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Ordinance 2767-26 Police Off Duty - Public Hearing 9/15/2026

Issuing Agency

Township of Millburn

Location

New Jersey

Published Date

Sep 2, 2026

Closing Date

Sep 30, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Bid Title:	Ordinance 2767-26 Police Off Duty - Public Hearing 9/15/2026
Category:	Township Committee Notices
Status:	Open

Description: PUBLIC NOTICE MILLBURN TOWNSHIP MILLBURN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ORDINANCE 2767-26 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the following Ordinance was submitted in writing, introduced, read by title and passed on first reading at a meeting of the Township Committee of the Township of Millburn, in the County of Essex on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The ordinance will be considered for final passage and adoption at the public hearing held at a Township Committee meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at the Millburn Education Center, 434 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey when and where or at such time and place to which said meeting may be adjourned, all persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance. The Millburn Education Center will open for this meeting beginning at 6:45PM and details on the meeting and agenda may be located at town hall, on our website https://www.twp.millburn.nj.us/AgendaCenter or by contacting the Municipal Clerk's Office at 973-564-7092. BY ORDER OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE Christine A. Gatti, RMC, Township Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 2767-26 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MILLBURN, CHAPTER II, SUBSECTION 2-16.9, ENTITLED “OFF-DUTY EMPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES” STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: the purpose of this Ordinance is to revise language in the Township of Millburn’s Police Off-Duty ordinance to codify the current rate schedule. This ordinance will insert the adjusted off-duty fee amounts that increases off-duty rates paid by requesting parties including vehicle and administrative fees as recommended by the Millburn Police Department. WHEREAS, the Township Committee of the Township of Millburn is in receipt of a recommendation from the Police Department to amend certain aspects of the Police Off Duty Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Township Committee concurs that the proposed amendments to modify the fees for off-duty officers, vehicle use and administrative costs are necessary; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the Township of Millburn in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey as follows: Section 1. Chapter II, entitled “Administration,” and subsection 2-16.9 (d) “Off-Duty Employment of Police Officers for Police-Related Activities”, “Rates of Compensation, Administrative Fees, and Payment for Services” thereof, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Millburn is hereby amended and supplemented by deleting existing text as per the strike throughs and adding new text as underlined below. 2-16.9    Off-Duty Employment of Police Officers for Police-Related Activities. d.      Rates of Compensation, Administrative Fees, and Payment for Services. 1.     The hourly rate of compensation to be paid by the requesting party to the Township for any off-duty Township police officer(s) will be established by the Township Committee. The Township Committee shall establish the hourly rate for each category of Township police officer by ordinance. 2.       Compensation for traffic direction and security functions. (a) The off-duty township police officer shall be compensated for traffic direction at an hourly compensation of $80 $95 per hour during the hours of 7:00am- 6:00pm, Monday through Saturday. Officers shall be compensated for Traffic Direction at an hourly compensation of $94 $110 per hour during the hours of 6:00pm-7:00am, Sundays, and state holidays. If police related activities are performed past the scheduled time provided by the entity requesting services, $14 $15 -per-hour increase shall apply. If an entity schedules police related activities less than twelve (12) hours prior to start of services a $14 $15-per- hour increase shall apply. (b) The off-duty township police officer shall be compensated for security functions at an hourly compensation of $80 per hour, Monday through Saturday. Officers shall be compensated for security functions at an hourly compensation of $94 $95 per hour on Sunday and state holidays. 3.      A nonrefundable administrative fee of $8 $10 for each hour of police related activity will be charged to the entity requesting services. The administrative fee is established to cover the Township's costs, overhead, and out-of-pocket expenses and shall be paid by the requesting party at the same time as all other payments are required to be made, i.e., when the request for the activity is made. 4.      If a patrol car is requested in connection with a police-related activity because: the request for police-related activities involves traffic services, or the Chief of Police or the Chief's designee determines in his/her sole discretion that a patrol car is necessary due to the nature of the activity, a $15 $20 -per-hour-of-police-related-activity per hour of police activity vehicle fee will be charged to the entity requesting services. 5.     All administrative fees and late fees paid by the requesting party shall belong to the Township. 6.     Immediately upon completion of the police-related activity the Police Chief's designee shall issue an invoice, on a form to be approved by the Chief of Police and the Township's Chief Financial Officer. The form shall provide for the number of hours that the police-related activity was performed, the number of officers utilized as part of the police-related activity, the hourly rate charged for each such officer, the total fee for the police-related activities, the fee for the use of any patrol cars and all applicable administrative fees, less any payments previously made in accordance with this subsection. The requesting party shall acknowledge receipt of the invoice, receipt of the services and the number of hours by signing a copy of the invoice and date when the acknowledgement was made. Any balance owed by the requesting party to the Township is due within 12 days of completion of the activity, but in no event later than 30 days from the date that the police-related activity commenced. The off-duty Township police officer who transmits the invoice to the requesting party shall transmit the original, signed invoice to the Township's Chief Financial Officer within 48 hours of its execution by the requesting party. 7.     The Township shall pay the off-duty Township police officer in accordance with Subsection d2. The off-duty Township police officer shall receive his/her pay for the police-related activity on the next regularly scheduled payday after the activity has been performed so long as the activity was completed and a copy of the invoice is received by the Township's Chief Financial Officer at least 10 business days before the next regularly scheduled payday, provided the escrow funds are available. 8.     In the event that a requesting party requires the services of off-duty Township police officers on a regular and/or continuous basis, such party shall be required to maintain a minimum balance in an escrow fund with the Township equal to the average amount paid for such off-duty Township police officers in the average of the highest two consecutive months on a quarterly basis to determine whether the minimum balance needs to be adjusted or remain the same. In the event the balance is determined to be too high, the Township will return any excess to the party quarterly. The party would not be entitled to any interest on such funds. In the event that the escrow fund is reduced to less than one month's estimated cost, such party shall be required to replenish the fund within five days of notification by the Township. 9.     The Township shall, if required by law and at the determination of the Township's Chief Financial Officer, establish a dedicated fund for the receipt of fees paid by requesting parties and for the payment of wages to off-duty Township police officers for the police-related activities and payment to the Township of all benefits as described above, as well as all administrative fees. 10.    No off-duty Township police officer shall be assigned to perform and/or be allowed to perform any police-related activity unless and until the Township police officer acknowledges that the officer is performing the police-related activity n in accordance with this subsection and consents to be so governed. 11.  Secondary service providers. (a)   The Township may choose to utilize a secondary service to administrate and perform the above actions related to the off-duty employment process. These actions include but are not limited to: communicating with said person or company to schedule off-duty police-related activity jobs, scheduling the officers for the said jobs, invoicing the person or company and receiving escrow and/or payments from the person or company in a manner set forth by the secondary service provider. The secondary service provider may charge an additional fee for services that is above and in addition to the fee structure stated above and utilize business-type collection rules as set forth in the contract between the Township and the secondary service provider. (b)    The secondary service provider will reimburse the Township, according to the fees set forth above, due to the Township and officer, in a timely manner, usually coinciding with payroll periods for jobs that the officers have performed or were scheduled for, in accordance with the above-listed rules of employment between the Township and the person(s) or company seeking services. Posting Details – Ordinance 2767-26 Millburn Township Committee Date Posted on Millburn Public Notices Page and Bulletin Board: 9/2/2026 Date Notice Archived: 09/30/2026 Publication Date/Time: 9/2/2026 12:00 AM Closing Date/Time: 9/30/2026 11:59 PM

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