Current Public Notices
In accordance with New Jersey Public Law 2025, Chapter 72 (S-4654/A-5878), the Avalon Free Public Library now publishes all required public notices on this dedicated webpage.
Effective March 1, 2026, public notices that are legally required to be published will be posted here and accessible free of charge to the public.
Notices will remain publicly accessible for at least one year after posting, available in the archive linked below.
- Beginning March 1, 2026:
- Public entities must publish their legal notices on their website rather than in newspapers.
- Notices must appear on the public entities' websites for at least one week and then must be archived for one year.
- Public entities are required to send their website link to the Secretary of State for inclusion on the Secretary of State's website.
- Public entities must advertise twice per month in an online news publication that provides information about where their legal notices can be obtained on the public entity's website.
NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARDED - Ford-Scott & Associates - Thursday, October 8, 2026
The Trustees of the Free Public Library of the Borough of Avalon (the "Trustees") have awarded a Contract without competitive bidding for professional services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). The Trustees retained the firm of Ford-Scott & Associates, L.L.C., to provide an audit of the Library for 2026. The amount charged for these services will be determined in accordance with the letter agreement dated as of September 3, 2026 as approved by the Trustees on October 8, 2026 on file with the Secretary to the Trustees. This Contract will be in effect until such time as either party gives written notice to the other of termination.
This Contract and the Resolution authorizing it are available for public inspection in the offices of the Secretary to the Trustees, located in the Borough of Avalon’s municipal building.
NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARDED - Caruolo Associates, Inc. - Thursday, October 8, 2026
The Trustees of the Free Public Library of the Borough of Avalon (the "Trustees") have awarded a Contract without competitive bidding for professional services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i). The Trustees retained the firm of Caruolo Associates, Inc., to provide an traffic engineering consulting of the Library for 2026. The amount charged for these services will be determined in accordance with the letter agreement dated as of September 25, 2026 as approved by the Trustees on October 8, 2026 on file with the Secretary to the Trustees. This Contract will be in effect until such time as either party gives written notice to the other of termination.
This Contract and the Resolution authorizing it are available for public inspection in the offices of the Secretary to the Trustees, located in the Borough of Avalon’s municipal building.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 35:3-1 et seq., commencing on March 1, 2026, the Avalon Free Public Library will publish all legal notices in full on the Avalon Free Public Library’s official internet website. The complete text of each such legal notice may be obtained or viewed by the public, free-of charge, on the Library’s official internet website at: https://www.avalonfreelibrary.org/