New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 32 - LICENSURE OF CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS › Subchapter 2 - MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS › Section 5:32-2.5 - Vacancy in the office of chief municipal finance officer

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of chief
				financial officer following the appointment of a certified municipal finance officer
				to that office, the municipality's governing body or chief executive officer, as
				appropriate to the form of government, may appoint, for a period not to exceed one
				year commencing from the date of the vacancy, a person who does not possess a
				municipal finance officer certificate to serve as a temporary chief financial
				officer. With approval of the Director pursuant to (a)2 and 3 below, the
				municipality may appoint or reappoint a temporary chief financial officer for up to
				two additional one-year terms following the end of the first temporary appointment.
				No municipality shall employ a temporary chief financial officer for more than three
				consecutive years.
1. Prior to the end of the
				first-year appointment of a temporary chief financial officer, the governing body,
				or chief executive officer, as appropriate, shall request, in writing, permission
				from the Director to appoint or reappoint a temporary chief financial officer for a
				second consecutive one-year term. A questionnaire approved by the Director shall be
				completed and included with the written request. A request for Director approval of
				a third one-year term shall follow the same procedure. The completed questionnaire
				and any documents submitted in support of said questionnaire shall be exempt from
				disclosure under the Open Public Records Act,
				N.J.S.A.
				47:1A-1 et seq.
2. Before granting approval to appoint or
				reappoint a temporary chief financial officer for a second or third consecutive
				one-year term, the Director shall be satisfied that the individual is of good moral
				character and can satisfactorily fulfill the duties of a chief financial officer.
				Any request to the Director shall provide the following information:
i. The candidate's efforts to obtain a municipal
				finance officer certificate;
ii.
				Whether, as a condition of hiring, the municipality performed a criminal background
				check, credit check, and judgment search, along with the results thereof. For
				requests to reappoint the same individual to another one-year term, any updates to
				such information shall be disclosed;
iii. An explanation of any repeat comments on the
				most recent annual audit that are attributable to the office of chief financial
				officer; and
iv. An explanation of any
				complaints against the office of chief financial officer from a member of the
				public, or other persons, that are of a serious nature, such as those involving
				potential, ongoing, or prior litigation.
3. The Director may request from the
				municipality's governing body or chief executive officer, as appropriate, such other
				information as may be necessary to determine the individual's good moral character
				and ability to fulfill the duties of a chief financial officer.