A. 
Resolutions shall set forth the statutory authority for proceeding by resolution and the statutory or other authority for the proposed action by the Board. A resolution shall indicate on its face whether it is being proposed by the executive or legislative branch.
B. 
Resolutions may be introduced by any member of the Board at any regular Board meeting, in the proper order of business. Such resolution shall be duplicated and distributed to all members of the Board and the County Executive at least 48 hours prior to the conference meeting. Each resolution shall be read by title and in synopsis form by the Clerk providing copies are available for the public and further providing that no member of the Board asks for it to be read in full. A motion to adopt the resolution shall then be in order, and, upon its being duly seconded, the motion shall be open to debate and a roll call vote in the usual course.
C. 
Resolutions proposed by the executive branch shall be drafted and approved as to form and legality by the County Counsel. Resolutions shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners no later than 24 working hours prior to the Board of conference meeting, preceding the regular Board meeting, at which such resolution is to be considered. Said hours are to be based upon a six-hour working day as per the hours worked in the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners' office. Resolutions from the executive branch which shall fail to meet the above-stated deadline shall not be considered except upon approval of the President of the Board of County Commissioners.
[Amended 4-8-1981 by Ord. No. O-1981-01537]
D. 
The Board may act by resolution in the following areas:
(1) 
The conduct of an investigation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:41A-86.
(2) 
The override of a veto of the County Executive pursuant to Section 41f. of such act (N.J.S.A. 40:41A-41f.).
[Amended 12-13-2006 by Ord. O-2006-00016]
(3) 
Adoption of rules of procedure.
(4) 
Establishing the time, date and place of meetings.
(5) 
Establishing committees as provided pursuant to § 2-16 hereof and as authorized by law.
(6) 
Declaration of emergencies pursuant to § 2-18.2 hereof or emergencies as otherwise authorized by law.
[Amended 12-13-2006 by Ord. O-2006-00016; 9-7-2011 by Ord. No. O-2011-00011]
(7) 
Application for a County department of civil service.
(8) 
Appointment and removal of officers as the Board may appoint or remove.
(9) 
Designation of official newspapers pursuant to the Charter.
(10) 
Approval of contracts and state and federal documents requiring Board approval by resolution.
(11) 
Actions specified as resolutions, such as passage of the annual budget, under the Local Budget Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq.).
(12) 
The expression of such Board policies or opinion as require no formal Board action.
(13) 
Establishment of a municipal advisory council pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:41A-29.
(14) 
Exercise the power of advise and consent to actions of the Executive as specified by law or this code.
(15) 
The establishment of the Board as a committee of the whole and the delegation of any number of its members as an ad hoc committee, both pursuant to Section 86 of such act (N.J.S.A. 40:41A-86).
[Added 12-13-2006 by Ord. O-2006-00016]
(16) 
Consent to municipal ordinances or resolutions regulating traffic or parking on County roads pursuant to Section 1 of P.L. 1957, c. 69 (N.J.S.A. 39:4-197.2), except that the resolution of consent shall be subject to the approval or veto of the County Executive, as provided for in the case of ordinances by Subsection g. of Section 37 of P.L. 1972, c. 154 (N.J.S.A. 40:41A-37g.), and to the requirements set forth therein for overriding a veto.
[Added 12-13-2006 by Ord. O-2006-00016]
A. 
Ordinances shall set forth the statutory authority for proceeding by ordinance and the statutory or other authority for the proposed action by the Board. An ordinance shall indicate on its face whether it is being proposed by the executive or the legislative branch. Ordinances proposed by the executive branch shall be drafted and approved as to form and legality by the County Counsel. Ordinances proposed by the Commissioners shall be drafted and approved as to form and legality by the Counsel to the Board. Prior to introduction, each proposed ordinance requiring or permitting administrative action shall be submitted to the Executive of the County who shall submit to the Board an opinion as to the administrative implications of the proposed ordinance. Each ordinance shall have attached thereto a fiscal note signed by the head of the Department of Administration/Finance estimating the cost of implementing such ordinance and cost implications or other impact on the municipalities of the County. Each ordinance shall be prepared in writing, duplicated and distributed to the members of the Board at least 48 hours before the conference meeting at which it may be considered.
[Amended 4-17-1979 by Ord. No. O-1979-00112]
B. 
An ordinance may be introduced by any member of the Board. After passage on first reading, which reading may be by title, it shall be published in the manner provided by the Charter. A copy of the proposed ordinance shall also be sent by regular mail to the Clerk of each municipality in the County not less than one week prior to the date of hearing on second reading. Prior to the second reading, a copy of the ordinance shall be posted on the bulletin board or other place upon which public notices are customarily posted in the building in which the Board regularly meets, and copies of the ordinance shall be made available to the general public upon request.
C. 
A public hearing shall be held on the proposed ordinance in the manner provided by the Charter, at which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the ordinance. Upon the opening of the hearing, the ordinance shall be given a second reading, which reading may be by title, and thereafter, it may be passed by a majority of the whole number of the Board, with or without amendments, or rejected, if any amendment be adopted altering the substance of the proposed ordinance the ordinance as so amended may only be finally adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:41A-101b(3).
[Amended 4-17-1979 by Ord. No. O-1979-00112]
D. 
Upon passage, every ordinance, or its title, together with a notice of the date of passage or approval, or both, shall be published in the manner provided by the Charter, and one certified copy of the full text of every ordinance so adopted shall be filed with the Clerk of each municipality within the County not later than 10 days after the date of final passage.
E. 
Upon passage of each ordinance the Clerk of the Board shall promptly deliver it to the County Executive. If he/she approves, he/she shall sign and return it to the Clerk. If he/she disapproves, he/she shall return it to the Clerk within 10 days after its passage, together with statement of the reasons for disapproval. If he/she does not sign the ordinance within 10 days from the date of its passage and does not return it with a veto message within said period, the ordinance shall take effect according to its terms, notwithstanding the failure of the Executive to act.
The Board shall reconsider any ordinance returned by the County Executive with a veto message pursuant to the Charter. Such reconsideration of the ordinance shall be at the next meeting of the Board which occurs not less than three nor more than 30 days following the return of the ordinance by the County Executive. If upon such reconsideration, 2/3 of the members of the Board vote to override the veto, the ordinance shall take effect 10 days thereafter. Whenever an ordinance has been reconsidered by the Board following a veto by the County Executive, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certification of the action of the Board upon such reconsideration in substantially the following form:
"I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance adopted by the Board on the__________ day of____________ 20____, was delivered to the County Executive on the __________ day of__________ 20____, and was returned to me on the __________ day of __________ 20____, together with the County Executive's statement of the reasons for which he/she constrained to withhold his/hers approval of such ordinance, item or part thereof. On reconsideration thereof on the __________ day of__________ 20____ (the Board duly resolved by the affirmative vote of 2/3 of its members to enact such ordinance notwithstanding the County Executive's veto) or (the County Executive's veto was sustained.)"
Dated:
Clerk
Whenever an ordinance shall take effect without the County Executive's signature by reason of his/her failure to return it after its passage, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certificate in substantially the following form:
"I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance was adopted by the Board on the __________ day of __________ 20____, and was presented to the County Executive duly certified on the __________ day of __________ 20____, and upon his/hers failure to sign it or to return and file it with the Clerk within 10 days of its passage, the said ordinance took effect in like manner as if the County Executive had signed it on the 10th day after it passed."
Dated:
Clerk
No ordinance shall take effect less than 20 days after its final passage by the Board and approval by the County Executive unless the Board shall adopt a resolution declaring an emergency and at least 2/3 of all members of the Board vote in favor of such resolution.
[Amended 12-13-2006 by Ord. O-2006-00016]
The Clerk of the Board shall record all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Board and at the close of each year, with the advice and assistance of the County Counsel and Counsel to the Board shall compile or codify true copies of all the ordinances and resolutions adopted during that year, properly indexed. He/she shall cause sufficient copies thereof to be printed to enable him/her to file one copy with the Clerk of each municipality within the County, without charge, and also to make copies available to the general public, at cost.