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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 Does your municipality maintain an up-to-date municipal website containing at minimum the following: past three years adopted budgets; the current year's proposed budget including the full adopted budget for current year when approved by governing body; most recent annual financial statement and audits; notification(s) for solicitation of bids 6 Yes and RFPs; contact information for elected and appointed officials, municipal administrator or manager, municipal clerk, police chief, municipal court administrator and all department heads; and meeting dates, minutes and agendas for the governing body, planning board, board of adjustment and all commissions? Does your municipality require its elected officials to attend on an annual basis at least one course offered by the Rutgers University Center for Government Services (or a 7 Yes similar education provider such as the NJ League of Municipalities) covering the responsibilities and obligations of elected officials (for example: ethics, municipal finance, labor relations, capital planning, shared services)? Are ordinances codified on an annual basis, with both the code and any uncodified 8 Yes ordinances made available online? Financial Standards - FS