[Adopted by Ord. No. 1308 as Ch. 2.68 of the 1998 Code]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinances adopted by the Board of Health are
included in Part III, Board of Health Legislation, of the Township
Code.
B.
Powers and duties. The Board shall:
(1)
Have all of the functions, powers and duties of a
local board of health under Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
(2)
Plan and administer a comprehensive public health
program, including, without limitation thereto, environmental sanitation,
communicable disease control, child and adult health, health education,
laboratory services and other services as may be deemed necessary
or desirable for the health of the Township.
(3)
Make and amend ordinances concerning health and administer
and enforce said ordinances.
(4)
Have a Registrar of Vital Statistics, who shall maintain
and administer records of vital statistics, including births, deaths
and marriages, in accordance with state law, and receive applications
for and issue marriage licenses pursuant to law.
Jurisdiction of the animal control program presently
in operation in the Township, including supervision of the activities
of the Animal Control Officer, maintenance of the animal shelter and
equipment and enforcement of the provisions of the ordinances of the
Township relating to animals running at large and their licensing,
is hereby vested in the Board of Health.
The Board may, subject to the direction and
supervision of the Administrator and within available appropriations,
appoint such personnel as it may deem necessary, including but not
limited to one or more Sanitarians, a Health Officer, Sanitary Engineer,
Plumbing Inspector, Animal Control Officer, Registrar of Vital Statistics,
public nurses and clerical workers. They shall have the duties and
shall receive such compensation as may be provided by general law
and the ordinances of the Township. Whenever required by law, such
employees shall be the holders of proper licenses issued by the State
Department of Health and Senior Services. All such appointments shall
be for a term of one year expiring on December 31 in the year of their
appointment and until their successors are qualified and assume office.
The Administrator may appoint any full-time employee of the Board
as the head of the Department.
The Township of Montville hereby adopts the
provisions of Subdivision 13 of Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 26, of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey and hereby creates a local Board
of Health in the Township of Montville, to be composed of seven members
appointed by the Township Committee of the Township of Montville.
The term of office of the members of the Board
of Health shall be for three years or until their successors are appointed
and qualified. In the event that any vacancy shall occur on the local
Board of Health, it shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment was made but for the unexpired portion of the term.
After the passage of this article and the appointment
of the members of the Board of Health, all powers and duties of a
local board of health under N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq. shall be vested
in the said Board of Health hereby created.
