[Added 12-26-1978 by Ord.
No. 78-42; amended 12-22-1981 by Ord. No. 81-57]
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
A.
Tax Collector.
There is hereby created, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:9-141, the
position of Tax Collector in the Township of Cranford.
B.
Deputy
Tax Collector. There is hereby created the office of Deputy Tax Collector
in the office of the Tax Collector of the Township of Cranford, who
shall act as the administrative assistant to the Tax Collector and
shall aid and assist the Township Tax Collector in the performance
of his duties and have full power to act in the Tax Collector's absence.
[Amended 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
A.
Tax Collector.
(1)
The Tax Collector shall be appointed to a four-year term by majority
of the Township Committee. The Tax Collector shall be appointed pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-141 through N.J.S.A. 40A:9-145, for a term of four
years and such appointment shall be governed by N.J.S.A. 40A:9-144,
Tenure of a Tax Collector.
(2)
Vacancies other than due to expiration of term shall be filled by
appointment for the unexpired term.
B.
The Deputy Tax Collector shall be appointed by a majority of the
Township Committee and shall serve at the pleasure of the Township
Committee.
C.
Duties.
(1)
Tax Collector: In addition to duties specified by N.J.S.A. 40A:9-141
through N.J.S.A. 40A:9-145, the Tax Collector shall perform the following
duties:
(a)
Make or cause to be made and certify searches for municipal
tax liens on real property in the Township and collect, for the use
of the Township, the fee required pursuant to law for any such search.
(b)
Maintain an up-to-date record of all municipal tax charges,
liens, payments with reference to the tax map and block and lot numbers,
recording thereon all changes in ownership, address or character of
property.
(c)
Deposit daily, to the credit of the Township, all monies received
in one more depositories designated by the Township Committee, maintain
a full and complete record of accounts of all sums collected and received
according to such procedures and such systems as may be prescribed
or approved by the auditor of the Township's accounts and make such
periodic reports on the accounting of the funds of the Township in
the Tax Collector's custody or control as the Township Administrator
and the Township Committee may require.
(d)
Enforce the collection of delinquent taxes by conducting timely
sale of properties in accordance with statutes governing foreclosure
of municipal tax liens and the holding of municipal tax sales.
(e)
Perform other functions and duties of a tax collector as provided
by general law.
The Deputy Tax Collector shall receive such salary as may be
provided from time to time by the Township Committee by ordinance.
