This chapter shall be known as the "Administrative
Code" and is herein referred to as the "code." This code is adopted
pursuant to the Mayor-Council Plan of the Optional Municipal Charter
Law (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq. referred to herein as "the Charter"),
as amended and supplemented.
The Township of Brick shall be governed by an
elected Municipal Council, an elected Mayor and by such other officers
and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to law.
[Amended 7-22-2014 by Ord. No. 17-14]
The Township government shall be comprised of the following
offices, departments and agencies:
A. Offices:
(2) Office of the Township Council and Township Clerk.
B. Departments:
(1) Department of Administration, Finance and Public Affairs.
(3) Department of Public Works.
(4) Department of Recreation.
(5) Department of Public Safety.
C. Division
of departments: the respective divisions, bureaus, boards and offices
into which such departments are divided pursuant to this chapter or
other ordinances of the Township.
D. Agencies:
the various judicial, legislative, advisory and independent agencies
of local government provided pursuant to the Charter, general law,
the Code of the Township of Brick or other ordinances of the Township.
The head of each department shall be qualified
by experience and training to perform the duties of the office and
shall, subject to the Charter and ordinances of this Township:
A. Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers
and duties of the department.
B. Prescribe the internal organization of the department
and the duties of subordinates and assistants.
C. Administer the work of the department through the
divisions established by ordinance and such other units of administration
as the department head may find necessary or desirable.
D. Appoint officers and employees to be employed within
the department and assign functions, powers and duties to them. The
ultimate responsibility for the department shall remain with the director
of said department.
E. Delegate such powers as the department head may deem
necessary for the efficient administration of the department to be
exercised under direction and supervision by division or bureau heads.
F. Report to the Mayor and Council, in such form as shall
be approved by the Business Administrator, when requested by the Mayor,
Council or Business Administrator.
No rule or regulation made by any department,
officer, agency or authority of the Township within the jurisdiction
of the Mayor shall, except upon written approval of the Mayor, take
effect until at least 10 days after it is filed with the Township
Clerk, as required by the Charter. This limitation of time shall not
apply, however, to any order, rule or regulation which relates solely
to the organization or internal management of the Township government
or a part thereof.
Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of head
of any departmental division by resignation, removal or otherwise,
the director of such department is authorized to fill such vacancy
temporarily, in cases not specifically provided for in the Charter
or ordinances, by appointing an acting head of such departmental division,
and by appointing officials within the department, wherever possible,
who shall perform all the duties and functions of such departmental
division head, pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey statutes
(civil service) until the office shall be filled permanently.
All department and division heads, the Township
Clerk and other management employees who are not members of collective
bargaining units shall be entitled to the same vacation days, holidays,
sick days, personal days, medical and insurance benefits, longevity
benefits and other nonsalary benefits to which employees under their
supervision are entitled under any collective bargaining agreement.
The holidays and vacations to which an employee
is entitled shall be governed by any applicable collective bargaining
agreement or other contract and the rules and regulations promulgated
by the New Jersey Department of Personnel or other applicable law
of the State of New Jersey.
The procedures and regulations regarding disciplinary
actions taken against employees of the Township of Brick and the separation
of employee-employer relations between employees of the Township of
Brick and the municipality as employer shall be governed by any applicable
collective bargaining agreement or other contract and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Personnel
or other applicable law of the State of New Jersey.
Except as is otherwise provided by law or provided
herein, all officers and employees appointed to positions of employment
for the Township of Brick shall be, where practicable, bona fide residents
of the Township of Brick at the time of appointment.