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Best Practices Worksheet CY 2012/SFY2013 West Orange Township (Essex) 0722 Please see Color Key at bottom of sheet for limits on answers Answer Question Comments Sharing services has been promoted for many years as a means to control costs. In addition to sharing resources such as labor, facilities and equipment with a county or with neighboring communities, shared services include similar agreements with school boards, independent authorities and fire districts. Shared services do not include 1 Yes cooperative purchasing, cooperative pricing or commodity resale agreements. Did your municipality actively negotiate (i.e. meet with representatives from a neighboring town, your county or another local unit) and/or enter into at least one new shared service agreement in 2011? N.J.S.A. 40A:65-4b requires municipalities to file a copy of their shared service The Township has a number of shared agreements, including amendments and renewals thereof, with the Division of Local service agreements, but it is unclear Government Services. Has your municipality filed a copy of all shared service agreements 2 Prospective whether any have been submitted to presently in effect, along with any amendments thereto, with the Division? This response the DLGS. Those that have not yet shall not include cooperative purchasing, cooperative pricing or commodity resale been provided will be sent to the DLGS.

ive pricing or commodity resale been provided will be sent to the DLGS. agreements. Has your municipality adopted a vehicle use policy prohibiting personal use of municipal vehicles, and providing that employees authorized to use such vehicles for commuting 3 Yes to/from work have a fringe benefit value added to the gross income reported on the employee's W-2 (unless the vehicle meets the "qualified non-personal vehicle" criteria specified by the IRS)? Does your municipality’s legal counsel and/or qualified purchasing agent review and 4 Yes approve procurement specifications and professional service contracts before contracts are executed? Municipalities and their agencies are allowed to prohibit the award of public contracts to business entities that have made certain campaign contributions exceeding $300 and to limit the contributions that the holders of a contract can make during the term of a 5 No contract to $300. A model ordinance concerning pay-to-play can be found at Currently Enforcing State Regulations www.nj.gov/dca/lgs/muniaid/pay_to_play_ordinance-contractor.doc. Has your municipality adopted a pay-to-play ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-51 that is more restrictive than state statutory requirements?