Effective July 1, 2011, the Township of Vernon shall be governed
by the "Mayor-Council Plan" of the Optional Municipal Charter Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.
The
Township shall be governed by an elected council, and an elected mayor
and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-31 to 40:69A-48, general law or ordinance.
For
the purpose of the construction of all other applicable statutes,
unless the explicit terms and context of the statute require a contrary
construction, any administrative or executive functions assigned by
general law to the governing body shall be exercised by the Mayor,
and any legislative and investigative functions assigned by general
law to the governing body shall be exercised by the Council. Those
functions shall be exercised pursuant to the procedures set forth
in the Mayor-Council Plan of government, unless other procedures are
required by the specific terms of the general law.