Unless otherwise provided by law, and subject to the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-1.3 et seq., and this article, all officers and
employees employed by the Township of Pemberton shall be bona fide
residents of the Township of Pemberton.
All nonresidents hereafter employed by the Township of Pemberton,
except as otherwise provided herein, shall become bona fide residents
of the Township of Pemberton within one year from the date of hire.
In the event that the hiring authority determines that there
cannot be recruited a sufficient number of qualified residents for
available specific positions or employments within the Township of
Pemberton, the hiring authority shall advertise for other qualified
applicants.
A. The hiring authority shall thereupon classify all qualified applicants
for such positions or employments so determined in the following manner:
(1) Other residents of Burlington County.
(2) Other residents of counties contiguous to Burlington County.
(3) Other residents of the State of New Jersey.
B. The hiring authority shall first appoint all those in Subsection
A and then those in each succeeding class in the order above listed and shall appoint a person or persons in any such class only to a position or positions or employment or employments remaining after all qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined an offer of appointment. The preference established herein shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences granted pursuant to any other provisions of law. The hiring authority which has hired officers and employees under the provisions of this section may, in its discretion, require such officers and employees, as a condition of their continued employment, to become bona fide residents of the Township within one year of the date of hire. Such requirement shall be specified at the time of appointment.
Whenever the hiring authority shall determine that there are
certain specific positions and employments requiring special talents
or skills which are necessary for the operation of the Township and
which are not likely to be found among the residents of the Township
of Pemberton, such positions or employments so determined shall be
filled without reference to residency. In making such determination,
the hiring authority shall be guided by the following criteria, which,
however, shall not be considered to be all-inclusive:
A. Certain educational degrees or requirements.
B. Certain professional or statutory or other licenses.
D. Certain experiential requirements, skills or training.
As used in this article, the following term shall have the meaning
indicated:
BONA FIDE RESIDENT
A person having a permanent domicile within the Township
of Pemberton which domicile has not been adopted with the intention
of again taking up or claiming a previous residence acquired outside
of the boundaries of the Township of Pemberton.
HIRING AUTHORITY
As used under Chapter
38, the term “hiring authority” shall mean the Appointing Authority under Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes and the Appropriate Authority under Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.
[Added 3-15-2023 by Ord. No. 7-2023]
[Amended 11-6-2019 by Ord. No. 33-2019]
This article shall not affect or be made mandatory upon any officer or employee not required to be a resident of the Township of Pemberton where the residency requirements are set out or provided for by any ordinance or statutory provision presently in effect in the Township of Pemberton. Current employees of the Pemberton Township Municipal Utilities Authority, who accept employment with the Township upon dissolution of the PTMUA, shall be exempt from the Township’s residency requirement embodied in §§
38-6 through
38-7, inclusively, provided they do not have a break in service between employers.