A. 
Every appointed employee of the City of Gloucester City and every other appointed public employee paid out of the City treasury is hereby required to subscribe to an oath or affirmation of loyalty to the Constitution and Government of the United States of America and of the State of New Jersey, that he is not a member of any group or organization determined by the United States Government or an agency thereof authorized to make such determination, to be subversive to our government and its principles and which professes loyalty to alien doctrines and foreign governments and advocates the overthrow of our government by force and violence.
B. 
The oath or affirmation and certificate shall be in the same form as is required by the State of New Jersey.
C. 
Any employee required to subscribe to an oath or affirmation as aforesaid and who shall fail or refuse to do so or who, having so subscribed, shall be found to be a member of any such subversive or disloyal group or organization, or who, having subscribed, shall thereafter become a member of any such group or organization, shall be forthwith dismissed from his employment, and the City Treasurer is hereby directed not to pay any salary, wage or compensation to any such employee.
D. 
No applicant for employment under the City government or any other public agency paid out of the City treasury shall be appointed to such employment until he shall have subscribed to an oath or affirmation as hereinbefore set forth and, after employment, shall be subject to dismissal for the causes set forth in Subsection C of this section.
No public property owned by the City shall be used for meetings or assemblages of groups and organizations determined by the United States government or any agency thereof authorized to make such determination, to be subversive to our government and its principles and which profess loyalty to alien doctrines and foreign governments and advocate the overthrow of our government by force and violence.
[Added 11-4-1976 by Ord. No. 62]
A. 
All officers, employees or appointees to any board employed by the City of Gloucester City or hereafter to be employed by the City of Gloucester City, other than those having a statutory exemption, are hereby required as a condition of their employment or their continued employment to have their place of abode in the City of Gloucester City and to be a bona fide resident therein. A bona fide resident, for the purpose of this section, is a person having a permanent domicile within the City of Gloucester City and one which has not been adopted with the intention of again taking up or claiming a previous residence acquired outside of the City of Gloucester City. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Gloucester City may, at any time, require the officer, employee or appointees to any board employed by the City to submit proof of his, her or their residence in the City of Gloucester City.
B. 
In accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.11, all uniformed officers, appointees and employees of the Police and Fire Departments shall maintain residency continuously from the closing date of the examination up to and including the date of appointment.
[Added 12-21-1998 by Ord. No. 31-1998]
C. 
In the event that there is no qualified individual for a position with the City who can comply with Section A above then governing body can waive the requirement but if waived, governing body shall give preference in any offer of employment to residents of Camden County, and thereafter to residents of any county contiguous to Camden County, and thereafter to residents of the State of New Jersey.
[Added 10-23-2014 by Ord. No. O21-2014]