February 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
The New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) presented Domestic Minor Human Trafficking Prevention as a follow-up to the Association's Summit on Human Trafficking this past December, and as the first in a series of free virtual workshops NJAC will host in 2023 on a variety of topics that impact county governments and residents across the State. In summary, this session provided information on the human trafficking of children and how government, agencies, law enforcement, and citizens, can work together to prevent domestic minor human trafficking and the comm...
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New Somerset County Preservation Plan Is First In Nation To Combine Open Space, Farmland, and History
View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2023 – NJAC County Biz – January
by Brad Fay, Chief Communications Officer for Somerset County
Somerset County thinks of itself as the “crossroads of the crossroads of the American Revolution,” based on its rich history. That’s just one reason why the county in 2022 became the first in the nation to update and then combine its historic, open space, and farmland preservation plans into a single, comprehensive plan.
Adopted by the Somerset County Planning Board in May 2022, the plan has already won two awards, from the New Jersey Planning O...
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2023 NJAC Annual Conference Workshop Proposals
2023 NJAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
The 72nd NJAC Annual Conference takes place this year at Caesar's in Atlantic City, NJ from May 3rd to May 5th. Currently, NJAC is accepting proposals for its annual conference workshops. Space is limited, so please submit your proposal no later than February 11th to Loren Wizman by email at loren@njac.org. To make sure that our elected officials, administrators, finance officers, purchasing officials, planners, engineers, attorneys, public works employees, accountants, and other county officials actively participate in our conference, the conference committee will give priority consideratio...
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NJ Climate Change Resource Center, Rutgers New Brunswick In Person Training
In-person training on January 26 at Rutgers New Brunswick through the NJ Climate Change Resource Center which is hosted at Rutgers.
Check-in and coffee begin at 8:30 AM.
Training begins promptly at 9 AM and wraps up around 4:30 PM.
The morning will focus on climate change impacts in NJ, resilience and adaptation concepts, and how to assess community vulnerability. The afternoon will focus on state/federal agencies’ requirements for local governments, the types of support they offer, and the elements of good resilience planning. Speakers include the NJ Department of Community Affairs, NJ...
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State House News – December 22, 2022 Edition
HEALTH BENEFIT INCREASES
Earlier this month, NJAC, the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM), the New Jersey Conference of Mayors (NJCM), the AFL-CIO, the CWA, the PBA, and more, joined forces in an unprecedented coalition of management and labor to make fair and equitable recommendations that would have mitigated the staggering health benefit rate increases approved by the State Health Benefits Commission (SHBC). In addition to providing immediate financial relief to property taxpayers, local governments, and public employees already struggling to make ends meet, the reasonable an...
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State House News – November 23, 2022 Edition
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
NJAC and county officials from across the State certainly appreciate the original intent of the protections afforded public sector workers under the State’s civil service system; however, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has transformed into an overly burdensome and outdated bureaucracy that prevents the effective and efficient operation of government. With additional details to follow shortly, the rules, regulations, and directives imposed on local governments as employers by CSC present enormous challenges in the hiring, promoting, transferring, and disciplining of p...
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AT&T, FEMA & Argonne National Laboratory Collaborate to Launch Climate Risk and Resilience Portal for U.S. Communities
View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2022 – NJAC County Biz – December
by Teresa Mask, AT&T Corporate Communications
New portal is aligned with the Biden Administration’s efforts to address the climate crisis and make communities across America more resilient to climate change
What’s the news? AT&T*, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) announced the launch of the Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR), which advances access to cutting-edge science for climate projections to help...
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The Science Behind Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2022 – NJAC County Biz – November
by Cameron Cushing, Intern Industry Marketing for UKG
Awareness of the need for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI&B) initiatives has exploded in recent years, with the private sector leading the way on implementation. But how can public sector organizations adapt to be more representative of the communities that they serve? And what’s the science behind DEI&B, both in origin and impact?
The Need for DEI&B
In a new webinar, Dr. Jarik Conrad – Executive Director of The...
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State House News – October 21, 2022 Edition
HEALTH BENEFIT INCREASES
Earlier this month, NJAC and the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM) met with Administration officials to discuss the September 13th decision of the State Health Benefits Committee (SHBC) to approve unprecedented health benefit insurance rate hikes of up to 24% for local governments participating in the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP).
Although we appreciate the meeting, NJAC is urging the Administration to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) monies or other unrestricted reserve or surplus funds to temporarily offset the extraordinary increases as t...
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