[1975 Code § 11-1]
A Municipal Court for the Borough is hereby established pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1948 of the State
of New Jersey, as amended and supplemented.
[1975 Code § 11-2]
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the Municipal Court
of the Borough of Island Heights in the County of Ocean.
[1975 Code § 11-3]
The Municipal Court shall have an official seal, which shall
bear the impress of the name of the Court.
[1975 Code § 11-4]
There shall be a Judge of the Court, whose term of office shall
be three (3) years from the date of his appointment and until his
successors shall have been appointed and qualified.
[1975 Code § 11-5]
The Judge of the Court shall be appointed by the Mayor with
the advice and consent of the Governing Body thereof.
[1975 Code § 11-6]
The Judge of the Court shall receive such annual salary as shall
be fixed by ordinance,[1] which salary shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and other
allowances whatsoever, all of which fees, costs and other allowances
shall be paid into the Borough Treasury at the end of each month.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Salary Ordinance is on file in the
Borough Clerk's office.
[1975 Code § 11-7]
The Municipal Court and the Judge thereof shall have, possess
and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred
by the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1948 of the State
of New Jersey, as amended and supplemented, and by any other law or
laws of the State now in force or that may be in force hereafter.
[1975 Code § 11-8]
The Municipal Court shall be held at such place within the Borough
as shall be designated by the Governing Body.
[Ord. No. 81-3 § 1;
New]
a.
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator from
among the residents of the municipality. The Emergency Management
Coordinator shall serve, subject to fulfilling the requirements of
this subsection, for a term of one (1) year.
b.
As a condition of his appointment and his right to continue for the
full term of his appointment, the Emergency Management Coordinator
shall have successfully satisfied, at the time of his appointment
or within one (1) year immediately following his appointment, all
the requirements established by the State. The failure of any Emergency
Management Coordinator to fulfill such requirements within the period
prescribed shall disqualify the Coordinator from continuing in the
office of the Coordinator, and thereupon a vacancy in the office shall
be deemed to have been created.
[Ord. No. 81-3 § 1;
New]
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint a Deputy
Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 81-3 § 1;
New]
a.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the
planning, activating, coordinating and conduct of disaster control
operations within the Borough, as required by statute.
b.
Whenever, in his opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent
in any municipality, the Emergency Management Coordinator of that
municipality shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within
the Borough. The Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the State Department of Emergency Management,
shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary
to implement and carry out disaster control operations and to protect
the health, safety and resources of the residents of the Borough.
[Ord. No. 81-3 § 1;
New]
There is hereby created an Emergency Management Council, to
be composed of not more than fifteen (15) members who shall be appointed
by the Mayor and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the
Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be a member and
shall serve as Chairman of the Emergency Management Council.
[Ord. No. 81-3 § 1;
New]
a.
The Emergency Management Council shall assist the municipality in
establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet the
requirements of all local civil defense and disaster control activities
in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Governor
of the State of New Jersey.
b.
The Emergency Management Council is authorized, within the limits
of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization to assist
in supervising and coordinating the civil defense and disaster control
activities of the local municipality.
