Editor's Note: Section 2-41, Board of Assistance, previously codified herein and containing portions of 1972 Code § 2-21.1 through 2-21.5, was dissolved by Ordinance No. 06-01. All functions formerly performed by the Board of Assistance will now be handled by the Passaic County Board of Social Services or its legal designee, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 44:8-107, et seq.
[1972 Code § 2-22.1]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq., a Board of Health for the Borough is hereby established.
[1972 Code § 2-22.2; Ord. No. 2017-39 § 1]
a. 
The Board of Health shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
b. 
Alternate Members. The Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council shall appoint two (2) Alternate Members to its Board of Health pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-3. Alternate Members shall be designated by the Mayor as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2."
[Ord. No. 2017-39 § 1]
[1972 Code § 2-22.3; Ord. No. 2017-39 § 2]
a. 
The term of office for regular members of the Board of Health shall be for three (3) years.
b. 
Each Alternate Member shall serve for a term of two (2) years commencing January 1 of the year of their appointment and shall serve in rotation during the absence or disqualification of any regular member or members.
[1972 Code § 2-22.5]
The Board of Health is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations and bylaws as it shall deem necessary to govern its procedural operation, and shall have the power to elect a president from among its own members.
[1972 Code § 2-22.6]
The Board of Health may employ any personnel it may deem necessary, including health officers, sanitary inspectors, public health laboratory technicians, plumbing inspectors, food and drug inspectors, milk inspectors and meat inspectors, of the classes and grades provided for by law, and any other personnel necessary to carry into effect the powers vested in it. It shall fix the duties and compensation of each appointee. Each appointee shall have powers and duties given to him by the Board of Health or by appropriate New Jersey Statutes.
[1972 Code § 2-22.8]
The Board of Health shall not contract any debt of any kind or nature in excess of the amount of the appropriation made for its use by the Council except in accordance with N.J.S.A. 26:3-44 et seq.
Editor's Note: Former Section 2-43, Industrial Commission, previously codified herein and containing portions of 1972 Code §§ 2-23.1 through 2-23.5 was repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 06-01.
Editor's Note: Former Section 2-44, Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, adopted 11-24-2021 by Ord. No. 21-27, as amended 5-4-2022 by Ord. No. 22-05, was repealed 2-4-2026 by Ord. No. 26-05. Prior history includes 1972 Code § 2-24; Ord. No. 06-01.
[1972 Code § 2-25.2]
a. 
Appointment. A Board of Trustees consisting of seven (7) members shall be appointed as provided by law in N.J.S.A. 40:54-9. The Board shall hold in trust and manage all property of the library as provided for by law.
b. 
Compensation. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services and shall not incur any expense or enter into any obligations to an amount in excess of the annual appropriation for library purposes and of the funds on hand.
c. 
Report to Council. The Board of Trustees shall annually make a report of its transactions, accounts and the state and condition of the library to the Council.
d. 
Powers and Duties. The Board of Trustees shall have all the powers conferred by statute and shall comply with them.
[1972 Code § 2-25.3]
The Council shall annually appropriate and raise by taxation the money necessary for the support and maintenance of the library as provided for by law.
[N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.1]
There shall be appointed an Emergency Management Coordinator. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a term of three (3) years and shall be a resident of the Borough. As a condition of his appointment and his right to continue for the full term of his appointment, each Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall have successfully completed at the time of this appointment or within one (1) year immediately following his appointment or the effective date of this act, whichever is later, the current approved Home Study Course and the basic Emergency Management workshop.
[N.J.S.A. A:9-40.4]
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating, and the conduct of emergency management operations within his municipality.
[N.J.S.A. A:9-40.5]
Whenever, in his opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent in any municipality, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the municipality. The Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety, and resources of the residents of the municipality.
[N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.3]
Each Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint a Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Mayor. Wherever possible, such deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the municipality.
[Ord. No. 99-9, Preamble]
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-95 authorizes municipalities to establish an auxiliary to the Volunteer Fire Department to be known as the Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary; and interest has been expressed in the establishment of such an organization in the Borough of Woodland Park.
[Ord. No. 99-9 § 2]
Membership shall be limited to those persons who are at least sixteen (16) years old, but not more than seventeen (17) years of age.
[Ord. No. 99-9 § 3]
a. 
Applicants must complete the required applications and must obtain the written consent of their parent or legal guardian.
b. 
Applicants must pass a physical examination to establish their physical capability to perform the duties of a Junior Firefighter. Physical examinations will be reimbursed by the Borough up to fifty ($50) dollars.
c. 
Applicants must be interviewed by the Line Officers with their parent and/or legal guardian present.
[Ord. No. 99-9 § 6]
a. 
All Junior Firefighters must comply with the following rules:
1. 
They must observe all rules and bylaws of the Fire Department and Fire Company and must demonstrate an active interest in the Fire Company and its functions. Junior Firefighters will be required to observe the direction of the Officers and members of the Fire Department.
2. 
Junior Firefighters will not deliberately and/or willfully misuse, damage or destroy Fire Department equipment or property.
3. 
The school grades of Junior Firefighters will be monitored and if the Junior Firefighter's grade average falls below a "C," the Junior Firefighter will be suspended or restricted from fire fighting and/or the Fire House until such time as the Junior Firefighter can show sufficient evidence that his grades have improved.
4. 
No Junior Firefighter may be in the Fire House unless a member is present.
5. 
A curfew of 11:00 p.m. will be observed at all times, with the exception of approved Fire Department functions. Junior Firefighters may not leave school to attend any fires or Fire Department functions.
6. 
Junior Firefighters shall not be permitted to use Blue Lights.
[Ord. No. 99-9 § 7]
Junior Firefighters are required to be trained in basic fire operations including, but not limited to:
a. 
Fire stream operations;
b. 
Ladder operations;
c. 
Rescue operations;
d. 
Fire suppression;
e. 
Use of firefighting equipment.
[Ord. No. 99-9 § 8]
At all times the rules and regulations set by the New Jersey Department of Labor as they pertain to children will be applicable. In addition, the activities of the Junior Firefighters are limited by N.J.S.A. 40A:14-98.
Junior Firefighters will not be allowed to perform duties which would expose them to the same degree of life hazard as a regular member of the Fire Department. Safety regulations include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. 
Junior Firefighters will not enter any burning or unstable structure.
b. 
Junior Firefighters will always be seated in a secure position when riding on any fire apparatus.
c. 
Junior Firefighters will be issued "turn-out" gear. This equipment must be used at all fire calls and drills as necessary.
d. 
Junior Firefighters shall not be permitted to operate motorized power equipment such as the Jaws of Life, chain saws, vent saws, etc.
[Ord. No. 97-10 § 2]
There is hereby established for the municipality a Cable Television Commission consisting of no more than twenty (20) members who shall be appointed by the Mayor. Prior to his or her appointment, every member shall have successfully completed such training program(s) as are then offered or required by TCI Cable Company or such other cable television provider as then providing cable television access within the Borough, for such member to utilize said cable television provider's equipment.
[Ord. No. 97-10 § 2]
The period of appointment shall be for a three (3) year term. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term of the retiring incumbent only.
[Ord. No. 97-10 § 2]
Members of the Cable Television Commission shall choose annually from its members a chairperson or president, and other officers as it may deem necessary.
[Ord. No. 97-10 § 2]
The Cable Television Commission is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations and bylaws as it shall deem necessary to govern its procedural operations.
[Ord. No. 97-10 § 2]
The Cable Television Commission shall not contract any debt of any kind or nature in excess of the amount of appropriations made for its use by the Council of the Borough, if any.
[Ord. No. 97-10 § 2]
a. 
The Cable Television Commission shall have the power to carry out the purposes of this section and to exercise all powers to it by the applicable resolutions and ordinances of the municipality.
b. 
The Cable Television Commission shall be responsible for the televising of Borough Council meetings in accordance with the applicable Statutes of the State of New Jersey and resolutions and ordinances of the municipality.
c. 
Subject to the prior approval of the Council, the Cable Television Commission shall be responsible for the televising of certain other designated public hearings or events.
d. 
The Cable Television Commission shall be responsible for the transportation, operation and proper care of any and all television production equipment loaned to the Cable Television Commission by TCI Cable Company or such other cable television provider as then providing cable television access within the Borough.
a. 
Pursuant to the Municipal and County Flood Control Act, N.J.S.A. 40A:27-1 et seq., the Borough hereby amends and supplements the Woodland Park Code to include the following, entitled "Ordinance to Form and Establish the Woodland Park-Little Falls-Totowa Passaic Valley Regional Flood Control Board" (hereinafter, "the Board").
b. 
Findings:
1. 
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Woodland Park conclude that the public health, safety and welfare can best be assured by the establishment of the Board, and its review of the potential acquisition, construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and operation of flood control facilities in cooperation with other local units, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:27-4.
2. 
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Woodland Park find that the Board will contribute to the overall management of the surface water of the Passaic River and the Peckman River basins, insofar as those basins impact upon the properties located within the Borough of Woodland Park.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CONTRACTING LOCAL UNIT
A municipality which enters into a contract with another municipality for the construction, maintenance, improvement, acquisition, or financing of a flood control facility for its own use.
CONTRACTOR
A local unit which enters into a contract with a contracting local unit to construct, maintain, improve, acquire or finance flood control facilities for the contracting local unit.
COST
The cost of construction, reconstruction or maintenance and improvement, the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, the costs of all lands, property, rights and easements acquired, financing charges, interest on bonds issued to finance a facility prior to, during and after acquisition or construction, the cost of plans and specifications, surveys or estimates of costs and of revenues, the cost of engineering and legal services, and all other expenses necessary or incidental to determining the feasibility or practicability of the construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance of a facility, administrative expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the construction, maintenance or acquisition of a facility, and the financing herein authorized. Any obligation or expense incurred by a local unit in connection with any of the foregoing items of cost prior to the issuance of bonds or notes as authorized herein may be reimbursed to the local unit out of the proceeds of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.
FLOOD CONTROL FACILITIES
The dams, drainageways, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed, operated, financed, maintained or improved or to be acquired, constructed, operated, financed, maintained or improved by a local unit for the purposes of flood control, including storage reservoirs, dikes, divisions, dams, spillways, levees, revetments, drains, ditches or channel improvements, such as widening, deepening, straightening, clearing, desnagging, sloping, building and filling in, and other plants, structures, boats, conveyances and other real or personal property and rights therein, and appurtenances necessary for the control of flooding, the preservation of stream flow and the management of surface water and stormwater, including any storm sewers, storm drains, drainage facilities, and detention basins, and the dredging or desnagging of any drainageways.
LEAD AGENCY
The Township of Little Falls will function as lead agency for the Passaic Valley Flood Control Board. Improvements and or programs to protect the public health, safety and welfare proposed by the Board, including but not limited to: potential acquisition, construction, financing, improvement, maintenance and operation of flood control facilities will require each member municipality to authorize, and approve all projects and establish funding requirements prior to moving forward with said project and authorizing the appropriate documents for designation as lead agency.
LOCAL UNIT
A municipality or county.
MEMBER MUNICIPALITY-LOCAL UNITS
The Township of Little Falls, and the Borough of Woodland Park and the Borough of Totowa
MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ACT
N.J.S.A. 40A:27-1 et seq.
Once the Board is appointed pursuant to other provisions of this chapter, the Board may make, or cause to be made, any necessary surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates of costs and of revenues relating to the provision of flood control facilities on the Passaic River and the Peckman River; provided, however, the Board's recommendations are approved by the member municipalities and the lead agency first secures or approves the funding by way of grants for such surveys, investigations and the like.
Upon the adoption of such necessary ordinances or resolutions of the Borough of Woodland Park and the Borough of Totowa upon passage in advance of a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Little Falls and subject to the approval of the Woodland Park Attorney as to the form of such contracts, the Township of Little Falls as lead agency shall enter into an interlocal contract with the local contracting units of the Borough of Woodland Park and the Borough of Totowa to construct, maintain, improve, acquire, or finance a flood control facility for the benefit of the member municipalities. Such interlocal contract may address the following items: administrative organization; governance; election of officers; staffing and personnel; budget; funding by constituent municipalities; property arrangements; meetings; insurance; indemnification; community participation; and any other requirements pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:8A-1 et seq., or other applicable statutes.
a. 
In order to effectuate the establishment of the Board, the Borough of Woodland Park authorizes, upon the adoption of requisite like ordinances and the execution of such required contracts by the local contracting units of the Township of Little Falls, and the Borough of Totowa the creation of the Board, as set forth below.
b. 
The Woodland Park-Little Falls-Totowa Passaic Valley Regional Flood Control Board shall consist of 15 members. Each municipality shall appoint to serve on the Passaic Valley Regional Flood Control Board: one Council member, appointed by Council, the Public Works Manager from each municipality and two resident members, appointed by the Mayor, with advice and consent of the Council and the Mayors or his/her designee of each member municipality. Each Mayor or his/her designee shall serve as chair of the Board in rotating each year. Woodland Park shall chair the Board in 2018, Little Falls in 2019 and Totowa in 2020, with the rotation continuing from there. The duties of the Chair are to schedule meetings, chair the meetings and to vote in case of a tie when all seats on the board are full. A Vice Chair may be selected by vote of the Board Members. All terms are for one year. Appointments shall be made annually at the municipal reorganization meeting of each member municipality.
c. 
The Board should meet once per quarter and only when matters defined in the code are to be addressed. Special meetings may be held if necessary and only by authorization of at least two of the Mayors. The Township of Little Falls Clerk will post and make all meeting notices on behalf of the Board.
a. 
The Woodland Park-Little Falls-Totowa Passaic Valley Regional Flood Control Board may jointly recommend the purchase, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction of flood control facilities on behalf of its member local units subject to the approval of the council or governing body of each of the member local units.
b. 
The Woodland Park-Little Falls-Totowa Passaic Valley Regional Flood Control Board may request, on behalf of its member local units, to receive and accept, from the federal or state government or any agency thereof, grants for the planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, extension, enlargement, reconstruction, improvement or financing of any of these facilities and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or other things of value to be held, used and applied for the purposes for which these grants and contributions may be made, subject to the approval of the council or governing body of each of the member local units.
c. 
All requests and recommendations of the Board shall be made in writing to the Mayor of each member municipality.
Any budgetary funding provided by the Borough of Woodland Park for the operation of Woodland Park-Little Falls-Totowa Passaic Valley Regional Flood Control Board shall be subject to the annual availability and appropriation of sufficient funds.
a. 
The creation of the Woodland Park-Little Falls-Totowa Passaic Valley Regional Flood shall be subject to and contingent upon each of the member local units satisfying all of the terms and conditions precedent contained in this section. The within ordinance is only an enabling ordinance, subject to all of the various statutes and contingencies mentioned herein, and shall only become fully operative once an interlocal contract is executed among the municipalities and this regional flood board is compliant with the Interlocal Act,[1] the Municipal Services Act,[2] "Pay-to-Play Statute," Acquisition and Construction of Public Improvement Act[3] and other such similar acts.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:48B-1 was repealed by P.L. 2007, c. 63, § 35, effective 11-1-2007.
[3]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.3 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 40:48A-1 et seq., respectively.
b. 
None of the municipalities herein shall be required to expend any funds by virtue of this section. It is contemplated by this chapter that this is a joint undertaking between the Borough of Woodland Park and the Township of Little Falls and the Borough of Totowa to be separately funded by future grants and other such similar aid and funding as may be hereinafter designated by separate enactments. The Township of Little Falls will function as the lead agency for all projects recommended and approved by the Board.
[Added 12-17-2025 by Ord. No. 25-21]
The Borough of Woodland Park hereby authorizes its participation in a joint regional flood mitigation body to be known as the Verona Cedar Grove Little Falls Woodland Park Flood Control Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board").
[Added 12-17-2025 by Ord. No. 25-21]
The purpose of the Advisory Board shall be to:
a. 
Identify and recommend flood control and mitigation priorities across the member municipalities;
b. 
Coordinate interlocal planning, funding strategies, and grant applications;
c. 
Serve as a shared forum for technical input and community engagement on flooding issues;
d. 
Advise the governing bodies of each municipality on matters related to stormwater infrastructure and flood resiliency.
[Added 12-17-2025 by Ord. No. 25-21]
a. 
The Advisory Board shall consist of four representatives from each member municipality, as appointed by the respective governing body or administration:
1. 
Municipal Administrator or designee;
2. 
Municipal Engineer or designee;
3. 
One elected official;
4. 
One member of the public with interest or experience in flood or environmental issues.
b. 
In addition, each municipality's OEM Coordinator and Municipal Clerk shall attend meetings hosted by their respective town, serving in a non-voting advisory capacity.
[Added 12-17-2025 by Ord. No. 25-21]
The Advisory Board shall meet at least quarterly and may adopt rules of procedure as necessary for the conduct of its business. The first organizational meeting shall be convened within 30 days of all participating municipalities adopting like ordinances.
[Added 12-17-2025 by Ord. No. 25-21]
This section shall take effect upon passage and publication as provided by law, and upon the adoption of similar ordinances by the Township of Verona, Township of Cedar Grove, and Township of Little Falls.