The Board shall organize annually on the first day of January in each year, or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, at which time it shall elect, by a majority vote of all the members of the Board and from its members, a President and a Vice President.

A majority of the whole number of members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller number may meet and adjourn from time to time. Its regular meetings shall be held each and every month in the office of the Board of Health, Fort Lee, New Jersey, at 8:30 p.m., on such date as may be decided upon at the organization meeting. The Board shall determine and establish the rules of its own proceedings, and shall pass, promulgate or adopt such rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, bylaws and resolutions pertaining to the purposes and objectives of the Board as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of applicable state laws governing the powers and duties of local Boards of Health. The President shall have the power to call special meetings of the Board when necessary and in case of his neglect or refusal to do so, it shall be lawful for any four members of such Board to call any special meeting, by written or printed notice to each member, served personally or left at their places of residence at least 24 hours previous to the time appointed for such meetings.

The Board shall appoint, by resolution passed by a majority of all its members, a Secretary, a Health Officer, a Registrar of Vital Statistics, a Plumbing Inspector, a Counsel and such other officers and employees as it may from time to time deem necessary, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 to 91, and further pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey State Civil Service Act, Title 11 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.

The salaries or other forms of compensation of the aforesaid officers and employees shall be fixed by resolution passed by a majority of all the members of the Board at the time of their appointment.