Pursuant to Chapter 349, Laws of 1953 (N.J.S.A.
26:3-9 et seq.), as supplemented and amended, and other applicable
statutes, there is hereby created a Board of Health in the Township
of River Vale.
[Amended 3-28-2005 by Ord. No. 102-2005]
A. Within the Division of Health Services, there shall
be an Advisory Health Board, which shall be composed of no fewer than
five and no more than seven members appointed by the Mayor. The members
shall serve for staggered terms of four years from the date of their
appointment, except that, at the time of their appointment, two shall
be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years,
two for a term of three years and one for a term of four years. All
members shall serve without compensation.
[Amended 8-13-2007 by Ord. No. 187-2007; 6-12-2017 by Ord. No.
325-2017]
B. The Advisory Health Board, within the limitations
of available appropriations, shall:
(1) Make recommendations to the Health Officer and Mayor
concerning or relating to the operation and administration of the
Division of Health Services.
(2) Make recommendations to the Council concerning or
touching upon matters of policy or ordinance affecting the Division
of Health Services.
The Board shall reorganize during the first
week of January in each year, and shall have power to appoint, on
an annual basis, a sanitary inspector, health officer or other official
having similar duties, a plumbing inspector, a secretary, and such
other employees as it may deem necessary and to fix the duties and
compensation of such appointees, within the limits of such amount
as may be made available for the purpose in the annual budget. This
chapter shall take effect July 15, 1963, but appointments to the Board
may be made immediately after final passage and publication as required
by law.
Said Board shall hereafter possess and enjoy
all of the power and authority conferred by law upon local health
boards and be responsible for the enforcement of said laws and local
ordinances relating to the public health, heretofore or hereafter
adopted.