[Adopted 3-27-01 as Ord. No. 2001-6]
A Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be created and established
in the Town of Secaucus in accordance with procedures and policies
set forth herein.
There is hereby created a Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control,
which Board shall exercise and perform all of the functions, powers
and duties and rights to administer the provisions of Title 33 of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey in respect to the Town of Secaucus
and those applicable sections of the Code of the Town of Secaucus.
The Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be assigned to the Mayor
and Council.
The Board shall consist of three persons, no more than two of
whom shall be of the same political party, who shall be chosen and
appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council;
for terms of three years. The respective terms of the initial appointments
shall be one, two and three years. Thereafter the term of each shall
be three years. In the case of any vacancy occurring before the expiration
of any term, the appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the
unexpired term. Each member of the Board, upon his or her appointment,
shall file with the Municipal Clerk, in duplicate, an acceptance of
his appointment, one of which shall be retained by the Municipal Clerk
and the other of which shall be transmitted by the Municipal Clerk
to the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control as hereinafter
provided.
A.Â
The Board shall, with the approval of the Mayor and Council appoint
a Secretary who shall serve for a term of three years from the date
of his or her appointment and qualification and who shall receive
a salary as other town salaries are now being paid.
B.Â
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board, keep the minutes
thereof and perform such other clerical duties as shall be assigned.
C.Â
He/she shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose the
names of all persons from whom he may receive moneys for the city,
the date when received and the amount so received and shall render
a faithful and distinct account of such moneys to the Council monthly,
which moneys he shall pay over to the City Treasurer immediately upon
receiving the same, taking his receipt therefor.
The Board shall, with the approval of the Mayor and Council,
appoint other employees and professionals as needed to carry out its
statutory and administrative duties, and said individuals shall serve
for such terms and upon such conditions as shall be established by
the Mayor and Council.
The Municipal Clerk shall, upon the appointment of the members
of the Board, transmit to the Director of the Division of Alcoholic
Beverage Control a certified copy of this section and of the resolutions
appointing the members of the Board and a duplicate original certificate
of acceptance by each of the members filed with said Municipal Clerk.
