The New Jersey State Civil Service Law and the Civil Service
Rules of the State of New Jersey applicable to municipalities shall
provide the basic framework for employment in the Borough government.
All departmental requests for additions to or changes in specifications
involving either the classification or compensation schedules, together
with full reporting of maintenance requests, shall be first presented
to the Common Council and shall be forwarded to the Civil Service
Commission for investigation and consideration. When new positions
are to be created, they shall be submitted through the Council by
the department head to the Civil Service Commission. No office shall
be considered new unless the duties thereof shall be substantially
different from those of every other existing position in the classified
service of the Borough.
Promotions from one class to the next higher class or position
in the classified civil service shall involve a change of duties and
shall be made only when a vacancy has been created by resignation,
transfer, death or dismissal or when the needs of the service require
additional employees in the higher position.