[Added 2-27-2023 by Ord. No. 04-2023]
Editor's Note: Prior §
2-40 Board of Health was repealed and replaced
2-27-2023 by Ord. No. 04-2023. Prior history includes
Ord. 4/7/47;
Ord. 3/2/1908;
Ord. 2/21/90, § 1;
amended
9-28-2020 by Ord. No. 24-20.
[Added 2-27-2023 by Ord.
No. 04-2023]
There is hereby created and established, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
26:3-1 et seq. a Board of Health for the Town of Guttenberg to be
known as the "Advisory Board of Health of the Town of Guttenberg"
(that may alternatively be referred to as the Town of Guttenberg Board
of Health). Simultaneously, the existing Board of Health of the Town
of Guttenberg is hereby abolished.
[Added 2-27-2023 by Ord.
No. 04-2023]
a. The members constituting the Advisory Board of Health shall be the
Mayor and five members of the Town Council whose term on such Board
shall be concurrent with his/her term on the Town Council. In addition,
the Town Council may appoint a school nurse or the municipal physician
to the local board, notwithstanding that the nurse or physician is
not a resident of the municipality whose term shall not exceed three
years.
b. All members of the Board shall serve without compensation, except
that the members of the Board shall be reimbursed by the Town, with
prior approval, for expenses incurred while performing any function
as a member of the Board.
[Added 2-27-2023 by Ord.
No. 04-2023]
a. The Advisory Board of Health's Chairman shall be the Mayor.
The Chairman's duties shall be to fix meeting dates, conduct
the meetings, appoint subcommittees and arrange the activities and
functions of the Board so that they may be accomplished in an orderly
and productive fashion.
b. The Town shall provide a secretary to the Advisory Board of Health
whose duties shall be to record the minutes of all meetings and to
receive and transmit all correspondence of the Board. The secretary
may be the Town Clerk.
c. The Certified Public Health Officer will attend upon request Advisory
Board of Health meetings in accordance with the Town's Shared
Services Agreement for such services then in effect.
[Added 2-27-2023 by Ord.
No. 04-2023]
The powers and duties of the Advisory Board of Health are as
follows:
a. Advise and consult with the Health Officer with respect to the public
health needs and programs of the Town.
b. Review and make recommendations to the Health Officer with respect
to public health hazards in and about the Town.
c. Study and report on proposed health-related ordinances to the Health
Officer, the Town Administrator and Town Council.
[Added 2-27-2023 by Ord.
No. 04-2023]
The Advisory Board of Health shall receive from all Town officials,
offices and departments such assistance as may be proper and reasonably
necessary to aid the Committee in the performance of its duties.
[Ord. 4/17/78 § 4]
The Town of Guttenberg is participating in a Tri-Municipal Health
Referral Service with other North Hudson communities, to increase
health care to the citizens of Guttenberg and adjacent areas, in the
interest of public health and safety, and as part of such public purposes
has undertaken certain reciprocal obligations and is receiving health
care benefits, as part of such program.
As part of this program, the appointment of a Guttenberg Clerical
Assistant to the Tri-Municipal Health Referral Service, 400-68th Street,
Guttenberg, New Jersey, is hereby authorized, for a one-year term,
at such salary as is fixed by ordinance, said terms to be contingent
and conditioned upon continued participation of the Town in the program,
and effective upon appointment.
The Clerical Assistant, under the direction of the Mayor and
Council and of the Board of Health of the Town of Guttenberg shall
provide such general clerical assistance to the Tri-Municipal Health
Referral Service, including appropriate typing, filing, clerical work
and other assistance as may be required.
[Ord. 3/2/50; Preamble]
There exists in the Town of Guttenberg, unsanitary or unsafe
dwelling accommodations, and persons of low income are forced to reside
in such unsanitary or unsafe accommodations; and in the Town there
is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available
at rents which persons of low income can afford and such persons are
forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations.
The aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease
and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and
welfare of the residents of the Town and impair economic values; and
those conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures
of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health
and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services
and facilities. These areas in the Town cannot be cleared, nor can
the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income
be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and the
construction of housing projects for persons of low income (as defined
in the Local Housing Authorities Law) would therefore not be competitive
with private enterprise. The clearance, replanning and reconstruction
of the areas in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist
and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations by
any public body for persons of low income are public uses and purposes
for which public money may be spent and private property acquired
and are governmental functions. It is in the public interest that
work on projects for such purposes be commenced as soon as possible.
[Ord. 3/2/50 § 1]
Pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Housing Authorities
Law," as amended, of the State of New Jersey, a body corporate and
politic to be known as the "HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF GUTTENBERG,
IN THE COUNTY OF HUDSON," is hereby created and established.
[Ord. 3/2/50 § 2]
The Town Clerk is authorized and directed to file a certified
copy of this section with the Commissioner of the State Department
of Conservation and Economic Development.
[Ord. #006/96 § I; Ord. #030/00]
There is hereby created an Office of Community and Minority
Affairs for the Town of Guttenberg.
[Ord. #006/96 § II; Ord. #030/00]
The Office on Community and Minority Affairs for the Town of
Guttenberg shall be responsible for:
a. Promoting Community and minority interests within the Town of Guttenberg.
b. Identifying special needs of the minority communities in the Town
of Guttenberg and assisting them in meeting those needs.
c. Acquainting members of the minority communities with the laws of
our country and developing a respect for those laws.
d. Establishing a close working relationship between the municipal government
of the Town of Guttenberg and the minorities of the Town.
e. Cooperating with other Community and minority organizations whether
those organizations be business, civil, charitable or cultural organizations
to further the advancement of the minorities of the Town of Guttenberg.
[Ord. #006/96 § III; Ord. #030/00]
The Office of Community and Minority Affairs for the Town of
Guttenberg shall be staffed with volunteers.
[Ord. #006/96 § IV; Ord. #030/00]
All appointments related to the Office on Community and Minority
Affairs for the Town of Guttenberg, be they of volunteer, shall be
made by the Mayor and Board of Council of the Town of Guttenberg.