[1972 Code § 2-2.1]
The Mayor shall be the chief executive and administrative officer
of the Township. The Mayor shall:
a.
Enforce the charter and ordinances of the Township.
b.
Supervise all of the departments of the Township government.
c.
Require each department to make an annual and such other reports
of its work as the Mayor may deem desirable.
d.
Appoint all officers and employees for whose election or appointment
no other provision is made by charter or ordinance.
e.
Make such recommendations for action by the Council as he/she may
deem 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 the condition and requirements
of the Township government for the current year.
[1972 Code § 2-2.2]
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/her discretion, remove any Department Head
after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing a Department
Head, the Mayor shall first file written notice of his or her intention
with the Council, and such removal shall become effective on the 20th
day after the filing of the notice unless the Council shall prior
thereto have adopted 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 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 such 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. Insofar as practical, such appointee
shall possess all of the qualifications for a regular appointment
to such office and shall have all of the functions, powers and duties
of the office until it shall be filled permanently. Any such appointment
shall terminate not later than 60 days after the date of the appointment
unless the Council shall by resolution authorize one or more extensions
of such period.
[1972 Code § 2-2.3]
Ordinances adopted by the Council shall be submitted to the
Mayor who shall, within 10 days after receiving any ordinance, either
approve the ordinance by affixing his/her signature thereto or return
it to the Council by delivering it to the Township Clerk together
with a statement setting forth his/her objections thereto or to any
item or part thereof. 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/her, or unless the Council upon reconsideration thereof
on 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 § 2-2.1A; Ord. No. 620-81 § 1]
When any such unforeseen circumstances arise so as to adversely
affect the immediate public health, safety and well being of the citizens
of the Township of West Orange and when these fortuitous events cannot
be dealt with otherwise in a timely fashion, the Mayor shall have
the power to enact and enforce necessary and proper regulations consistent
with the laws of the United States and State of New Jersey to protect
the health, safety and well being of the citizens of West Orange for
the duration of the emergency. Any such regulation enacted under this
subsection shall be subject to review, repeal or amendment at any
meeting of the Township Council, subsequent to the declaration of
the emergency.
[1972 Code § 2-2.5]
A vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled by election
for the remainder of the unexpired term at the next general or municipal
election occurring not less than 60 days after the occurrence of the
vacancy. Council shall fill vacancies temporarily by appointment to
serve until the qualification of a person so elected.
[1972 Code § 2-2.4]
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 Municipal Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the Mayor shall be prevented by absence from the Township, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of his/her office. During such time the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor. Whenever the Mayor shall have 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.
