The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer
of the Township and shall have the power and duty to supervise the
administration of the Charter (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-49 et seq.) and ordinances
of the Township and all general laws applicable thereto.
The compensation of the Mayor of the Township
shall be fixed by ordinance.
The Mayor may delegate to the head of any department
any function, power or duty conferred upon the Mayor by ordinance
which is not required by law to be performed or discharged personally
by the Mayor. A copy of such change shall be in writing, and one copy
shall be furnished to the President of the Council.
As provided by the Charter, the Mayor shall
designate either the Business Administrator, an administrative department
head or the Township Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the Mayor shall
be prevented, by absence from the Township, disability or other cause,
from attending to the duties of the office. During such time, the
person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all the rights, powers
and duties of Mayor. Whenever the Mayor shall have been unable for
a period of more than 60 consecutive days, for any of the above-stated
reasons, to perform his or her official duties, an Acting Mayor shall
be appointed by a majority of all Council members (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-42).
If the vacancy occurs subsequent to September 1 of the last year of
the term of the Mayor whose office has become vacant, the office may
be filled for its unexpired term by appointment by the governing body.
If the vacancy occurs at any other time, the vacancy shall be filled
for its unexpired term at the next general or regular municipal election,
whichever occurs first, to be held not less than 60 days after the
occurrence of the vacancy.