There is hereby created the position of Local
Historian of the Township of Montville, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:10A-1
et seq., as amended from time to time. The Local Historian shall be
appointed by the Township Committee and shall serve at the pleasure
of the Township Committee without compensation.
The Local Historian shall have the following
powers and responsibilities:
A. To carry out an historical program, including but
not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available materials
relating to the history of the Township of Montville. The Local Historian
shall store such materials in such manner as to insure their preservation
and shall notify the State Archivist, New Jersey Historical Commission,
County Historian and Township Committee of any materials which should
be acquired for preservation. Upon leaving the position, the Local
Historian shall turn over all materials and records and reports into
the possession of the successor, if then appointed, or to the Township
Committee until a successor shall be appointed;
B. The Local Historian shall make an annual report to
the Township Administrator and Township Committee, stating all the
work performed and accomplished during that year. The Local Historian
shall transmit a copy of such report to the New Jersey Historical
Commission. The New Jersey Historical Commission may advise each County
Historian and Municipal Historian of general guidelines along which
their historical program may be implemented;
C. The Local Historian may research, write and cause
to have published a municipal history and may recommend appropriate
historical materials for publication;
D. The Local Historian may assist a Landmark Commission,
if any, as well as advise the Township Committee, concerning the acquisition,
administration, use and disposition of any landmark or historic site,
including such places in the Township included on the New Jersey Register
of Historic Places. Such advice may be furnished to the Historic Sites
Section, Department of Environmental Protection.
E. The Local Historian shall assist in projects of commemoration
including the erection of monuments, historic markers and guide signs.
There may be appropriated annually such sum
as may be determined by the Township Committee to be necessary to
reimburse the Local Historian for expenses incurred in the performance
of the duties and responsibilities set forth in this article.