[Adopted 5-26-1975 as Sec. 2-7 of
the 1975 Code]
Within the Borough there shall be a Borough
Treasurer. The Collector, when so designated by the Council, shall
be the Treasurer of the Borough and (s)he shall serve for a term of
one year.
There may be a Deputy Borough Treasurer appointed
by the Council for a term of one year. It shall be the duty of the
Deputy Borough Treasurer generally to aid and assist the Borough Treasurer
in the performance his/her duties in such manner as the Borough Treasurer
shall, from time to time, direct. The Deputy Borough Treasurer shall
perform the duties of the Borough Treasurer in the latter's absence
or incapacity.
The Treasurer shall have, perform and exercise
all the functions, powers and duties provided by general law and Borough
ordinances. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain books and records
of all financial transaction of the Borough in accordance with the
standards and requirements of the Division of Local Finance in the
Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey. The Treasurer
shall have custody of all public moneys of the Borough and make monthly
reports to the Council of all receipts, expenditures, commitments
and unexpended appropriations. All moneys received from any source
by or on behalf of the Borough or any department, board, office or
agency thereof, except as otherwise provided by Borough ordinance,
shall be paid to the Treasurer who by the next ensuing bank day after
their receipt shall deposit them in the authorized public depository
of the Borough to the credit of the proper account.
