The Township Council shall be empowered to fix
the salaries of officers and members of the Police and Fire Departments
of the Township in the same manner and to the same extent as the governing
body is authorized to fix the salaries and wages of employees in the
civil service of the Township.
[Amended 11-2-1987]
Each department head of the Township shall report
to the Township Administrator whenever there is obsolete equipment,
materials, supplies or personal property in their department not needed
for public use, and thereupon the Township Administrator shall cause
an estimate to be made of the value thereof and to report the same
to the Township Council, whereupon a motion may be adopted declaring
such equipment, materials, supplies or personal property obsolete
or surplus and not required for public use and to fix the value thereof.
[Amended 11-2-1987]
The Township Clerk, upon the direction of the
Township Council, shall be authorized to sell such items to the person
offering the highest price therefor at a private sale if the value
thereof, as fixed by such direction, is less than $100. Otherwise,
the sale thereof shall be made after advertisement and public bidding
by sealed proposal or at a public auction to be authorized by the
Township Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sec. 2-3.1, Personal
property not to be taxed, which immediately followed this section,
was deleted 11-2-1987.
For the purposes of this chapter, except as
the context may otherwise require, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
The Charter Supplement of the Township of Bloomfield, 1955
(Laws of New Jersey 1955, Chapter 201)[1] and such provisions of general law relating to townships
or municipalities generally as are not inconsistent therewith.
An organization unit of the Township government established
or designated by this chapter as a "department," and any agency or
instrumentality of the Township government not allocated or assigned
to such an organization unit.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Charter is included at
the beginning of this volume.
The adoption of this chapter shall not affect
the term, tenure, compensation or pension rights of any person holding
any office, employment or position under the Township government or
any of its departments upon the effective date hereof, except as may
be otherwise expressly provided.
Prior to exercising its Charter power to appoint,
suspend or remove any other municipal officer or employee, the Council
shall request the Township Administrator to study the question and
to report the Administrator's recommendations. Such recommendations
shall be a confidential work paper for the use of the Council exclusively
and shall not be a matter of public record.
[Amended 11-2-1987]
Each department head shall have power, except
as herein otherwise specifically provided, to appoint, suspend or
remove subordinate officers and employees within the department, subject
to the approval of the Township Administrator and ratification by
the Council and in accordance with applicable civil service rules
and regulations.
The head of each department, subject to the
Charter, this Code and other ordinances of the Township and subject
to the approval of the Township Administrator, shall:
A.
Prescribe the internal organization of the department
and the duties of subordinate officers and employees within the department.
B.
Assign functions, powers and duties to subordinate
officers and employees within the department and modify such assignments
as need appears.
C.
Supervise the work of the department through the divisions
established by this chapter and such other organization units as the
head of the department may find necessary or desirable and supervise
and direct the work of the employees in the department.
D.
Delegate to division heads such of the department
head's powers as the department head may deem necessary for efficient
administration.
E.
Report at least annually to the Council, in such form
as shall be approved by the Administrator, on the work of the department
during the preceding year.
Whenever a board, commission or other body is
the head of a department and is empowered by the Charter or ordinance
to appoint a chief executive officer, such officer shall have and
exercise the administrative functions, powers and duties of a department
head under this chapter.
A.
Every officer or employee of the Township who, by
virtue of their office or position, is entrusted with the receipt,
custody or expenditure of money or funds of the Township, and any
other officer or employee who may be required to do so by the Council,
shall, before entering upon the duties of their office or position,
execute and deliver a surety bond, in such amount as may be fixed
by resolution of the Council, binding them to the Township in its
corporate name, conditioned upon the true and faithful performance
of their duty. Each officer or employee required by law to give bond
shall execute such a bond with sufficient surety and deliver the same
to the Township Clerk, except that the Township Clerk shall deliver
their bond to the Collector before they enter upon the discharge of
the duties of their office or employment.
B.
If any officer or employee shall neglect to execute
and deliver their bond as herein required within 30 days after due
notification of their election or appointment, their office may be
declared vacant by the Council.
C.
In every case in which any person is required by the
laws of the state, this Code or any other ordinance of the Township
to give a bond for the faithful performance of their duties, such
bond shall be secured by a corporate surety authorized to do business
in this state, and the premium therefor shall be paid by the Township.
Each such bond shall be approved as to form and sufficiency by the
Township Attorney, and nothing in this section shall be construed
to prevent the use of one or more blanket bonds when so approved.
[Amended 10-5-1964; 3-20-1967; 5-18-1998; 3-21-2005 by Ord. No. 05-07; 5-16-2016 by Ord. No. 16-15]
A.
The public, administrative and executive business offices of the
Township shall be open for the transaction of public business daily,
except on Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
B.
The Township Administrator may extend public business hours by two
hours on selected days for departments in order to accommodate the
public.
C.
The Police Department, Fire Department, Maintenance Division of the
Department of Public Works and Park Maintenance and other departments,
in times of emergency, shall provide Township services for 24 hours
a day.
D.
The Township Administrator or a department head may require any officer
or employee to be in attendance for work on Saturday whenever the
Administrator determines that a public exigency or emergency so requires.
Upon the expiration of their term of office
or their removal or resignation therefrom, each officer and employee
shall forthwith surrender to their successor, or to their superior
if there is no successor, all papers, records, maps and property of
the Township then in their custody or possession.
