The position of Mayor within the governmental framework of the Township of Delran is a position possessing great duties and responsibilities for the proper, efficient operation of the government of Delran. The party holding the position of Mayor must exercise all powers and duties with a sense of responsibility and purpose. As the chief executive and administrative officer of the community, the Mayor possesses the first link of communication with the general population and is directly responsible for the orderly provision of governmental services to each individual within the Township. In general, it is the duty of the Mayor to establish programs, agencies and organizations designed to provide governmental services in an efficient and appropriate manner.
[Amended 9-3-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-19]
The Mayor shall be elected by the voters of the Township at a regular municipal election and shall serve for a term of four years beginning on the first day of January next following his or her election.
Any person who desires or who shall be elected to the position of Mayor, as an elected official within the Township, shall reside within the Township, and removal from the Township shall constitute grounds for vacation of this office.
The Mayor shall receive such compensation as the Township Council, by ordinance, shall provide.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2000-11]
A. 
Executive power. The executive power of the Township shall be exercised by the Mayor.
B. 
Enforcement of ordinances and Charter. The Mayor shall enforce the Charter, ordinances of the Township and all general laws applicable thereto.
C. 
Annual report. The Mayor shall annually report to the Council and the public on the work of the previous year, and on the condition and requirements of the Township government and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations for action by the Council as he or she may deem in the public interest.
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Departmental supervision. The Mayor shall supervise all the departments of the Township government, and shall require each department head to make annual and such other reports of his or her work as he or she may deem desirable.
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Approval or veto of ordinances. Ordinances adopted by the Council shall be submitted to the Mayor, and he or she shall, within 10 days after receiving any ordinance, either approve the ordinance by affixing his or her signature thereto, or return it to the Council by delivering it to the Township Clerk, together with a statement setting forth his or her objections thereto, or to any item or part thereof. No ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the Mayor's approval unless the Mayor fails to return an ordinance to the Council within 10 days after it has been presented to him or her, or unless Council, upon reconsideration thereof, on or after the third day following its return by the Mayor shall, by vote of two-thirds of the members, resolve to override the Mayor's veto.
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Attendance at meetings. The Mayor may attend meetings of Council and may take part in discussions of Council, but shall have no vote, except in the case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the Council, in which case he or she may cast the deciding vote.
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Appointments. The Mayor, with the advice and consent of Council, shall appoint all officers and employees for whose election or appointment no other provision is made by the Charter or ordinance and, in addition, shall make the following specific appointments:
(1) 
Department directors. The Mayor, with the advice and consent of Council, shall appoint each department director.
(2) 
Planning Board. The Mayor shall appoint Class II and Class IV appointees to the Planning Board upon the expiration or termination of the terms of these members.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2-2.5g3, regarding the Welfare Board, which previously followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(3) 
Other appointees. The Mayor shall appoint such other appointees as the Council may subsequently provide by ordinance or state law may require.
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Recommendation of a budget. The Mayor, on or before the 15th day of January of each year, shall submit to the Council his or her recommended budget, together with such explanatory comments or statements as he or she may deem appropriate. The budget shall conform to the requirements of law and shall be prepared by the Mayor with the assistance of the Business Administrator. In this connection, during the month of November, the Mayor shall require all department heads to submit requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget year and to appear before the Mayor or the Business Administrator for a public hearing, which shall be held during that month on the various requests involved. The budget in question shall additionally have appended thereto a detailed analysis of the various items of expenditure and revenue. Council, in reviewing this budget, may reduce any item or items by vote of the majority of Council, but any increase in any item or items therein shall become effective only upon the vote of two-thirds of the members of Council, pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-46.
I. 
Removal from office. The Mayor, in his or her discretion, may remove any department head after notice of opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing a department head, the Mayor shall first file written notice of his or her intention with Council. Such removal shall become effective on the 20th day after the filing of such notice, unless Council shall, prior thereto, adopt a resolution by a vote of two-thirds of the whole membership of the Council disapproving the removal.
J. 
Business Administrator severance pay. The Business Administrator shall be entitled to a three months' written notice prior to his or her removal or nonreappointment. In the event that the Mayor determines that the removal shall be immediate or that he or she does not provide the three months' written notice of nonreappointment, then the Administrator shall be paid for any unpaid balance of his or her salary plus his or her salary for a maximum of the next three calendar months following the effective date of the Mayor's action unless the removal is for good cause as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:69A-43(c).
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-42, the Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator, any other department head, or the Township Clerk to act as the Mayor whenever the Mayor shall be prevented by absence from the Township, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of his or her office. During such time, the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all of the rights, powers and duties of Mayor. Whenever the Mayor shall have been unable to attend the duties of his or her office for a period of 60 consecutive days for any of the above stated reasons, the Acting Mayor shall be appointed by Council and shall succeed to all of the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor or the then Acting Mayor.
Whenever a vacancy in any office is required by the Charter or this chapter to be filled by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council, and there is no holdover incumbent, a Mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy in the absence of any contrary provision of the Charter or Township ordinance by appointing an acting officer, including the designation of himself or herself as Acting Business Administrator, in the event of a vacancy in that office. Such appointee shall have all of the functions, powers and duties of the office until it shall be filled permanently. Any such appointment shall terminate not later than 30 days after the date of appointment, unless the Council, by resolution, authorizes one or more extensions of such thirty-day period.
Except for the violation of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-163 through 40:69A-165, the Mayor may be removed from office only under the recall provisions particularly established under N.J.S.A. 40:69A-168 et seq.