February 10, 2017
Criminal Justice Reform
At 10:30 a.m. on February 15th in Committee Room 16 of the State House Annex in Trenton, the New Jersey Council on Local Mandates will consider oral arguments on the State’s motion to dismiss NJAC’s complaint that Criminal Justice Reform imposes an unfunded State mandate on county governments. NJAC’s Labor Counsel Genova Burns will argue the case on our behalf.
Separately, NJAC’s Board of Directors chose not to endorse recently introduced Senate, No. 2933 (Singer R-30), which would establish a one-year property tax cap levy exclusion for the cost...
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Author: kim@njac.org
67th NJAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 10 - 12, 2017
This year marks the 67th NJAC Annual Conference taking place at Caesar's in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
What's included in your registration cost?
Did you know that NJAC is one of the few conference events where the individual and exhibitor registration cost includes entry into the exhibition hall and seminars, continental breakfasts, luncheons, receptions, reporters' roundtable, board of directors meetings, award ceremonies, and other conference related events? Exhibitors receive two full conference registrations included in their package along with a 6' skirted table, 2 ...
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Introduction to Smart Communities Technology
Introduction to Smart City Technology
April 7, 2017
11:00a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Felician University, Rutherford Campus
1 Felician Way, Rutherford, NJ 07070
Education Commons Building
Made possible through the generous support of Verizon New Jersey
CEUs: CMFO/CCFO-3.0 IT; CTC-3.0IT; CPWM-3.0 IT; RMC-3.0 IT; QPA-3.0IT
Municipal Registration Form WORD / PDF
Non-Municipal Registration Form WORD / PDF
Registration Fee: $25.00 per person (fee includes networking lunch and displays 11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. and the program beginning at 12:00p.m.)
Program Outline:
The concept of “Smart...
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NJAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
State House Annex - Committee Room 16 - 4th Floor
9:30 a.m. Networking
10:00 a.m. Board Meeting
The Board of Directors of the New Jersey Association of Counties rescheduled its March 10th meeting due to the morning rush hour snowstorm. The meeting took place on Friday, March 24th, at the New Jersey State House Annex Building in Committee Room 16 of the 4th floor.. County leaders and business associate members were able to network over a continental breakfast between 9:30 a.m. and the start of the board meeting.
Shortly after President Simmons called the meeting to order and roll cal...
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Union County Honors Freeholder Vernell Wright
On Monday, February 27th, at 6:30 p.m. the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders are honoring Freeholder Vernell Wright with the Chester Holmes Humanitarian Award. Please sign up to share this special occasion and celebration of Black History Month at the Union County Performing Arts Center.
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2017 NJAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE
State House News
January 20, 2017
Electronic Waste Recycling
After more than two years of steadfast advocacy by NJAC’s Legislative Director Allen Weston, Governor Christie signed into law Senate, No. 981 (Smith D-17/Bateman R-16)(McKeon D-27/Gusciora D-15), which requires manufacturers of “covered electronic devices” to provide for the collection, transportation, and recycling of its market share in weight of all covered electronic devices collected in a program year.
Special thanks to Gloucester County Recycling Coordinator Monica Gismondi, Burlington County District Recycling Coordinator Ann Moore, Oce...
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NJ DOT Guidance to Counties and Municipalities
Michael Russo, Director of Local Aid & Economic Development for the NJ Department of Transportation, released a letter, dated January 10, 2017, to State Local Aid Grant Recipients informing them that the NJDOT will consider requests for additional funding on Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) funded projects that were impacted by Executive Orders 210 and 216.
In the letter, Mr. Russo writes that additional funds may be made available for reasonable costs to accelerate project completion as well as costs related to the safe and orderly shutdown of a project under Executive Order No. 210, purs...
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New Jersey Breaks into Top 10 in 2016 America’s Health Rankings
by Marilyn Gordon, M.D., Chief Medical Officer for UnitedHealthcare of New Jersey
View the entire newsletter for more articles: 2017 – NJAC County Biz – January
Last month, United Health Foundation released the 27th annual America’s Health Rankings, the longest-running assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state basis. According to the 2016 report, New Jersey ranked number 9, up two slots from last year. This two-step jump is even more telling when you take a historical look at the report which shows that just five years ago, New Jersey ranked 17th.
Today, New Jersey can proud...
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2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SEMINAR PROPOSALS
NJAC is no longer accepting seminar proposals for its 2017 Annual Conference. The deadline was Friday, January 27th.
The number of workshops are limited and your proposal should have been submitted with all necessary attachments to Loren Wizman, NJAC Business Development Director, at loren@njac.org. The Conference Committee will give priority consideration to seminars approved for continuing education credits by the appropriate State agencies and the Rutgers University Center for Local Government Services. The final decision is made by the executives of the conference committee.
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