The Mayor shall be elected at large by the voters of the municipality, as provided by statute.
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Duties of Mayor as chief executive. The Mayor shall be the chief executive of the Township. He shall have all the power and duties set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:69A-115 et seq., as currently enacted or as hereinafter amended. All appointments of all officers and employees, and all members of Township boards, commissions, agencies or other positions of the Township, whether created by ordinance, resolution, statute or other applicable authority, shall be made by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, except where otherwise provided for by statute.
All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the Township shall be allocated and assigned by the Mayor, among and within the departments established and constituted by the code or any amendments and supplements thereto. The Mayor may delegate to other officers of the Township such functions, powers and duties as he may deem appropriate and which are permitted by law, except for the duties required by the Charter or by law to be performed by the Mayor.
The President of the Council shall serve in place of the Mayor in the event of the absence of the Mayor or his disability or refusal to act, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:69A-120. When serving as Acting Mayor, the President of Council shall have all of the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor, as set forth in the Charter.