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April 8-10, 2025 - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City
Good morning MCANJ Members:
The Education Conference is only a few weeks away. There's still time to register if you haven't already. The other day we shared a bit about our Keynote Speaker Michael Mannix who we can't wait to see. But today we wanted to give you a reminder about all the fun things happening at this year's conference.
This year's theme is How to Grow a Community Garden. Like tending to a garden, the role of municipal clerks requires careful planning, collaboration, and cultivation. Municipal Clerks work toward the growth and prosperity of the community, creating a lasting impact for generations to come.
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April 8th - President's Reception with a 50/50
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April 8th & 9th - MCANJ's Annual Merchandise Sale—be ready to show your support for MCANJ and grab your exclusive gear!
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April 9th - MCANJ's Annual Tricky Tray! We have over 60 baskets!! Winners to be announced at the Exhibitor reception on Wednesday afternoon.
* Theme Days!
* Tuesday: Wear your most unique and festive garden hat - the top hat will win a fantastic prize!
* Wednesday: Let your style bloom! Wear your favorite floral blooms or garden variety accessories!
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Thursday: Embrace the spirit of gardening (and comfort) by wearing your overalls as we dig into the final conference sessions.
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April 10th - Drop your business card for a chance to win free conference registration for 2026. Must be present to win. Multiple winners!
Visit the Rutgers CGS website for more conference details and registration information: Learn more and register here<https://cgs.rutgers.edu/municipal-clerks-continuing-education-conference>
The Hard Rock room block expires on March 18 at 11:59 pm. Be sure to book your room before then! If reserving your overnight with a purchase order, please follow the Hard Rock's PO instructions on the conference webpage and ensure the Hard Rock receives your check by March 4th.
We look forward to seeing you at the Hard Rock!
MCANJ Website Manager
WebsiteManager(a)MCANJ.US
Good afternoon members,
If your municipality has or is in the midst of issuing a Shopping Mall License(s), can you please email Patricia Hunt at phunt(a)moorestown.nj.us<mailto:phunt@moorestown.nj.us> with the following information:
* the minimum bid amount, if one was set; and
* the purchase amount, if you have or are going to issue one.
Thank you for helping out a fellow Municipal Clerk!
MCANJ Website Manager
WebsiteManager(a)MCANJ.US
We’re thrilled to welcome Michael Mannix, Co-founder of Unparalleled Performance and bestselling author of The 5Ls: The Gift of a Balanced Life, as our keynote speaker for the 2025 Annual Education Conference. You can buy his book in advance or purchase a copy at his book signing after the keynote presentation. Learn more about the book here - The 5Ls<https://a.co/d/9KnVOWI> If purchasing onsite, you can use Zelle, Venmo, or credit card.
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Check out his introduction video on our Facebook page. This is going to be a great presentation, you don't want to miss!
It's not too late to register for the conference! Click here to register: https://cgs.rutgers.edu/municipal-clerks-continuing-education-conference
MCANJ Website Manager
WebsiteManager(a)MCANJ.US
Happy Monday MCANJ Members-
Acting Governor Way has signed the legislation authorizing public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until June 30th and requires newspapers to disclose circulation information to the Office of Legislative Services (OLS) until June 30th.
In addition to changing the deadline from the requested December 31, 2025, to June 30, 2025, the amendments require the news media who print public notices and legal advertisements to submit information to the Governor and Office of Legislative Services (OLS) within 30 days of enactment. The information would include number of paid digital subscriptions by each public body; number of unpaid digital and print subscriptions by each public body; number of newspapers sold daily by retailers; amounts billed for the publication of public notices and legal advertisements in print or electronic format from 2020-2024 by each public body; average retail price of digital and print subscriptions; number of daily page views for webpages on the online newspaper’s website for public notices and legal advertisements are published from January 1, 2024 to effective date of bill; and any other information requested by the Office of Legislative Services (OLS).
The New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM) is continuing to work on long-term solutions that will permit municipalities, counties, and school boards to publish public notices and legal advertisements on the public agencies’ websites. They keep pushing for municipalities to have the choice of how notices are published and include a choice of having the notices published on the municipal website. One question they keep getting is how much towns are spending on public notices. For those around long enough to remember, NJLM did a survey when Kevin Galland was President and it included 2009, 2010, and 2011 data. That is outdated at this time, so NJLM is once again asking Municipal Clerks to complete a survey on public notice costs for 2020 to 2024.
Please take a few minutes to complete a survey<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fnjlm.org%2fFormCenter%2…> on costs from 2020 through 2024. Also, if you have not done so already, consider adopting the sample resolution<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fnjlm.org%2f1365%2fSampl…> supporting legislation permitting publication of legal notices on municipalities’ websites.
This is your time to make change happen! Please take the time to complete the above survey to assist NJLM.
Thank you!!!
The MCANJ Executive Board
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