Handling Municipal Budgets in Changing Economic Conditions

By Thomas J. Hastie, Jr. As our calendars turn to April, your municipality has prepared and introduced its 2023 budget and begun the adoption process. During this time, municipal finance officials became adept at using the concept of a penny to help explain the impact of tax increases on property owners and anticipated revenue through the municipality. Simply put, a penny on a dollar is the amount of additional revenue a municipality would realize if it increased its municipal tax…

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Daniel’s Law – Be Prepared

In response to the tragic shooting of Judge Esther Salas’ son, Daniel, New Jersey adopted Daniel’s Law in order to protect the personal information of qualifying public servants. Daniel’s Law permits judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement members to request that certain personal information, like property addresses, not be shared with the public.  The most recent amendment to Daniel’s Law created the Office of Information Privacy (OIP) to carry out the mandates of Daniel’s Law. Under the leadership of Director Christine Campbell, the…

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New Developments in PFAS Regulation

New Developments in PFAS Regulation

Responsibilities of local governments for drinking water supplies and wastewater treatment Drinking Water The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) formally adopted drinking water standards that establish limits for the presence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perflourooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), the so-called ‘forever chemicals,’ in public water supplies.  As a result, drinking water now has a tougher regulatory limit of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) requiring municipalities to implement more effective water treatment practices.  The requirement for monitoring public water…

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NAVIGATING THE NEW NEW

NAVIGATING THE NEW NEW – A Primer for Municipal Administrators and CFOs

Author: Thomas J. Hastie, Esq., Public Finance Chair, Malamut & Associates, LLC After years of attractive interest rates, the great interest rate reckoning may have finally arrived.  Or not.  The truth is we really do not know.  Since the end of 2021, many financial and economic experts have documented a rise in the municipal market data index, with a resulting rise in actual interest rates for municipal bonds and short-term notes.  And while the expectation is that rates will continue…

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