Union County commissioners include proposed electronic receipt fee rule Feb. 26

Union County’s Board of County Commissioners introduced Ordinance 865 at its regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, a measure the Original Report described as linked to “residents who conduct county business electronically,” but the available reporting cut off before the ordinance’s substance was shown. The Original Report fragment reads: “Of particular note for residents who conduct county business electronically is an ordinance introduced as Ordinance 865 that would add a” and stops, leaving the proposed language, fee amounts, and sponsor unidentified.

The county’s official 2026 meeting schedule was adopted at the Board’s Annual Reorganizational Meeting on January 1, 2026 via Resolution Number 2026-3 and published in full on January 7, 2026. The public notice specifies that “Please note that the County Commissioners’ meetings are to be regularly held on Thursday evenings.” Agenda-setting sessions are listed to commence at 6:00 p.m., with the Regular Meeting to begin “as soon as possible after the Agenda Setting Session,” and all meetings are to be held in the Commissioner Meeting Room, Administration Building, 6th floor, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207. The notice records James E. Pellettiere as Clerk of the Board and shows the document was received 1/13/26; persons requiring sign-language interpretation are directed to the Office of the Clerk at 908-527-4140.

Documents and public materials reviewed did not include the full text of Ordinance 865, a fiscal impact statement, a sponsor name, an effective date, or any record of whether the ordinance was adopted, tabled, or scheduled for a public hearing. The gap in the record means county residents and businesses that pay or receive electronic receipts cannot yet determine which transactions would be affected or what the proposed fee rule would cost taxpayers and users.

Other county and local boards were active around the same period. The Union County Educational Services Commission met on February 4, 2026 and its agenda included a Board Secretary’s Report dated December 2025, Detailed Budget Report and Summary Budget Report dated 1/31/26, a Check Register for the month ended 1/31/26, a Memorandum of Understanding between Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and Crossroads School effective 9/1/25–6/30/26, renewal of the Project Search Program MOU, and multiple transportation contract amendments; the Commission scheduled a Representative Assembly budget hearing for 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Materials labeled “Union County” in the public record set included items from other states and should not be conflated with Union County, New Jersey. A UnionCountyNC video of a Feb. 17, 2026 meeting in North Carolina shows items such as agenda item 26-105, the Union County Food Innovation Center project update and GMP contract amendment approval, and agenda item 26-113, a proclamation for Mr. Charles E. Rose on his 100th birthday. A separate 2025 RFP from Union County, Oregon sought an Energy Resilience Plan with a Feb. 26, 2025 submission deadline and listed Nick Vora, Union County Emergency Manager, as contact at nvora@union-county.org.

The County of Union public notice provides the administrative path for obtaining records: Resolution Number 2026-3 and the Board’s meeting packets are on file with James E. Pellettiere, Clerk of the Board. Until the county posts the ordinance text or an agenda packet that includes Ordinance 865, residents who conduct county business electronically should consult the Clerk’s Office at 908-527-4140 or the Commissioner Meeting Room schedule at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza for the authoritative record of what the Board introduced on Feb. 26.