[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Hanover 7-14-1955; amended in its entirety 4-8-2010 by Ord. No. 12-10.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 4 of this ordinance provided that,
pending further action of the Township Committee, all positions of
employment in existence in the Township of Hanover as of the effective
date of this ordinance that are responsible for any aspect of the
Township's public works, building and grounds and park maintenance
functions shall continue in existence.
There shall be and is hereby created a Department of Public
Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance in and for the Township
of Hanover, in the County of Morris and the State of New Jersey. The
Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance
shall consist of the following Divisions: Roads, Sanitation, Buildings
and Grounds, and Park Maintenance.
The Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park
Maintenance will be chaired by a member of the Township Committee,
who shall be designated as Department Director. Said assignment as
Department Director shall be designated by the Township Committee
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:63-6b(3) at the first organizational
meeting which shall be held during the first seven days of January,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:63-3e.
The Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park
Maintenance shall be responsible for the operation of all services
and projects related to the maintenance of streets and roads, municipal
building and grounds, leaf collection, solid waste removal and park
maintenance, including those functions and duties related to the Bee
Meadow Swimming Pool facility, and any other services deemed necessary
by the Township Committee.
It is intended by this chapter to bring all Township public
works, building and grounds and park maintenance functions under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds
and Park Maintenance as created herein, and organized and administered
hereunder. Upon the effective date of this chapter and the amendments
thereto, all Township public works, building and grounds and park
maintenance functions shall be organized under the terms hereof, and
all previous committee, personnel or departmental assignments, organizational
units and functions relating to public works, building and grounds
and park maintenance shall be abolished.
By majority vote of the membership of the Township Committee
of the Township of Hanover, there shall be appointed and employed
a Superintendent, to be known as the "Superintendent of the Department
of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance," who
shall receive such salary as the Township Committee may determine
in the manner prescribed by law.[1]
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, Buildings
and Grounds and Park Maintenance shall serve as the department head
and be responsible for the day-to-day operations and supervision of
the department. He shall be directly responsible to the Department
Director for the performance of all services, operations, projects
and activities of the department, and shall report and consult with
the Township's Business Administrator on a day-to-day basis with respect
to department operations.
A.Â
The employees of the Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds
and Park Maintenance shall consist of the Superintendent and such
other positions of employment as the Township Committee shall from
time to time deem necessary and proper to create, amend, modify or
abolish by ordinance. In connection therewith, the Township Committee
may adopt, amend or repeal, by resolution, a table of organization
for the department and its various divisions, setting forth the authorized
positions for each division, and the organizational relationship of
those positions to one another.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Organization is on file in the
Township offices.
B.Â
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, Buildings and
Grounds and Park Maintenance, subject to the approval of the Township
Committee, shall have the power to hire temporary employees to fill
immediate needs for a period not in excess of four months. Such temporary
employees shall be paid on an hourly basis at the minimum wage under
the scale fixed in the salary ordinance.[2]
Subject to § 57-7A above, the employee members of the Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance shall be appointed and designated by the Township Committee of the Township of Hanover and shall receive such annual salary as the Township Committee may determine in the manner prescribed by law.
Subject to § 57-7A above, the Township Committee shall determine the required qualifications for each position created in the department, which may include all educational, training, licenses/certificates/permits, knowledge, ability and/or experience requirements for each position.
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, Buildings
and Grounds and Park Maintenance shall arrange for the recordation
of a correct record of the work and operations of the Department of
Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance and shall,
at the end of the month, prepare and present to the Township Committee
at the next regular meeting a report of the work and operations of
the Department for the preceding month.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the Department
of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance to see
that all ordinances and resolutions of the Township Committee pertaining
to the Department of Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park
Maintenance are properly complied with. The Superintendent shall comply
with, and cause all personnel of the department to comply with, all
rules, regulations, personnel policies and procedures, and orders
that may be prescribed by the Township Committee and/or the Business
Administrator.
