On Oct. 19, 2015, the Superior Court handed down a ruling that limits municipalities’ discretion in creating special improvement districts (SIDs). The issue at hand was whether a city is permitted to include in its SID the entire municipality (with the exception of residences) under the enabling statute N.J.S.A. 40:56-65 et seq. (the “Statute”).
On December 2016, the Local Planning Services office in the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) sent out a notice that, effective Jan. 1, 2017, it would no longer be the Main Street coordinator for New Jersey.
The Division of Local Government Services within the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has proposed a new rule (N.J.A.C. 5:35-2.1), intended to clarify the types of local government employees to be considered “managerial executive employees” and therefore subject to filing an annual financial disclosure statement under Local Government Ethics Law.
