The Mayor and Councilmen of the Borough shall constitute the Council thereof.
The Council shall hold an annual meeting on January 1 at 12:00 noon, or during the first seven days of January in any year, and such other meetings or adjourned meetings at such time and place as it may, by resolution, direct, but all regular meetings shall be held within the Borough. The Mayor shall, when necessary, call special meetings of the Council; and in case of his neglect or refusal, any four members of the Council may call such meeting at such time and place in the Borough as they may designate. In all cases of special meetings, notice shall be given to the members of the Council in writing left at their places of residence or by actual contact with the members by telephone or otherwise.
Three Councilmen and the Mayor or, in the absence of the Mayor, four Councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may meet and adjourn from time to time.
The Council, at its annual meeting, shall, by the vote of a majority of the Council, elect from its number a president of the Council, who shall preside at all its meetings when the Mayor does not preside. He shall hold office for one year and until the next annual meeting. He shall have the right to debate and vote on all questions before the Council. If the Council, at its annual meeting, fails to elect a President, the Mayor shall appoint the President from the Council, and in that case, no confirmation by the Council shall be necessary.
If the Mayor is absent from the Borough for a period of three days or for any reason is unable to act, the President of the Council shall perform all the duties of the Mayor during such absence or inability. The Mayor, in case of his intended absence from the Borough for more than three days at any one time, shall notify the President, in writing, of the intended absence, whereupon the President shall be and become Acting Mayor from the receipt of the notice and continue to act until the Mayor's return. In case of the temporary inability of the President to so act, the Council member having the longest term of service may act temporarily for the President.
The Council shall possess all the powers granted by or permissible under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
The Council shall provide rules of procedure by resolution, which rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this code. Except where the Council provides otherwise by resolution, the proceedings at all meetings shall be conducted in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order, as revised. The Borough Attorney shall be ex officio parliamentarian and shall be prepared, at the request of any member of the Council, to give his opinion on any question of procedure.
All regular and special meetings of the Council shall be open to the public.
The Council may convene at any time in informal conference for the study of municipal business or to plan for the agendas of its future meetings. No persons other than those specifically invited by the Council to attend shall be permitted to be present at such conference.
A. 
Procedure for passage; vote required. All Borough ordinances shall be submitted in writing at a meeting of the Council and passed at a subsequent meeting. No ordinance shall be finally passed except by the vote of a majority of the Council members present at the meeting, provided that at least three affirmative votes shall be required for such purpose, the Mayor to have no vote thereon except in the case of a tie.
B. 
Publication of ordinances. No ordinance shall be considered for final adoption until it has been advertised as required by law. The Borough Clerk shall be responsible for arranging for the advertising of proposed ordinances.
C. 
Ordinances presented to Mayor after passage by Council. Every ordinance passed by the Council shall, within five days after its passage, Sundays excepted, be presented to the Mayor by the Borough Clerk, whose report shall be conclusive evidence that such ordinance has been so presented.
D. 
Approval by Mayor. If an ordinance is approved by the Mayor, he shall, within five days, Sundays excepted, after its receipt by him, sign and file it with the Clerk.
E. 
Mayor's veto; written objections submitted; Council to reconsider. If the Mayor does not approve an ordinance, he shall, within five days, Sundays excepted, after its receipt by him, return it to the Clerk with his objections thereto in writing, and the Council shall, at its next meeting, cause the objections to be entered at length on its minutes and proceed to reconsider the ordinance.
F. 
Partial approval; partial veto. If any such ordinance contains more than one distinct section, clause or item, the Mayor may approve one or more thereof and veto the rest.
G. 
Passage over veto; vote required. If 2/3 of all the Councilmen shall, at the next meeting as aforesaid or at any subsequent meeting to which they postpone such reconsideration, vote to pass the ordinance or the vetoed part thereof over the veto of the Mayor, the ordinance shall take effect.