[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.
[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.