Township of Berlin, NJ
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2023-10-16
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 3 Administration of Government
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Article III Appointed Municipal Positions
- Act of Incorporation
- Ch AI Act of Incorporation
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 3 Art III Appointed Municipal Positions
- § 3-17 Definitions.
- § 3-18 Registry of appointed municipal positions.
- § 3-19 Citizen leadership form.
- § 3-20 Maintenance of citizen leadership forms.
- § 3-21 Vacancies.
- Ch 4 Third-Party Payroll Distribution
- Ch 7 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 11 Claims Approval and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Fire District
- Ch 33 Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Police Department
- Ch 53 Seal
- Ch 58 Tax Map
- Ch 60 Violations and Penalties
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 61 Abatement, Tax
- Ch 62 Abandoned and Vacant Properties
- Ch 64 Abandoned Wells and Septic Tanks
- Ch 69 Aerial Spraying of Pesticides
- Ch 75 Alarms
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Amusement Devices
- Ch 87 Animals
- Ch 93 Background Checks
- Ch 99 Boardinghomes and Rooming Houses
- Ch 103 Building Construction
- Ch 107 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Public
- Ch 112 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 122 Business Licensing and Registration
- Ch 128 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
- Ch 137 Curfew
- Ch 145 Drug-Free and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 150 Dumping
- Ch 156 Fees
- Ch 161 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 165 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 170 Fire Prevention
- Ch 176 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 182 Garage Sales
- Ch 188 Hazardous Substance Cleanup
- Ch 192 Imitation Weapons
- Ch 195 Junkyards
- Ch 200 Land Use and Development
- Ch 205 Littering
- Ch 210 Massage Businesses
- Ch 216 Motor Vehicle Service Stations
- Ch 220 Nuisances
- Ch 226 Parking in Front Yards
- Ch 231 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 235 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 239 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers and Dealers in Secondhand Goods
- Ch 249 Property Maintenance
- Ch 253 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 258 Rental Housing
- Ch 262 Resource Extraction
- Ch 268 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 275 Soil Removal
- Ch 280 Solid Waste
- Ch 285 Stormwater Management
- Ch 289 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 294 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 299 Taxicabs
- Ch 304 Towing and Storage
- Ch 308 Traffic Control Monitoring System
- Ch 312 Trailer Camps
- Ch 316 Used Car Dealers
- Ch 320 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 322 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 333 Water and Sewer
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health
- Ch 345 General Provisions
- Ch 352 Food Establishments and Vending Machines
- Ch 357 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 363 Plumbing
- Ch 370 Water Supplies
- Ch 373 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A378 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A379 Communications Facilities Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-9]
The following terms, as used in this article, shall have the
meanings set forth below, unless the context within which the term
is used clearly provides for a different meaning:
Any appointed position within the Township which is created
either by statutory law or by ordinance or resolution. Examples of
such positions are members of any board, commission, agency or committee
of the municipality.
The official or body that, by virtue of statutory law or
by ordinance or resolution, is given the authority to appoint a person
to hold a particular appointed municipal position.
The Township Clerk shall cause a register of appointed municipal
positions to be prepared and maintained in conformance with N.J.S.A.
40A:9-9.2a. Such register shall be made available on the Township's
website and at the Township Clerk's office.
The Township Clerk shall maintain an application form to be
completed by any eligible person interested in serving in an appointed
municipal position in conformance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40A:9-9.2b(2).
The Township Clerk shall maintain all filed citizen leadership
forms in a file, binder, or accessible electronic format segregated
for each authority, board or commission for a period not to exceed
three years, or pursuant to applicable records retention statutes
and regulations.
A.
A vacancy shall be determined to exist on any Township board, committee,
commission, authority or other applicable municipal agency whenever
a member, without being excused by a vote of the majority of the authorized
members of such body, fails to attend and participate at meetings
of such body for a period of eight consecutive weeks or for four consecutive
regular meetings, whichever shall be of longer duration.
B.
The applicable body upon which such a vacancy has been determined
to have occurred shall notify the appointing authority in writing
of such determination; provided, however, that such vacancy is not
due to a legitimate illness.
C.
Whenever a vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred pursuant to the
reasons set forth under N.J.S.A. 40A:9-12.1 or pursuant to the terms
of this article, the appointing authority shall forthwith fill the
office for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed by law, ordinance
or resolution.
