All officers and employees in the classified service of the Township
(as "classified service" is defined and construed pursuant to applicable civil
service laws and regulations), except police officers of the Township, professionals
appointed or employed by the Township or by any board or agency of the Township,
officers and employees exempt by law from residency requirements and those
officers and employees otherwise exempted from the provisions of this chapter
by law, hereafter appointed shall be bona fide residents of the Township.
Whenever the appointing authority shall determine that there are certain
specific positions and employments requiring special talents or skills which
are necessary for the operations of the Township and which are not likely
to be found among the residents of the Township, such positions or employments
so determined shall be filled without reference to residency. The criteria
pursuant to which such positions and employments shall be so determined are
as follows:
A. Any position or employment, the services of which are
specialized and qualitative in nature;
B. Any position or employment which requires expertise and
extensive training;
C. Any position or employment, the services of which will
be required to be performed by an individual who has a proven reputation in
the particular field or endeavor;
D. Any position or employment, the talents, skills, services
or other important characteristics of which cannot be reasonably described
by written specifications;
E. Any position or employment, the services of which must
or foreseeably will be rendered or performed by a person authorized by law
to practice a recognized profession or a person whose practice is regulated
by law; or
F. Any position or employment whose performance requires
knowledge of an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged
formal course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished from general
academic instruction or apprenticeship and training.
No nonresident officer or employee appointed pursuant to this chapter
shall be required to become a resident as a condition of his or her continued
employment.
Officers and employees who are bona fide residents shall be given preference
in promotion. When promotions are based upon merit as determined by suitable
promotion tests or other objective criteria, a resident shall be given preference
over a nonresident in any instance when all other measurable criteria are
equal. This preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce
or affect the preference granted pursuant to any other provision of law.