The Board shall organize annually on the first day of January in each year or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, at which time it shall elect, by a majority vote of all the members of the Board and from its members, a President and a Vice President.
A majority of the whole number of members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Its regular meetings shall be held each and every month in the Borough Hall, Demarest, New Jersey, at a time and date to be set at the first meeting of the year in January. The Board shall determine and establish the rules of its own proceedings and shall pass, promulgate or adopt such rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, bylaws and resolutions pertaining to the purposes and objectives of the Board as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of applicable state laws governing the powers and duties of Local Board of Health. The President shall have the power to call special meetings of the Board when necessary, and, in case of his neglect or refusal to do so, it shall be lawful for any three members of such Board to call any special meeting by written or printed notice to each member, served personally or left at their places of residence at least 24 hours previous to the time appointed for such meeting.
A majority of the full Board shall appoint a Health Officer, a Sanitarian, a Registrar of Vital Statistics, a Public Health Nurse, a Secretary and such other officers and employees as they may, from time to time, deem necessary, all of whom shall hold their respective offices until December 31 of the calendar year of their appointment and until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify, except that the Registrar of Vital Statistics shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:8-13 (1948).
The salaries or other forms of compensation of the aforesaid officers and employees shall be such as is recommended to the Mayor and Council, fixed at the time of their appointment and annually passed by a majority of all the members of the Board.
The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board. He/she shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall appoint all committees and have all such other powers as may, by law or by the provisions of this code, be vested in him/her. During the intervals between regular meetings, the President shall represent the Board in all executive and judicial matters. He/she shall have the power to appoint committees from among the members of the Board, and, with the consent of the Board, such other officers as may, from time to time, be required to be appointed and provision for whose appointment is not otherwise made in this code.
The Vice President, in the absence, disability or disqualification of the President, shall serve in the place of said President, with all of his/her powers and duties.
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all the proceedings of the Board, shall conduct all the official correspondence of the Board, maintain proper copies of the same, tabulate and complete all reports required by any superior authority, local, state or national and make such other reports as may be required or directed by the Board. He/she shall procure all books, stationery and other supplies as may be required by the Board and shall keep adequate records of all applications for permits and the action of the Board, if any, thereon and all such other pertinent information as may be necessary for a complete record of such matter.
The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall keep all such records of that office, as required by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State of New Jersey, and he/she shall perform such other duties as may be required.
The Counsel, if appointed, shall be the legal adviser of the Board, and shall, when required, attend its meetings. He/she shall, when ordered to do so by the Board, represent it in all litigation to which it may be a party and perform all such other legal services as may, from time to time, be required of him/her by the Board.
The Sanitarian, if appointed, shall assist the Health Officer perform the duties of the Health Officer in his/her absence or at his/her direction and perform such other and further duties as may, from time to time, be delegated by the Board.
The Public Health Nurse and Sanitarian shall submit a written or verbal report at each regular meeting. The Health Officer shall submit periodic or verbal reports and an annual written report to the Board. All of the above-named appointees shall perform such duties as may be directed by the statutes of the State of New Jersey, the provisions of this code or as they may, from time to time, be directed by the Board.
Every member of the Board and employees thereof shall, by virtue of their respective appointments, be vested with the power and authority to make any and all inspections or examinations that are under the statutes of this state required to be made by local Boards of Health or that are required by any code, ordinance, regulation or order of the Board. They shall report, to the Board or the Health Officer, any violations occurring in the interim between meetings of the Board, and all persons are hereby forbidden to interfere with or obstruct such inspections or examinations.