[Adopted by Ord. No. 1308 as Ch. 2.40 of the 1998 Code]
There shall be a Department of Finance consisting
of the following offices:
A.
The Administrator, subject to approval of the Committee,
shall appoint a Chief Financial Officer who shall be a Certified Municipal
Finance Officer. The term of the Chief Financial Officer shall be
for a term of four years which shall run from January 1 in the year
in which the Chief Financial Officer is appointed. The Chief Financial
Officer shall receive such salary as may be provided by ordinance.
[Amended 3-23-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-11; 1-22-2013 by Ord. No.
2013-02]
B.
Duties. The Chief Financial Officer shall:
(1)
Receive funds entrusted to or under the control of
all departments and deposit all funds received by him in depositories
authorized by the Committee by resolution.
(2)
Have custody of all investments and invested funds
of the Township or in possession of the Township in a fiduciary capacity,
except as otherwise provided by law, and keep such funds and all moneys
of the Township not required for current operations safely invested
or deposited in interest-bearing accounts.
(3)
Have the safekeeping of all bonds and notes of the
Township and the receipt and delivery of Township bonds and notes
for transfer, registration or exchange.
(4)
Keep a full account of all cash receipts and disbursements
of the Township, and at least once each month, and more often if the
Committee requires, furnish the Committee with a statement of all
moneys received and expended by him.
(5)
Prepare all checks and vouchers for the payment of
salaries, wages and expenses to all Township officers and employees.
(6)
Pay all bills, claims and demands against the Township
when duly authorized and approved. Disbursements shall be made by
a combination warrant-bank check or draft individually signed by the
Chief Financial Officer and countersigned by the Mayor and Township
Clerk.
(7)
Prepare for each regular meeting of the Committee
a list of all bills, claims and vouchers which have been received
through the close of business 24 hours preceding the meeting and since
the last preceding list was compiled. Such list shall be prepared
in sufficient copies for each member of the Committee and the Administrator,
and at least one copy shall be filed with the Township Clerk as a
public record open to examination in his office.
A.
The term of the incumbent Collector shall continue
as provided by law. A vacancy in the office shall be filled by appointment
by the Administrator, subject to approval of the Committee and the
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-141 and 40A:9-142, as amended and supplemented.
In addition to the Tax Collector, there shall be an Assistant Tax
Collector appointed by the Administrator, subject to the approval
of the Committee. The Assistant Tax Collector so appointed shall have
all of the powers and shall perform all of the duties of the Tax Collector
during the absence or unavailability of the Tax Collector.
[Amended 3-23-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-11]
B.
Duties. The Tax Collector shall:
(1)
Perform the functions of the collector of taxes under
general law, including, without limitation thereto, the preparation
and mailing of tax bills, enforcement of tax collections by tax sales
and otherwise and the maintenance of tax accounting records in such
manner as may be prescribed or approved pursuant to ordinance; and
in furtherance thereof, install and administer tax bill forms which
include a bill for the first two quarters of each year with the bill
for the final half of the preceding year.
(2)
Receive and collect all current and delinquent real
and personal property taxes and charge and receive penalties and interest
pursuant to law.
(3)
Keep proper records and report to the Administrator
at least once a month on all receipts and deposits made by him.
(4)
Deliver to the Chief Financial Officer all moneys
collected within 48 hours of collection.
C.
The Tax Collector shall also serve as official tax
searcher, for which he shall receive such additional compensation
as may be provided by ordinance. In that capacity he shall make or
cause to be made and shall certify searches for tax, water and other
liens on real property as may be authorized by law, and shall collect
for the use of the Township the fees permitted by law to be charged
for such searches.
A.
The term of the incumbent Assessor shall continue
as provided by law. A vacancy in the office shall be filled by appointment
by the Administrator, subject to the approval of the Committee and
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-148, as amended and supplemented.
B.
Duties. The Assessor shall have, perform and discharge
all the functions, powers and duties prescribed for assessors by general
law and local ordinances. He shall maintain a current tax map of the
Township as a public record and cause to be noted thereon all changes
in ownership, block and lot, or character of the real estate assessed,
employing for that purpose the services of other departments of the
Township.
A.
The Administrator, subject to approval of the Committee,
shall annually appoint a Purchasing Agent for a term of one year ending
on December 31 of the year in which appointed.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
B.
Duties. The Purchasing Agent, under the direction
and supervision of the Administrator, shall:
(1)
Purchase, store and distribute all supplies, materials
and equipment and contract for all services required by any department,
except that the Public Works Department shall administer contracts
for public works or improvements.
(2)
Establish and enforce specifications with respect
to such services, supplies, materials and equipment.
(3)
Inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries
of supplies, materials and equipment and the rendition of contractual
services and determine their quality, quantity and conformance with
specifications.
(4)
Have charge of any and all central storerooms and
warehouses which may be established.
(5)
Transfer to or between departments, offices and agencies
and from or to central stores such supplies, materials and equipment
as need appears, and arrange for the sale of surplus or obsolete items
thereof, subject to the Charter and ordinances.
(6)
Administer any ordinance the Township Committee may
enact relating to purchasing.
