No elected
municipal officer shall hold or retain more than one publicly elected
position within the Borough of Highland Park.
No elected municipal officer shall hold or retain
any other publicly elected office within the county, state or federal
governments. Any person accepting any other elected office shall be
deemed thereby to have vacated any office previously held by him/her
within the municipality. Except that the elected municipal officer
may complete his or her term of office if that term is less than one
year.
Nothing within this article shall prohibit an
elected municipal officer from simultaneously holding an appointed
position within the municipality, county or state, which is not incompatible
or in conflict with his/her municipal office.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
ELECTED MUNICIPAL OFFICER
A person serving as Mayor or member of the Borough Council,
whether elected or appointed to that position.