[Amended 5-22-1974 by Ord. No. 6-0-74]
There shall be constituted and appointed a local
Board of Health, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.R.S. 25:3-1
et seq., to consist of seven members.
[Amended 2-17-1930; 1-17-1945; 6-23-1954; 3-28-1962; 8-12-1964; 5-22-1974 by Ord. No. 6-0-74]
A. The members first appointed under the terms of this
chapter shall be as follows:
(1) Three of the members' terms shall expire on December
31, 1974.
(2) Two of the members' terms shall expire on December
31, 1975.
(3) Two of the members' terms shall expire on December
31, 1976.
B. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made for a term
of three years, except in the case of a vacancy other than by expiration
of term, which shall be made for the unexpired portion of the term
only.
C. All members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the
concurrence of the Council, and all vacancies shall be filled in a
similar manner.
The Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations
for its own government and shall elect a President from its own members.
The said Board of Health shall not contract
any debt or incur any expense of any kind beyond the amount of the
appropriation made for its use by the Council, except that whenever
any epidemic of any contagious or infectious disease exists or is
threatened or any special need arises for the protection of the public
health, and in the judgment of the Board the expenditure of a sum
greater than that already appropriated to the Board for the current
year is necessary, the Board shall so certify to the Council; thereupon,
the Council may appropriate such sum as the Board may certify to be
necessary and, if required, the Council may borrow the sum on the
credit of the municipality, in accordance with N.J.R.S. 26:3-44, as
amended and supplemented.