[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Liberty 4-2-1998 by Ord. No. 98-5. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created the position of Local Historian for
the Township of Liberty.
The Local Historian shall be appointed by the Mayor and Township
Committee for an indeterminate term to serve at the pleasure of the
Mayor and Township Committee.
The position of Local Historian shall be served without compensation,
except the Township Committee may annually appropriate such funds
as it may deem necessary to reimburse the Local Historian for expenses
incurred in the performance of the duties and responsibilities of
the office.
The Local Historian may employ such clerical assistants as may
be necessary in order to carry out the duties and responsibilities
of the office, within the limits of the funds appropriated and made
available by the Township Committee in the annual budget appropriation.
The Local Historian shall have the following powers and responsibilities
as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:10A-7:
A.
The Local Historian shall carry out an historical program, including
but not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available
materials relating to the history of the Township of Liberty. The
Local Historian shall store such materials in such manner as to ensure
their preservation and shall notify the State Archivist, New Jersey
Historical Commission, County Local Historian and the Mayor and Township
Committee of any materials which should be acquired for preservation.
Upon leaving the position of Local Historian, he or she shall turn
over all materials, records and reports to the possession of the successor
to the office, if then appointed, or to the Mayor and Township Committee
until such successor shall be appointed.
B.
The Local Historian shall make an annual report to the Mayor 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 the Local Historian of general guidelines along
which its historical program may be implemented.
C.
The Local Historian may research, write and cause to have published
a municipal history of the Township of Liberty and may recommend appropriate
historical materials for publication.
D.
The Local Historian may assist any historical commission which may
exist or be established within the Township of Liberty, as well as
advise the Mayor and Township Committee concerning the acquisition,
administration, use and disposition of any landmark or historic site,
including such places in the Township of Liberty included on the New
Jersey Register of Historic Places. Such advice may be furnished to
the Historic Sites Section, Department of Environmental Protection,
by the Township of Liberty.
E.
The Local Historian shall assist in projects of commemoration, including
the erection of monuments, historic markers and guide signs.
