July 2013 Township Committee Meeting Minutes-Walpack Township, NJ

Walpack Township
9 Main Street
Walpack Center, NJ 07881
Phone and Fax: 973-948-6861
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Direct Mail to: 16 Old Mine Road, Walpack NJ 07881

The meeting was called to order at 8 p.m. by Mayor Maglio who stated this meeting was being held in compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act having been duly advertised.

Mayor Maglio made a motion to amend the agenda seconded by Committeeman Heigis. Tom Ferry and Erin Dunstan, Township Auditors, presented the Township with the 2012 audit. Tom Ferry stated the Township was in sound financial shape, but the tax collection rate has dropped from 100% to 76.02%. Because Walpack has such a small number of tax payers, one delinquency lowers the tax rate significantly. Mr. Ferry expects State aid to remain stable. Mr. Ferry stated there were no formal comments or recommendations for the audit, but advised the Mayor and Committee that in any small municipality there is a lack of internal control due to the limited amount of employees. Mr. Ferry further stated that this is true in a large number of New Jersey municipalities because of the increased costs of hiring multiple employees to segregate duties. The Committee thanked the auditors for attending the meeting.

The minutes of June 25, 2013 were presented for approval. Committeeman Heigis made a motion to approve the minutes seconded by Committeewoman Wycalek and unanimously carried.

The committee reviewed the vouchers. Committeewoman Wycalek made a motion to approve the vouchers for payment seconded by Committeeman Heigis and unanimously carried. The following bills were approved for payment:


DATE	CHECK	#	PAID	AMOUNT
7/5/2013	2055	91	County of Sussex	57.46
7/5/2013	2056	43	Cuneo, Betsy	20.99
7/5/2013	2057	41	NJ Div. of Alcoholic Bev. Control	3.00
7/5/2013	2058	21	Sussex County Mun. Utility Auth.	271.78
7/5/2013	2059	49	The Printing Center	184.90
7/30/2013	2060	3	Century Link	156.71
7/30/2013	2061	57	Ferraioli Wielkotz, Cerullo & Cuva	10,960.00
7/30/2013	2062	17	Fuller, Virginia	3.40
7/30/2013	2063	16	JCP&L	13.05
7/30/2013	2064	13	Laddey Clark & Ryan	VOID
7/30/2013	2065	9	Town of Newton	1,024.00
7/30/2013	2066	69	Treasurer, State of New Jersey	1.00
7/30/2013	2067	13	Laddey Clark & Ryan	1,500.00
				14,196.29

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:5-4 requires the governing body of every local unit to have made an annual audit of its books, accounts and financial transactions, and

WHEREAS, The Annual; Report of Audit for the year 2012 has been filed by a Registered Municipal Accountant with the Municipal Clerk as per the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A:5-6, and a copy has been received by each member of the governing body, and

WHEREAS, the Local Finance Board of the State of New Jersey is authorized to prescribe reports pertaining to local fiscal affairs, as per R.S. 52:27BB-34, and

WHEREAS, The Local Finance Board has promulgated a regulation requiring that the governing body of each municipality shall by resolution certify to the Local Finance Board of the State of New Jersey that all members of the governing body have reviewed, as a minimum, the sections of the annual audit entitled:

and,

WHEREAS, the members of the governing body have personally reviewed as a minimum the Annual Report of Audit, and specifically the sections of the Annual Audit entitled:

WHEREAS, Such resolution of certification shall be adopted by the Governing Body no later than forty-five days after the receipt of the annual audit, as per the regulations of the Local Finance Board, and

WHEREAS, All members of the governing body have received and have familiarized themselves with, at least, the minimum requirements of the Local Finance Board of the State of New Jersey, as stated aforesaid and have subscribed to the affidavit, as provided by the Local Finance Board, and

WHEREAS, Failure to comply with the promulgations of the Local Finance Board of the State of New Jersey may subject the members of the local governing body to the penalty provisions of R.S. 52:27BB-52 to wit:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Township Committee of the Township of Walpack, hereby states that it has complied with the promulgation of Local Finance Board of the State of New Jersey dated July 30, 1968 and does hereby submit a certified copy of this resolution and the required affidavit to said Board to show evidence of said compliance.

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CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Walpack, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, at a meeting held on July 30, 2013.

Mayor Maglio made a motion to approve the resolution seconded by Committeeman Heigis and unanimously carried. The committee signed the Group Affidavit.

Mayor Maglio stated he sent a letter to John Eskilson regarding dispatching services. Mayor Maglio will keep the committee informed of any updates.

There being no one in attendance and no further business to discuss, Committeeman Heigis made a motion to adjourn seconded by Committeewoman Wycalek. The meeting was adjourned at 8:36 p.m.