A.
The Mayor, as the chief executive officer of the City, shall:
(1)
Have the power and duty to supervise the administration of the Charter
and ordinances of the City and the general laws applicable thereto.
(2)
Have such powers of appointment and removal as are provided by the
Charter or general law. Whenever the director of any department of
the City is also an officer or an employee within said department,
the Mayor shall have the power to discipline such officer or employee,
including the power of suspension or dismissal, subject, however,
to such procedure as to notice and hearing as may be required by the
Charter or general law.
(3)
Have the power to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council,
persons to offices where no other provision is made for such appointment.
(4)
Assign or approve the assignment of space in public buildings and
other public places for the temporary or permanent use of any department,
body, officer, agency or instrumentality.
(5)
Control, through the Business Administrator, the assignment, allocation
and use of furniture, equipment or other public property in the City
government.
(6)
Unless otherwise provided by resolution or ordinance hereafter adopted
by the Municipal Council, have the power and duty to negotiate, enter
into and execute any contract on behalf of the City of Rahway relating
to any matter whatever, subject to bidding requirements, if any, imposed
by law or ordinance, and further subject to the Director of Law's
approval of same as to form and subject to available appropriations
or funds having been provided by the Municipal Council.
B.
The Mayor may:
(1)
Authorize the Business Administrator to assign and reassign, transfer
and retransfer, from time to time, either temporarily or permanently,
any property or personnel from one function to another or from one
administrative unit to another, as the efficient management of the
City government may require, subject to the express requirements of
the Charter, Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, as
amended, and all other applicable general laws.
(2)
Appoint an Executive Secretary to serve at his or her pleasure at
such compensation as shall be provided by ordinance; and said Executive
Secretary shall perform secretarial, clerical and administrative duties
for the Mayor.
(3)
Delegate to the head of any department any function, power or duty
conferred upon the Mayor by ordinance, which is not required by Charter
or general law to be exercised, performed or discharged by the Mayor
personally.
(4)
Authorize the Business Administrator to dispose of obsolete and surplus
goods and materials (hereinafter called "unneeded personal property")
which the Mayor determines is no longer needed by the City or any
City department, office or agency or is worn out or is scrap material
or should be replaced. The Business Administrator shall require the
head of any City department, office or agency to submit a written
list to him or her and the Mayor of unneeded personal property, which
list such head shall furnish at such time or times as designated by
the Business Administrator. The Business Administrator shall maintain
a list of all unneeded personal property, stating thereon the location
and estimated value thereof, the date of disposition thereof, if disposed
of, the estimated value thereof, the nature of disposition thereof,
the price received and the name and address of purchaser, if sold.
If the Mayor's determination is that the value of such personal
property exceeds $300, the Business Administrator shall sell the same
to the highest responsible bidder by public bidding after advertisement
in a newspaper circulating in the City and after receipt of sealed
bids or at a public auction or an online auction as authorized by
the State of New Jersey subject to the approval of the Council, which
shall have the right to reject all bids. Upon approval of the Mayor,
any unneeded personal property may be traded in to a vendor in part
payment of the purchase price of other personal property which the
City shall require where the value of the property to be traded in
does not exceed $300, as determined by the Mayor; and if the Mayor
determines the value to exceed $300, then the Council's approval of
the amount offered for such property to be traded in shall be first
obtained. Any unneeded personal property that cannot be disposed of
under the conditions herein set forth shall be deemed to have no value
and may be discarded without remuneration by the Business Administrator,
with approval of the Mayor.
