[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Editor's Note: Prior § 2-40 Board of Health was repealed and replaced 2-27-2023 by Ord.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.