The chief executive officer of the Town shall be the Mayor.
The Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator or any
department head or the Municipal Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the
Mayor shall be prevented by absence from the Town, disability or other
cause from attending the duties of his office. During such time, the
person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all the rights, powers
and duties of the Mayor. Whenever the Mayor shall have been unable
to attend 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.
[Added 7-1-2014 by Ord.
No. MC 3511]
A. There is
hereby established, with the Office of the Mayor, the position of
Confidential Assistant to the Mayor.
B. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 11A:3-5(b), this position
shall be a civil service unclassified service position.
C. The duties and examples of work of the Confidential Assistant to
the Mayor are as follows:
(1) Definition. Under direction, acts as a personal aide and liaison
between the Mayor and the public and/or various governmental agencies
and assists him by performing varied highly responsible administrative
duties, some of which may be of a confidential nature and/or involve
elements of troubleshooting; does related work as required.
(2) Examples of work. Assists the Mayor in the formulation of effective
policies and procedures in the operation of the municipal government;
collects and analyzes data needed as a basis for administrative decisions;
prepares correspondence, reports and recommendations for the review
and signature of the Mayor, some of which may be of a complex and
confidential nature; coordinates the activities of municipal departments
entailing a comprehensive knowledge of municipal departments, bureau
or division programs, objectives, standards, policies and procedures;
interviews callers at the office; acts as a liaison between the Mayor
and public and provides information to those requesting it, including
department, division or bureau personnel, the representatives of state,
local and other groups, represents the Mayor at speaking engagements,
hearings, and conferences; assembles statistical and other materials
required for reports; memoranda and speeches; when so directed takes
the appropriate action(s) to resolve any problems brought to the attention
of the Mayor; makes special investigations for the Mayor; maintains
confidential, personal correspondence and other records and files.
D. The qualifications and requirements of the position are as follows:
(1) Requirements.
(a)
Attendance at a college/university or community college for
at least two years.
(b)
Three years of experience in the planning, promoting, organizing
and/or administering a comprehensive program in a public or private
organization.
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Note: Applicants who do not meet the above educational requirements
may substitute additional work experience as described below on a
year-for-year basis.
(c)
Knowledge of policies, procedures, and regulations relative
to the work of municipal government, of the statutory provisions regarding
municipal government and of the policies and procedures involved in
the formulation of effective municipal services, and/or similar knowledge
within the corporate or private sector.
(d)
Ability to organize assigned technical tasks and interpret basic
law and regulations; to talk with employees and public officials;
to prepare detailed correspondence; to prepare clear, sound, accurate
and informative statistical and other reports on personnel transactions
and problems containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
(e)
Good health and freedom from disabling physical and mental defects
which would impair the proper performance of the required duties or
which might endanger the health and safety of oneself or others.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord.
No. MC 2962]
A. Within three working days of the signing of an executive order by
the Mayor or his designee, the executive order shall be filed with
the Municipal Clerk by the Mayor or his designee.
(1) In the event that the filed executive order involves personnel matters
relating to the change of salary or compensation of employees of the
Township, then the Mayor or his designee shall also, within 48 hours,
deliver to the Municipal Clerk information setting forth the existing
salary or compensation of the position or title immediately prior
to the issuance of the executive order and also the amount accurately
representing the increase in salary or compensation.
(2) This section shall apply only to every executive order issued by
the Mayor or his designee involving personnel matters except those
executive orders regarding leaves of absences.
(3) The Department of Revenue and Finance shall supply the information
required by this section to the Municipal Clerk.
B. Within 10 working days after receiving the executive order in Subsection
A above, the Municipal Clerk shall proceed to publish the full contents of the executive order and the information setting forth the existing salary or compensation of the title or the position immediately prior to the issuance of the executive order and an amount accurately representing the increase in salary or compensation.