911 FEE DIVERSION Although the Association will continue to serve our elected officials and professionals as a resource and advocate for county government on COVID-19 related matters as we begin to navigate our way through the ongoing public health crisis, we also plan to refocus our efforts on achieving many long term goals and objectives, some of which include: separating the local portion of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) from the State portion as was the case with the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (PFRS) in 2018; promoting the regionalization of services at the...

ELECTRONIC BOND ORDINANCES On September 21st, the Senate Community  and Urban Affairs  Committee favorably reported SENATE, NO. 818 (Lagana D-38), which would permit the transmittal of certain proposed bond ordinances by electronic mail. Along the lines of similar NJAC legislative initiatives that were signed into law such as authorizing local governing bodies to pay employees by direct deposit and their bills by electronic fund transfer technologies, NJAC supports this important and timely legislation as it would streamline and modernize the antiquated bond notification process. Under c...

COUNTY REENTRY COORDINATOR On August 24th, NJAC testified before the Assembly Community Development  and Affairs Committee in opposition to ASSEMBLY, NO. 844 (Reynolds-Jackson D-15/Verrelli D- 15), which would require each county to appoint a county reentry coordinator to help navigate treatment services to inmates in a county jail who have been sentenced to a term of incarceration or are ordered detained pending trial following a pretrial detention hearing. Although NJAC certainly endorses the concept of A-844 at it reflects the recommendations and proposed legislation of NJAC, the NJ C...