[Added 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. 2150]
The following terms as used in this article shall have the meaning
set forth below unless the context within which the term is used clearly
provides for a different meaning:
The official who or the body which has the legal authority
to appoint a person to hold a particular appointed municipal position.
The following positions are governed hereby:
Board of Adjustment members.
Class IV Planning Board members and alternate members.
Board of Health members and alternate members
Library Trustees.
Members of the Rent Leveling Board.
Members of the Environmental Transportation Commission.
Members of the Recreation Programs Advisory Committee.
The Borough Clerk shall cause a register of applicable appointed
municipal positions governed by the article to be prepared and maintained.
Such register shall be made available on the Borough's website and
at the Borough Hall and shall set forth at least the following:
A.
Title of each of the aforesaid appointed municipal positions governed
hereby.
B.
Brief description of the powers and duties of each respective position.
C.
A list of any special credentials or qualifications required by the
respective appointing authority that must be held by an appointee.
D.
The length of term for the respective position.
E.
The name of the person currently holding the respective position,
the expiration date of his or her term, or, if that position be vacant,
an indication of that fact.
F.
The dates or times and frequency of any meetings which the position
must attend and other such regularly recurring obligations.
The Borough Clerk shall maintain a current, updated listing
of all existing vacancies for each applicable appointed municipal
position within the Borough. Such list shall be made available free
of charge at the Borough Clerk's office and shall, in addition, be
posted by the Borough Clerk on a bulletin board maintained for public
announcements in the Municipal Building.
Unless essential for the proper functioning and/or carrying on of business of the local agency upon which the vacancy has occurred, a vacancy in any of the applicable appointed municipal positions shall not be filled for a period of 45 days from its posting in order to allow interested persons time to submit applications as provided in § 45-33 below.
The Borough Clerk shall compose and make available to the public
an application form to be completed by any person interested in serving
in an applicable appointed municipal position. Such application shall,
at a minimum, contain the following information:
Any person interested in serving in an appointed municipal position
may file an application for such position with the Borough Clerk upon
such form as the Borough Clerk shall prepare. Such application(s)
may be filed at any time, whether or not the appointed municipal position
sought is vacant. A person may withdraw his or her application at
any time.
The Borough Clerk shall maintain all filed applications in a
file or binder, segregated for each board or commission. Applications
shall be considered void after two years unless renewed by the applicant.
Prior to filling any of the applicable appointed municipal positions,
the appropriate appointing authority shall review each application
filed for that position. Each person having submitted an application
for an applicable appointed municipal position under consideration
to be filled shall be notified of said vacancy. The appointing authority
shall conduct such review, investigation, and/or interviews as the
appointing authority deems necessary or advisable, in its discretion.
After a decision is reached to fill a vacant applicable appointed
municipal position, all those who had submitted an application for
that position shall be notified of the appointing decision.
