For the purpose of this chapter and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances and resolutions heretofore
or hereafter adopted by the Town, except as the context may otherwise
require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
One to whom there has been a delegation of the department
head or authority during the absence of another due to emergency,
medical, professional or other scheduled or unscheduled leave of absence.
An acting appointee shall be so designated when it is contemplated
that the department head or employee whose position he is filling
shall be returning to his or her position.
The Business Administrator appointed pursuant to the Charter.
The Mayor-Council Plan of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-31 through 40:69A-48,
as amended and supplemented, and any and all general laws as therein
defined which are or may be applicable to the Town.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to the Charter.
The Administrative Code, 1992, and all amendments and supplements
thereto.
The members of the Town Council constituted pursuant to the
Charter.
An organizational unit or group of organizational units of
the Town government or designated as a department by this chapter.
The individual placed in charge of a department's activities
pursuant to the Charter.
The Mayor and Council shall be elected at a November General
Election pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1.
The Council created and constituted pursuant to the Charter.
One who has been appointed to fill a vacancy while a search
is being conducted to fill a permanent position. Such interim appointment
may not exceed 60 days, unless extended by the Council pursuant to
applicable ordinance.
The individual serving as chief executive officer of the
Town pursuant to the Charter.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization
or other entity, as well as an individual.
The Town of Phillipsburg in the County of Warren, State of
New Jersey, as governed by the provisions of the Charter.
A calendar year, unless otherwise specifically provided.
This chapter shall be known and may be referred
to as the "Administrative Code."
For the purposes of the Administrative Code
and any other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as
the context may otherwise require:
A.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses
and the future, the present.
B.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C.
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural
the singular.
D.
The time within which an act is to be done shall be
computed by excluding the first and includes the last day, and if
the last day is a Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
E.
"Writing" and "written" include printing, typewriting,
stencil duplicating, computer printout, magnetic media and any other
visual mode of reproducing words or figures on paperlike material
which is in general use.
