Ordinance # 2004-10

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF A COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR REVALUATION OF REAL ESTATE FOR USE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WANTAGE TAX ASSESSOR

WHEREAS, the Sussex County Board of Taxation requested that the Director of The New Jersey Division of Taxation approve a Civil Order, mandating that the Township of Wantage conduct a revaluation of all real property within the corporate boundaries of said municipality, and

WHEREAS, the Director of the New Jersey Division of Taxation has approved the Civil Order by notice received on March 10, 2004,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the Township of Wantage, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-53, the sum of $420,000.00 is hereby appropriated for the preparation and issuance of a complete program of revaluation of real estate for the use of the Township of Wantage Tax Assessor and shall be deemed an emergency appropriation as defined and provided for in N.J.S.A. 40A:4-53.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the said appropriation and “special emergency notes” authorized to finance the appropriation shall be provided for in succeeding annual budgets by the inclusion of at least one fifth (1/5) of the amount authorized pursuant to this act.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance shall take effect immediately after publication and passage according to law.

ATTEST:
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William DeBoer, Mayor
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James R. Doherty, Clerk/Administrator

NOTICE is given that this ordinance amendment was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Wantage, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, held on May 27, 2004. It will be further considered for final passage with the proposed ordinance after public hearing at a meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee to be held in the Wantage Township Municipal Building, 888 Route 23, Wantage, New Jersey 07461, on June 10, 2004, at 8:00 o'clock P.M., and copies of the ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office in the Municipal Building to members of the general public.

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James R. Doherty, Clerk/Administrator