The position of Environmental Officer for the
Township of Hamilton is hereby established.
The qualifications for the position of Environmental
Officer shall be set by the Township Committee, but any applicant
shall minimally have a basic knowledge of all federal, state, county,
intermunicipal and municipal laws, regulations and policies relating
to environmental issues affecting or potentially affecting the Township
of Hamilton. The applicant shall be in sound physical health and able
to conduct investigations and/or issue warnings and/or summonses pursuant
to the Hamilton Township Environmental Ordinance and such other ordinances with which said Environmental
Officer may be assigned responsibility.
The Environmental Officer shall be appointed
by the Township Committee of the Township of Hamilton.
The annual salary for the position of Environmental
Officer shall be determined annually by the Township Committee of
the Township of Hamilton and shall be paid in accordance with the
provisions of the Annual Salary and Wage Ordinance of said township.
The duties of the Environmental Officer shall
include, by description but not limitation:
A. Administration and enforcement of the Hamilton Township
Environmental Ordinance.
B. The organization and administration of the Clean Communities
Program.
C. The organization and administration of the mandatory
recycling program, including but not limited to education and enforcement.
D. Participation in municipal events, fairs and other
festivities where appropriate and where the community will be benefited.
E. Recognition of existing and potential environmental
problems and remediation of those problems, including reference of
those problems to the appropriate jurisdictional agency, should one
exist.
F. Such other duties within the Environmental Officer's
expertise as may be assigned from time to time by the Township Committee
and/or Township Administrator.