[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 1]
The Board shall organize annually on the first meeting date
in January of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be feasible,
at which time it shall elect, by a majority vote of all of the members
of the Board and from its members, a President and a Vice-President.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 2]
A majority of the whole number of members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller
number may meet and adjourn from time to time. Its regular meetings
shall be held each and every month in Council Chambers, Borough Hall,
59 Anderson Avenue, Fairview, N.J., at 8:00 p.m., on such dates as
may be decided at the organization meeting. The Board shall determine
and establish the rules of its own proceedings, and shall pass, promulgate
or adopt such rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, bylaws, and
resolutions pertaining to the purposes and objectives of the Board
as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of applicable
State laws governing the powers and duties of local boards of health.
The President shall have the power to call special meetings of the
Board when necessary and in case of his neglect or refusal to do so,
it shall be lawful for any two members of such Board to call any special
meeting, by written or printed notice to each member, served personally
or left at their places of residence at least 24 hours previous to
the time appointed for such meetings.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 3]
The Board shall appoint, by resolution passed by a majority
of all its members a Secretary, a Health Officer, a Registrar of Vital
Statistics, a Plumbing Inspector, a Counsel and such officers and
employees as it may deem necessary, each of whom shall hold their
respective offices until December 31 of the calendar year of their
appointment and until their respective successors are appointed and
shall qualify, except that the Registrar of Vital Statistics shall
be appointed in accordance with provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:8-13 as
amended or supplemented.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 4]
The salaries or other forms of compensation of the officers
and employees shall be fixed by ordinance passed by a majority of
all the members of the Board at the time of their appointment.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 1]
The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Board
and shall appoint all committees and have all such other powers as
may, by law or by the provisions of this Code, be vested in him. During
the interval between regular meetings, the President shall represent
the Board in all executive and judicial matters and shall have the
power and duty to appoint at the annual meeting, or immediately thereafter,
the following:
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 2]
The Vice-President, in the absence, disability or disqualification
of the President, shall serve in the place and stead of the President
with all of his powers and duties.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 3]
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all the proceedings
of the Board; shall conduct all the official correspondence of the
Board, maintain proper copies of the same, tabulate and complete all
reports required by any superior authority, local, State or National,
and make such other reports as may be required or directed by the
Board. The Secretary shall procure all books, stationery and other
supplies, as may be required by the Board and shall keep a record
of all applications for permits, and in case of the refusal of any
permits; the date of application and the action of the Board, if any,
thereon, and all such other pertinent information as may be necessary
for a complete record of each such application.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 4]
The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall keep all such records
of that office, as required by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the
State of New Jersey, and he shall perform such other duties as may
be required.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 5]
The Counsel shall be the legal adviser of the Board, and shall,
when required, attend its meetings. He shall, when required and ordered
by the Board, represent it in all litigation to which it may be a
party and perform all such other legal services as may, from time
to time, be required of him by the Board.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 6]
The Health Officer, Plumbing Inspector and Registrar of Vital
Statistics shall make a written report at each regular meeting. All
of the above named appointees shall perform such duties as may be
directed by the Statutes of the State of New Jersey, the provisions
of this Code or as they may, from time to time, be directed by the
Board.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A3 § 1]
Every member of the Board and all officers and employees thereof,
shall, by virtue of their respective appointments, be vested with
the power and authority to make any and all inspections or examinations
that are under the Statutes of this State required to be made by local
boards of health, or that are required by any code, ordinance, regulation
or order of the Board. They shall report to the Health Officer any
violations occurring in the interim between meetings of the Board
and all persons are hereby forbidden to interfere with or obstruct
such inspections or examinations.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A4 § 1]
The Board may adopt such rules and regulations as by law it
is permitted, authorized or empowered to so adopt and which shall,
in its judgment, aid in the proper understanding and general enforcement
of this Code.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A4 § 2]
The Board shall and may, from time to time, amend, supplement
or implement this Code by other ordinances amendatory hereof or supplementary
hereto.
