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.