[Amended 4-22-1974 by Ord. No. 1-74]
The Mayor shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the Township. He shall:
A. 
Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the Township.
B. 
Supervise all of the departments of the Township government to guarantee that the Administrator and the department heads carry out and maintain the established administrative policies and laws of the municipality.
C. 
Require each department to make sufficient written reports of its work as he may deem desirable and the Mayor shall prepare semiannual written reports relative to the progress of each department, which reports shall be submitted to the Council for its consideration on or before April 15 and October 15 of each calendar year.
D. 
From time to time, make such written recommendations for action by the Council as he may deem necessary in the public interest.
E. 
Submit a written report annually on or before January 15 to the Council and the public on the work of the previous year, on the condition and requirements of the Township government for the current year and with a progress report as to all long-range plans for the municipality.
F. 
Have such other functions, powers and duties as are provided by Charter or ordinance.
G. 
Submit in writing to the Municipal Clerk any changes in municipal personnel as they occur.
H. 
Appoint a secretary without the advice and consent of the Council to serve the Mayor and Administration at the direction of the Mayor. The term of said secretary shall run concurrently with the term of the Mayor and shall automatically terminate upon the termination of the Mayor's term, whether that be for the full term or for any reason prior to the expiration of the Mayor's term.
[Added 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 26-98]
As provided by the Charter, Section 3-12 (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-42), the Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator, any other department head, or the Municipal Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the Mayor shall be prevented by absence from the municipality, disability, or other cause from attending to the duties of his office. During such time the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor. Whenever the Mayor shall have been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of 60 consecutive days, for any of the above-stated reasons, an Acting Mayor shall be appointed by the Council who shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor or the then Acting Mayor.
A. 
The Council will act by ordinance whenever required by the Charter and whether or not so required with respect to legislative matters. As to all other matters, it will act by resolution, in accordance with the Charter. The veto power of the Mayor, as provided by the Charter, extends only to ordinances.
B. 
As soon as possible after the passage of an ordinance by the Council, and before the publication required by N.J.S.A. 40:49-2, the Clerk shall present to the Mayor a certified copy of the ordinance as passed and make a note on the ordinance or on its backer of the date and approximate time it was received by the Mayor. Any ordinance to which the Mayor has affixed his signature or withheld his approval, or which has taken effect without his approval, pursuant to the Charter, shall be returned to the Clerk and he shall note the date and time of the return and keep it in safe custody as a public record.
[Amended 4-22-1974 by Ord. No. 1-74]
Whenever a vacancy exists in any office required by the Charter or ordinance to be filled by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, and there is no holdover incumbent, the Mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy (in the absence of any contrary provision in the Charter or ordinance) by appointing an acting officer, including the designation of himself as an acting department head. He shall not so fill said vacancy in the Department of Administration and Finance. 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 shall by resolution authorize one or more extensions of such period. If said vacancy has not been filled within 60 days from its creation, the Council may make the interim appointment.