form of compensation, the estimated cost of the compensation at the time of the action, and the incremental difference between each year.
Governing body actions taken without compliance with this section shall be null and void.
L.2007, c.63, s.40.