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Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Princeton Authorizing a Shared Services Agreement for Health Officer Services between the Township of East Windsor and the Municipality of Princeton
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WHEREAS, this agreement made on the 23rd day of September 2025, by and between the TOWNSHIP OF EAST WINDSOR, County of Mercer, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, with principal officers located at 16 Lanning Boulevard, New Jersey 08520 ("East Windsor"), and the MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON, County of Mercer, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, with principal offices located at 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540("Princeton");
WHEREAS, East Windsor is responsible by law for the protection of public health and wishes to provide the necessary and appropriate health services to its residents; and
WHEREAS, administration of essential health services is statutorily required to be managed by a health officer as licensed in the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, East Windsor is temporarily without a licensed health officer, and Princeton is willing to provide East Windsor with the interim support of Princeton's licensed health officer; and
WHEREAS, the Uniformed Shared Services and Consolidation Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1, et seq., authorizes any municipality to enter into a contract with any other municipality for the joint provision of any service which either party is empowered to render within its own jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Local Public Health within the State of New Jersey Department of Health issued official guidance regarding Uniform Shared Public Health Services Agreement Guidelines pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-10 and N.J.A.C. 8:52, which directs municipalities on how to provide for health officer services when said services are not available to a municipality; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Local Public Health sets forth the basic items to be addressed in a shared services agreement; and
WHEREAS, Ea...
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