[1971 Code § 3-10, A; Ord. No.
92-16 § 1; Ord. No. 95-13 § 1; Ord. No. 97-25 § 1]
The executive power of the municipality shall be exercised by
the Mayor. The Mayor shall:
A.
Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the Township and all general
laws applicable thereto.
B.
He shall annually report to the Council and the public on the work
of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the
municipal government, and shall make such recommendations for action
by the Council as he may deem in the public interest.
C.
He shall supervise all of the departments of the municipal government
and shall require each department to make an annual and such other
reports of its work as he may deem desirable.
D.
After receiving an ordinance adopted by the Council and submitted
to him by the Clerk of the Council, he shall, within 10 days after
receiving any ordinance, either approve the ordinance by affixing
his signature thereto or return it to the Council by delivering it
to the Township Clerk, together with a statement setting forth his
objections thereto or to any item or part thereof.
E.
The Mayor may attend meetings of the Council and may take part in
discussions but shall have no vote except in the case of a tie on
a question of filling a vacancy in the Council, in which he may cast
the deciding vote.
F.
The Mayor shall appoint each department head with the advice and
consent of the Council.
G.
The Mayor may in his discretion remove any department head after
notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing a department
head, the Mayor shall first file written notice of his intention with
the Council, and such removal shall become effective on the twentieth
day after filing of such notice, unless the Council shall prior thereto
have adopted a resolution by a 2/3 vote of the whole number of the
Council, disapproving the removal.
H.
During the month of November, the Mayor shall require all department
heads to submit requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget
year, and to appear before the Mayor or the Business Administrator
at public hearings, which shall be held during the month of November.
I.
In such calendar year, the Mayor shall be required to submit to the
Township Council a preliminary expense budget for the coming year
by January 15th, which preliminary budget is to highlight the areas
in which expenditures will be increased or decreased for the prior
year, with the understanding that the proposed level of expenditures
will, of necessity, be adjusted upon the Township's calculation thereafter,
of available revenues from the State and other sources.
The Mayor's budget, as submitted to the Council, shall contain
within its format for each line item of the budget the following information:
J.
Where no other provision is made for appointments, the Mayor shall
have the power to appoint with the advice and consent of the Council.
K.
The Mayor shall have the power to assign and reassign, transfer and
retransfer either temporarily or permanently, any property or personnel
from one function to another or from one administrative unit to another
as the management of the Township government may require, subject
to the express requirements of the Charter and all other applicable
general laws and ordinances of the Township.
L.
In the event any department head shall have resigned or shall have
been dismissed, the Mayor, under the provisions of the General Law
and the provisions of the Administrative Code of the Township of Rockaway,
shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the department head,
or, in lieu thereof, appoint as acting head of the department any
other department head. In any event, the Mayor shall appoint a new
department head within 90 days of the date of resignation or dismissal
of the department head, the appointment to be made with the advice
and consent of the Council.
[1971 Code § 3-10B]
The Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator, any other
department head or the Township Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the
Mayor shall be prevented, by absence from the municipality, disability
or other cause, from attending to 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. The Mayor shall notify
the Clerk, Council and department heads, in writing, of any designation
as acting Mayor prior to such delegation. Whenever the Mayor shall
have been unable to attend to 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.
[1971 Code § 3-10C]
The Mayor may delegate to the head of any department any functions,
powers or duties conferred upon the Mayor by ordinance which are not
required by Charter or general law to be performed or discharged personally
by the Mayor.
[1971 Code § 3-10D]
The compensation of the Mayor shall be provided in the salary
ordinance, to be paid monthly.
[Ord. No. 92-28]
A.
Upon the creation of a vacancy in the position of Mayor, the Council
President shall become the Acting Mayor and assume the duties and
powers of the Mayor until such time as a successor Mayor is appointed
and qualifies pursuant to the Municipal Vacancy Law. During this interim
period between the creation of the vacancy and the appointment of
a successor, the Council President shall exercise all of the duties
and powers of the Mayor, but the powers shall cease upon the appointment
of a successor under the Municipal Vacancy Law and the Acting Mayor
shall resume the position and duties of the Council President.
B.
During that time period set forth in paragraph A that the Council
President assumes the duties and powers of Mayor, the Vice-President
of the Council shall act as Council President with the Mayor voting
only in the case of a tie vote by the Council.
