As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes ordinance and resolution as defined by N.J.S.A.
40:49-1 and duly enacted according to law.
(N.J.S.A. 40:93-1; 40:93-3; 40:49-2; 40:93-4; 40:93-5; 40:93-6;
40:93-7)
All ordinances of the Borough of Somerville shall be introduced,
read, heard, published and enacted in the manner provided by law.
Each ordinance passed by the Council shall be returned by the Mayor
to the Clerk after the Mayor has signed or approved it. If the Mayor
neither signs nor disapproves an ordinance within five (5) days from
the date of its delivery to the Mayor, it shall, as provided by N.J.S.A.
40:93-8, take effect in like manner as if signed. The publication
of ordinances shall be governed by the provisions set forth in N.J.S.A.
40:93-2.
A.
The Council shall reconsider any ordinance returned without approval
by the Mayor within the time permitted by law, together with a statement
setting forth his objections thereto or to any item or part thereof.
Such reconsideration shall take place at the next meeting of the Council.
B.
Whenever an ordinance has been reconsidered by the Council following
a veto by the Mayor, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certification
of the action of the Council upon such reconsideration, in substantially
the following form:
"I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance adopted by the Council
of the Borough of Somerville on the _____ day of ________ was delivered
to me on the _____ day of ________, together with the Mayor's statement
of the reasons for which he was constrained to withhold his approval
of such ordinance, item or part thereof.
"On reconsideration thereof, on the _____ day of ________, (the
Council duly resolved by the affirmative vote of 2/3 of its members
to enact such ordinance, item or part thereof, notwithstanding the
Mayor's veto) or (the Mayor's veto was sustained).
"Dated:
_______________ Borough Clerk"
Whenever an ordinance shall take effect without the Mayor's
signature by reason of his failure to return it to the Council by
filing it with the Clerk within five (5) days after it has been presented
to him, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certificate in
substantially the following form:
"I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance was adopted by the
Borough Council on the _____ day of ________ and was presented to
the Mayor duly certified on the _____ day of ________, and upon his
failure to sign it or to return and file it with the Clerk within
five (5) days thereafter, the said ordinance took effect in like manner
as if the Mayor had signed it.
"Dated:
_______________ Borough Clerk"
The Clerk shall record all ordinances and resolutions in permanent
books which shall be provided for that purpose, and shall cause the
codification to be revised accordingly. After each ordinance he shall
also record and certify the proof of publication thereof as required
by law. Each ordinance recorded shall be signed by the Mayor and Clerk,
who shall attest that it was duly adopted upon a date stated, and
shall be deemed to be a public record of the ordinance.
