[Amended 3-1-1990 by Ord.
No. 3-1990]
A.
The Board of Health, as presently constituted, shall continue and
its membership shall consist of seven members appointed by the Mayor
and Common Council for staggered terms of three years. Annually, the
Common Council shall appoint three members to fill expiring terms
to maintain the membership of seven members. Any appointment to fill
a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term only.
B.
Two alternate members of the Board of Health shall be appointed by
the Mayor and Common Council. Such alternates shall vote only during
the absence, unavailability or disqualification of a regular member
but may otherwise participate in the discussions and proceedings of
the Board. The term of alternate members shall be for two years. Alternate
members shall be appointed on a staggered basis and shall be designated
Alternate No. 1 and Alternate No. 2 at the time of their appointment.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 3.1990 also provided that the initial
appointment of Alternate No. 1 shall be for two years and the initial
term for Alternate No. 2 is for one year.
The office of City Physician as heretofore established is continued,
the prerequisite for said office being that the City Physician shall
be a regular practicing physician in good standing. The incumbent
City Physician shall hold office until his full term of three years
shall have expired and until his successor shall have been duly elected.
Every three years thereafter there shall be elected by the Common
Council a like person as City Physician, to serve for a term of three
years and until his successor shall have been duly elected.
The City Physician shall be required, and it shall be his duty,
to attend professionally upon the indigent sick in Gloucester City,
which shall include his attendance upon confinement cases, and to
provide and furnish, at his own expense, all the necessary medicine
therefor, all of which medicine shall be subject to inspection as
shall be called for by Common Council during the Physician's term
of office.
The City Physician shall, in the performance of his duties,
obey the orders of the Common Council, and he shall (when called upon)
attend the meetings of the Board of Health of Gloucester City and
advise with it as to the sanitary condition of the City or of any
particular locality thereof and shall submit his opinions, in writing,
when required of him.
The City Physician shall receive an annual salary or compensation
for services rendered and medicines furnished, payable in equal monthly
installments.[1]
