[1972 Code § 2-2.1; Ord. No. O-18-70]
The Mayor shall be elected by the voters of the City at a regular
municipal election and shall serve for a term of four years, beginning
on the first day of July next following his election.
[1972 Code § 2-2.2; Ord. No. O-11-14 § 1; Ord. No. O-18-70]
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer
of the City. He shall:
a. Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the City.
b. Supervise all the departments of the City government.
c. Require each department to make an annual report and such other reports
of its work as he may deem desirable.
d. Appoint all officers and employees for whose election or appointment
no other provision is made by Charter or ordinance.
e. From time to time make such recommendations for action by the Council
as he may deem to be in the public interest.
f. Report annually at the beginning of the year to the Council and the
public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements
of the City government for the current year.
g. The Mayor may, subject to law, direct any Municipal Department or
Division to perform the work either in part or whole of any other
Department or Division and, at the request of the Director of a Department,
require an employee of another Department to perform services in the
Department of the Director making such request.
[1972 Code § 2-2.3; Ord. No. O-18-70]
a. The Mayor shall appoint the Director of each Department with the
advice and consent of the Council. Each Department Head shall serve
during the term of office of the Mayor appointing him and until the
appointment and qualification of his successor.
b. The Mayor may, in his discretion, remove any department head after
giving him notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing
a Department Head, the Mayor shall file written notice of his intention
with the Council, and such removal shall become effective on the 20th
day after the filing of the notice unless the Council prior thereto
adopts a resolution by a 2/3 vote of the whole number of the Council
disapproving the removal.
c. The Mayor shall have such further appointing power with the advice
and consent of the Council, or otherwise, as is provided by general
law.
d. Whenever a vacancy exists in any office required by the Charter or
this chapter to be filled by the Mayor with the advice and consent
of the Council, and there is no holdover incumbent, the Mayor may
temporarily fill the vacancy (in the absence of any contrary provision
in the Charter or ordinances) by appointing an acting officer, including
the designation of himself as Acting Business Administrator in the
event of a vacancy in that office. The appointee shall have all the
functions, powers and duties of the office until it shall be filled
permanently. Any such appointment shall terminate not later than 90
days after the date of the appointment, unless the Council shall by
resolution authorize one or more extensions of such period.
[1972 Code § 2-2.4; Ord. No. O-18-70]
All ordinances which are adopted by the Council shall be submitted
to the Mayor who shall, within 10 days after receiving an ordinance,
either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature thereto or
return it to the Council by delivering it to the City Clerk together
with a statement setting forth his objections to the ordinance or
to any item or part of it. No ordinance or any item or part thereof
shall take effect without the Mayor's approval unless the Mayor fails
to return an ordinance to the Council within 10 days after it has
been presented to him, or unless Council, on reconsideration or after
the third day following its return by the Mayor, shall, by a vote
of 2/3 of the members, resolve to override the Mayor's veto.
[1972 Code § 2-2.5; Ord. No. O-18-70]
As provided by the Charter (Section
3-12, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-42), the Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator, any other Department Head or the City Clerk to act as Mayor or whenever the Mayor shall be prevented, by absence from the City, disability or other cause, from attending to the duties of his office. During such time the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all the rights, powers and duties of Mayor. Whenever the Mayor has been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of 60 consecutive days for any of the above-stated reasons, an Acting Mayor shall be appointed by the Council who shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor or the then-Acting Mayor.
[Former § 2-2.6, Division of Community Development,
was repealed 1-18-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-05. History includes Ord. No. O-18-70.]
[Former § 2-2.7, Division of Planning and Zoning,
was repealed 1-18-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-05. History includes Ord. No. O-18-70.]
[Former § 2-2.8, Municipal Housing Liaison/RCA
Administrator, was repealed 1-18-2023 by Ord. No. O-23-05. History includes Ord. No. O-18-70.]