[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Lopatcong at indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-30-1974 by Ord. No. 250 as Ch. 28 of the 1974 Code]
A.
The Chief Financial Officer shall present, monthly
and biweekly to the governing body for approval, warrants drawn to
the order of the Township of Lopatcong payroll account as follows:
[Amended 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02]
(1)
In advance for all employees whose salaries are on
a monthly, biweekly or per-session basis when such salaries are due
and payable prior to the next regular meeting of the governing body.
(2)
In advance for all employees whose compensation is
on an hourly basis when the compensation has been approved by the
governing body and has been certified to the Chief Financial Officer.
B.
There shall be a payroll account to be designated
the "Township of Lopatcong Payroll Account," and from time to time
the Chief Financial Officer, upon receipt of a warrant for the amount
due such payroll account, shall deposit the same to the credit of
the payroll account charging the appropriate budgetary accounts therewith.
The Chief Financial Officer shall thereafter draw checks on said payroll
account to the employees entitled to payment therefrom.
[Amended 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02]
C.
At each regular meeting of the governing body, the
Chief Financial Officer shall submit for approval or ratification,
as the same may be, the necessary payrolls for the amount due the
several officers and employees for compensation. The payroll shall
be considered by the governing body in due course and approved if
found to be correct.
[Amended 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02]
D.
In case of error or adjustment in the payroll, the
Chief Financial Officer shall, and it shall be his duty to, see that
such error or adjustment is properly corrected and appropriate record
made thereof.
[Amended 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02]
E.
Such officers as may be designated by the governing
body are hereby authorized to sign warrants drawn in favor of the
payroll account upon due notice that the appropriate payrolls have
been approved by the governing body and by the proper certifying authorities,
which certifying authorities and governing body shall be those designated
in resolutions adopted from time to time by said governing body.
The rate of compensation for each officer and
employee of the Township of Lopatcong shall be established, from time
to time, by such ordinances as shall be adopted by the governing body
relative thereto, independently hereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Salary Ordinance
is on file in the office of the Township Clerk, where it is available
for inspection.
[Adopted 5-4-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-10]
All full-time employees and elected public officials who receive
compensation from the Township of Lopatcong are mandated to have direct
deposit of their compensation as of June 1, 2016 in accordance with
Chapter 28 P.L. 2013, as defined under N.J.S.A. 52:14-15f(b).
Seasonal and temporary employees who are employed by the Township
of Lopatcong are exempt from the direct deposit mandate.
Municipal employees may request, in writing, an exemption from
the direct deposit mandate to the Township of Lopatcong Administrator.
Such requests will be presented to the Township Committee at the next
regularly scheduled meeting of the Township Committee after the request
is received by the Administrator. The Township Committee may grant
such an exemption by resolution and for good cause.
