The Mayor shall be the chief executive and administrative
officer of the municipality. He shall:
A. Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the municipality.
B. Supervise all departments and employees and all property
and equipment of the municipal government.
C. Require each department to make annual and such other
reports of its work as he may deem desirable.
D. Appoint all officers and employees for whose election
or appointment no other provision is made by Charter or ordinance.
E. From time to time make such recommendations for action
by the Council as he may deem in the public interest.
F. Report annually at the beginning of the year to the
Council and the public on the work of the previous year and the conditions
and requirements of the municipal government for the current year.
G. Have such other functions, powers and duties as are
provided by the Charter and this chapter.
H. Execute all contracts on behalf of the Township, and
this responsibility shall not be exercised by any other official of
the Township unless such authority is specifically delegated herein.
I. On or before the 15th day of January of each year,
unless extended by statute or the Department of Community Affairs,
submit to the Council his recommended budget, together with such explanatory
comments or statement as he may deem appropriate. Said budget shall
conform to the requirements of law and shall be prepared by the Mayor
with the assistance of the Business Administrator. In this connection,
during the month of November, the Mayor shall require all department
heads, and all independent boards, commissions or bodies, to submit
requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget year and to appear
before the Mayor or the Business Administrator for a public hearing,
which shall be held during that month on the various requests involved.
The budget in question shall additionally have appended thereto a
detailed analysis of the various items of expenditure and revenue.
Council, in reviewing this budget, may reduce any item or items by
vote of the majority of Council, but any increase in any item or items
therein shall become effective only upon the vote of 2/3 of the members
of Council, pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-46.
The Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator,
any other department head or the Municipal Clerk to act as Mayor whenever
the Mayor shall be prevented, by absence from the municipality, disability
or other cause, from attending to the duties of his office. During
such time, the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all
the rights, powers and duties of Mayor. Whenever the Mayor shall have
been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of
60 consecutive days for any of the above-stated reasons, an Acting
Mayor shall be appointed by the Council, who shall succeed to all
the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor or the then Acting Mayor.
There shall hereby be established the position of Honorary Deputy
Mayor, to assist the Mayor by attending meetings as the Mayor’s
designee or representative and to perform such other functions as
may be directed by the Mayor. It is further established that there
may be a total of up to three Honorary Deputy Mayors appointed, such
appointments to be made by the Mayor, at his or her discretion.
The Mayor may appoint a Confidential Aide to
the Mayor for the term of one year and until the appointment and qualification
of his successor. The Confidential Aide to the Mayor shall have such
duties and powers as the Mayor shall designate.
Whenever a vacancy exists in any office required
by the Charter or this chapter to be filled by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the Township Council and there is no holdover
incumbent, the Mayor may, in the absence of any contrary provision
in the Charter or ordinances, temporarily fill such vacancy by appointing
himself, at no additional remuneration, acting department head in
the event of a vacancy in such office, except when the Mayor is prohibited,
as a matter of law, from holding said position.