FeedNJ is Supporting Our Local Restaurants While Fighting Food Insecurity

by New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Chairman Kevin O'Toole View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2020 – NJAC County Biz – September Now almost a half-year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen its disastrous effects on almost every sector of our regional economy, but perhaps restaurants more than any other. While outdoor seating has been authorized for the last month and a half, we know many residents understandably are hesitant to patronize even their favorite restaurants, and unable to eat indoors. Of course, having restaura...
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STATE HOUSE NEWS – AUGUST 28, 2020 EDITION

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...
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Governor Murphy Announces $37 Million in Funding for Counties to Combat COVID-19

MOUNT OLIVE – Acting on a commitment to deliver relief to communities who were not eligible for federal funding allocated through the CARES Act, Governor Phil Murphy today announced $37 million in support for 12 additional counties to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be made available to counties in three separate tranches under one Memorandum of Agreement. The 12 counties include: Atlantic; Burlington; Cape May; Cumberland; Gloucester; Hunterdon; Mercer; Morris; Salem; Somerset; Sussex; and Warren. These counties were ineligible for Coronavirus Relief Funding because their...
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FALL 2020 COVID-19 VIRTUAL WORKSHOP SERIES

The New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) was pleased to host a lineup of virtual workshops for the fall of 2020 where (7) 60-minute long sessions focused on COVID-19 related matters such as emergency management, procurement, public health, human and social services, budgeting, labor, and general crisis management.  NJAC secured continuing education credits for all workshops and those that attended.  We thank all of our presenters for providing informative and educational materials.  Below are recordings of the workshops for you to view.  NJAC appreciates the support and generosity of our ...
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WHAT STEPS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE TO PROTECT COVID-19 FUNDS

View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2020 – NJAC County Biz – August by Steven Pasichow, Executive Managing Director for DeLuca Advisory Services When the United States experiences disasters, including natural ones such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes, or man-made catastrophes, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, federal recovery aid flows in their wake. Disaster relief funds are vital in helping communities recover, but there is a dark side whenever millions – or billions – of federal dollars suddenly flow into a communi...
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STATE HOUSE NEWS – JULY 31, 2020 EDITION

COVID-19 RELIEF BONDS On July 30th, both houses passed and sent to the Governor ASSEMBLY, NO. 3971 (Benson D-14/Coughlin D-19)(Singleton D-7/Gopal D-11)( Benson D-14/Coughlin D-19), which would allow counties and municipalities to borrow moneys through the issuance of bonds and notes to cover unanticipated emergency expenses and revenue shortfalls directly attributable to the COVID-19 public health crisis. More specifically, this legislation would authorize a local unit to incur indebtedness, borrow money, and issue “Coronavirus Relief Bonds,” which would be payable from, and secured by ...
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STATE HOUSE NEWS – JULY 17, 2020 EDITION

CARES ACT FUNDING Along with Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren counties, the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) is urging Governor Murphy to reimburse these 12 counties with federal monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the extraordinary expenses incurred in combating the COVID-19 public health crisis. During this once in a generation pandemic, county governments have led the way on the front lines and played a vital ro...
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Our view: Counties need help too, must get share of COVID funds from NJ

The spread of the coronavirus and the response to it are almost unique among modern challenges in putting a burden on all the people of Earth. All governments at all levels too are already or will be strained by increased costs and reduced revenue. The federal government quickly created the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and started sending billions in pandemic aid to the states. Major population centers got a share of this CARES funding directly, but funding for the rest was rolled into the state grants and left to the states to distribute. New Jersey state government, ...
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NJ State Budget 2020: $7.7 Billion Stopgap Bill Goes to Gov. Phil Murphy for Signing

by John Reitmeyer of NJ Spotlight | June 29, 2020 In their first in-person vote since the start of the pandemic, lawmakers easily pass three-month spending measure Gov. Phil Murphy now has a stopgap budget that spends $7.7 billion between now and the end of September to ensure the state can operate after tax collections dropped and unemployment soared. The spending bill easily cleared both houses of the Legislature on Monday as lawmakers returned to the State House for in-person voting for the first time since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But it still requires the governor’s...
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