[Adopted as Sec. 2:1 of the 1975 General
Ordinances]
The title of this chapter shall be known and
referred to as the "Administrative Code of the Township of Burlington."
For the purposes of this chapter, except as
the context may otherwise require, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
The Business Administrator duly appointed pursuant to the
Charter and this chapter or the Assistant or Acting Administrator
serving in the place of the Business Administrator pursuant to the
Charter or this chapter.
The Mayor-Council Plan E Form constituting Chapter 210 of the New Jersey Law, 1950, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, and any and all statutory provisions, administrative rules and regulations, or case law of the State of New Jersey as may be applicable to the municipality.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to the Charter
and this chapter.
The local legislative body of the municipality constituted
and elected pursuant to the Charter.
An organization unit of the municipal government established
or designated by or pursuant to this chapter as a department.
The administrative head of a department.
The Municipal Council as constituted under the Charter of
the Township of Burlington.
Any agency or instrumentality of the municipal government
which is created by the Council by ordinance not allocated or assigned
within a department.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Includes any act of the governing body dealing with procedural
or parliamentarian matters not required to be reduced to writing,
which may be finally passed at the meeting at which it is introduced.
The Township of Burlington within the County of Burlington
and State of New Jersey or any corporate successor thereof.
Includes any act or regulation heretofore or hereafter adopted
by the governing body required to be reduced to writing and read at
more than one meeting thereof and published.
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization
or other entity as well as an individual.
Includes any act or regulation of the governing body required
to be reduced to writing but which may be finally passed at the meeting
at which it is introduced.
Includes printing, typewriting and any other mode of communication
used on paper or similar material which is in general use as well
as legible handwriting.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purposes of this chapter and any other
ordinances which were heretofore or are hereafter adopted, except
as the context may otherwise require, the following constructions
shall apply:
A.Â
The present tense includes the past and future tenses.
B.Â
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C.Â
The singular number includes the plural and the plural,
the singular.
D.Â
The time within which an act is to be done shall be
computed by excluding the first and including the last day, and if
the last day be a Sunday or legal holiday, the day shall be excluded.
Within this chapter there are established a
variety of positions appointed by various Township appointing authorities.
It is the intent of this chapter that no appointment may be made without
specific ordinance authorization for the position. However, any appointing
authority, provided that there are funds available for the position,
may by official action, whether it be by executive order, directive
or resolution, establish a temporary position, which position shall
be valid and capable of being temporarily filled if within three working
days the Township Council shall enact an appropriate legislation,
the intent of which is to establish the position to be filled.
Despite contrary provisions elsewhere herein
contained and subject to prevailing provisions or state statutes and
charter, the appointing authority may remove any member of an independent
board or agency operating within the Township of Burlington where
the appointing authority determines that said member had failed to
attend three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings of said independent
board or agency, said failure to attend constituting cause for removal.
[Added 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 05-OR-036; amended 3-9-2010 by Ord. No. 10-OR-005; 6-12-2012 by Ord. No. 12-OR-012]
A.Â
The Township
of Burlington Administrative Personnel Employee Handbook, adopted
on February 24, 2004, and as may be amended from time to time, is
hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as part of the Administrative
Code of the Township of Burlington.
B.Â
The Township
of Burlington's Policies and Procedure Manual, Employee Handbook and
Administrative Personnel Handbook are hereby amended for the purpose
of adopting revisions and modifications to the following policies
and procedures: Americans With Disabilities Act Policy; Contagious
or Life-Threatening Illnesses Policy; Workplace Violence Policy; General
Anti-Harassment Policy; Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy; Employee Complaint
Policy; Anti-Retaliation Policy (new); Grievance Policy; Prompt Reporting
of Complaints and Grievances Policy; Employee Discipline Policy; Resignation
Policy; Attendance Policy; Breaks Policy; Telephone Usage Policy;
No Expectation of Privacy Policy (new); E-Mail, Voice Mail, Computer
and Internet Usage Policy; Social Media Policy (new); Paid and Unpaid
Time Off Policy; Vacation Leave Policy; Sick Leave Policy; Family
and Medical Leave Act Policy; Administrative Personnel Handbook; Longevity
Pay; Insurance Buy Back (waiver); and Vacation Leave Policy.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Administrative Personnel Employee Handbook,
with cited amendments, can be obtained from the Township offices.
C.Â
The Township
of Burlington’s Employee Handbook, Employee Handbook Administrative
Personnel and the Policies and Procedures Manual are hereby amended
for the purpose of adopting the attached revisions to the following
policies and procedures: "Communication Media Policy," "Worker’s
Compensation Policy," "Early Closing and Delayed Opening Policy,"
"Domestic Violence Law Policy," "Family and Medical Leave Act Policy,"
"Resignation Policy"; in the Employee Handbook Administrative Personnel
Handbook changes that were also made include Health Benefits after
retirement and Health Benefits for Newly Elected Officials.[2]
[Added 4-8-2014 by Ord. No. 14-OR-005]
[2]
Editor’s Note: The Employee Handbook, Employee Handbook
Administrative Personnel, and Policies and Procedures Manual, with
any amendments thereto, are on file in the Township offices.
D.Â
The Township
of Burlington's Employee Handbook, Employee Handbook Administrative
Personnel and the Policies and Procedures Manual are hereby amended
for the purpose of adopting the attached revisions to the following
policies and procedures: "Anti-Discrimination Policy," "Americans
with Disabilities Act Policy," "Communication Media Policy," "Open
Public Records Act Section," and the "Drug and Alcohol Policy."[3]
[Added 9-25-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-OR-023]
[3]
Editor’s Note: The Employee Handbook, Employee Handbook
Administrative Personnel, and Policies and Procedures Manual, with
any amendments thereto, are on file in the Township offices.
