[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 106-2005]
The Council shall appoint a Clerk qualified by education and experience in office management or business administration to serve for three years from January 1 of the year in which appointed and to receive an annual salary as provided in the Salary Ordinance. No person shall be appointed or reappointed as a Clerk unless that person holds a registered municipal clerk certificate issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133.3 or 40A:9-133.4.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 106-2005]
The Clerk shall be Clerk of the Council shall have the powers and duties enumerated in N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133, shall provide such stenographic and other staff services as the members shall require, shall select subordinate personnel, with advice and consent of Council, to such positions as Council may authorize and shall:
A. 
Attend all Council meetings, including work sessions.
B. 
Provide for the taking of and preparation of appropriate minutes of all Council meetings.
C. 
Compile, index and preserve all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, minutes and other documents and papers to which the Township is a party and which require retention as public records.
D. 
Prepare agendas for all Council meetings and send copies of all pertinent materials in advance of work sessions to Council members and members-elect, the Mayor and Business Administrator and other affected Township officials.
E. 
Prepare and publish notices, ordinances and other matters as required by Charter or general law in sufficient number to meet requirements of the public.
F. 
Have custody of the Township Seal and affix it to appropriate documents without charge.
G. 
Issue licenses.
H. 
Perform such other duties as Council may assign and as are prescribed by general law and Charter.
I. 
The Township Clerk is authorized to approve the granting of raffle and bingo licenses to be held in the Township of River Vale.
[Added 11-11-2019 by Ord. No. 360-2019]
Beginning with January 1979, the Clerk shall compile and index all ordinances and resolutions adopted during the year and shall obtain sufficient copies of each to satisfy normal public demand. At the close of each year, the Clerk shall index and bind the originals of all ordinances and resolutions and preserve them as permanent public records. The Clerk may also provide for codification of ordinances, with assistance of the Township Attorney and within available budgeted resources.
The Clerk shall charge and receive for use of the Township such fees for searches, transcripts and copies of official records as Council shall authorize by resolution.
[Added 1-22-2007 by Ord. No. 173-2007]
A. 
Establishment of position. There is hereby created in and for the Township of River Vale the position of Deputy Township Clerk.
B. 
Compensation. The Deputy Township Clerk shall be paid such salary or compensation as shall be set forth by the Township Council in its annual Salary Ordinance.
C. 
Appointment. The Deputy Township Clerk shall be appointed through the nomination of the Council President and confirmed by a majority of the members of the Council.
D. 
Powers and duties. The Deputy Township Clerk shall have all the powers of the Township Clerk and shall perform the functions and duties of such office at the direction of the Township Clerk and New Jersey State statutes.