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Editor's Note: The Board of Health was established by ordinance
adopted on March 21, 1899. The first members of the Board of Health
were appointed by the Council in April 1899.
[1973 Code § 25-1; Ord. No. 7-13-77]
A local Board of Health is hereby established, which shall consist
of seven members who are residents of the Town of Kearny. The Board
shall be known as the "Department of Public Health and Environmental
Protection."
[1973 Code § 25-2]
Annually at the first regular meeting of the Town Council in
the month of April, the Council shall appoint two or more persons
for the term of three years. Any vacancy or vacancies occurring in
the Board shall be filled by the Council for the unexpired term or
terms.
[1973 Code § 25-3]
Within 10 days after their appointment, the members of the Board
of Health shall take and subscribe, before some person authorized
by law to administer oaths, an oath or affirmation, faithfully, fairly
and impartially to execute the duties of his or their office according
to the best of his or their knowledge, skill and ability, and shall
file such oath or affirmation with the Town Clerk. In case any person
appointed as aforesaid shall neglect to take such oath or affirmation
within 10 days after his appointment and file the same with the Town
Clerk, he shall be considered as having declined such office and the
office shall be deemed vacant, and the Town Council shall fill the
vacancy.
[1973 Code § 25-4]
The members of the Board of Health shall meet and organize within
10 days after their appointment and qualification.
[Prior history: 1973 Code §§ 7-1 — 7-5; Ord. No. 2007-O-05 § 1]
[Ord. No. 2019-14]
A Municipal Advisory Committee, which shall be known and designated
as the Kearny "Advisory Committee on the Environment and Sustainability"
consisting of nine members, is hereby created and established. For
avoidance of doubt, the Committee established by this Ordinance is
not, and is not intended to be, an Environmental Commission under
N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq.
[Ord. No. 2019-14]
a.
The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor and
shall serve for terms of two years.
b.
The nine members provided for in subsection 2-48.1 shall consist of, at a minimum, one core member of the Kearny Community Garden and one member of Kearny Awake ("Association of Water, Agriculture and Kearny's Environment") as long as either or both are active organizations within the Town of Kearny.
c.
In addition to the nine members provided for in subsection 2-48.1, the Mayor shall appoint a member of the Town Council to serve as liaison between the Committee and the Town Council. The Councilmember appointed to serve as liaison shall have no voting privileges in the deliberations of the Committee.
[Ord. No. 2019-14]
The members of the Committee shall receive no compensation for
their services.
[Ord. No. 2019-14]
The Committee shall foster the education, coordination and dissemination
of information and the development and implementation of community
projects which promote Kearny's environment through green and sustainability
initiatives. Said initiatives include, but are not limited to, educational
programs and community projects which focus on environmental conservation,
stormwater run-off, climate change, recycling, clean air and clean
water, anti-littering and pollution. In furtherance of said programs
and community projects, the Committee may also provide for assistance
and coordination with Kearny Awake, the Kearny Community Garden, any
Earth Day celebrations and any other community organized effort which
furthers the purposes set forth herein. The Committee shall from time
to time report its findings and recommendations to the Town Council
for its consideration and action. The findings and recommendations
shall not bind the Town Council.
[Ord. No. 2019-14]
The Committee may, in its discretion, adopt rules and procedures
governing the conduct of its meetings and activities and shall elect
such officers from among its membership as it may deem necessary.
[1973 Code § 10-1]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18:25-10 and the amendments
thereof and supplements thereto, the Civil Rights Commission of the
Town of Kearny (hereinafter referred to as the "Civil Rights Commission"),
consisting of 10 members, is hereby created.
[1973 Code § 10-2; Ord. No. 3-14-73]
The members of the Civil Rights Commission shall be appointed
by the Mayor and shall serve for such period of time as may be fixed
at the time of their appointment, in accordance with the terms and
provisions of N.J.S.A. 18:25-10, and they shall be United States citizens
and shall reside in the Town of Kearny.
[1973 Code § 10-3]
The Civil Rights Commission shall organize itself and conduct
its business in accordance with the terms and provisions of N.J.S.A.
18:25-10, excepting that no committee, corporation or other person,
agency, or employee shall be appointed or employed by the Civil Rights
Commission without the formal consent of the Mayor.
[1973 Code § 10-4]
The Civil Rights Commission shall have the powers and duties
and be subject to the same limitations as set forth in the New Jersey
Statutes aforesaid.
[1973 Code § 10-5]
The Civil Rights Commission shall make recommendations to the
Council of the Town of Kearny for the development of policies and
procedures in general and for programs for formal and informal education
that will aid in eliminating all types of discrimination based on
race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry.
[1973 Code § 28-1; Ord. No. 7-13-74]
There is hereby created in and for the Town of Kearny an Industrial
Commission, known as the "Industrial Commission of the Town of Kearny,"
which shall be a body corporate having the powers hereinafter conferred
and also such powers as may now be conferred by Statute.
[1973 Code § 28-2; Ord. No. 2-13-74]
a.
The Commission shall consist of seven members and the Mayor who shall
be an ex officio member.
b.
Each member shall be, for the last five years preceding his appointment,
a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter of the State
of New Jersey.
c.
Members shall be appointed for a term of five years.
d.
Vacancies in the membership of any Commission, occurring for whatever
cause, shall be promptly filled by appointment by the Mayor for the
unexpired term thereof. Members shall serve for their respective terms
and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
e.
No member, officer or employee of any Commission shall be interested
directly or indirectly in any contracts for work or materials used
by the Commission, or in any sales, leases or agreements in connection
with lands, buildings or other property owned or controlled by it,
or in any fees or compensation of any kind paid to any broker, architect,
engineer, merchant or other person doing business with the Commission
or in any other transaction of or with the Commission, or the benefits
or profits thereof.
f.
The members and officers of the Commission shall serve without compensation,
but each shall receive his actual disbursements for expenses in performing
his duties.
g.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum of the Commission.
[1973 Code § 28-3; Ord. No. 2-13-74]
To the extent that the Commission shall consider the services
of existing officers and employees of the Town insufficient for its
purposes, it may employ such additional employees or services and
at such compensation as may be approved by resolution of the Governing
Body.
[1973 Code § 28-4; Ord. No. 2-13-74]
a.
The Commission shall have the general powers enumerated in N.J.S.A.
40:55B-7 and shall have the purposes, functions and additional powers
enumerated in N.J.S.A. 40:55B-8, 40:55B-9, 40:55B-10, and shall be
generally charged with the duty of promoting the expansion and growth
of industry in the Town.
b.
The Commission shall not exercise any power of condemnation or eminent
domain, and shall not be authorized to pledge the credit of the Town
or to create any debt against the Town.
[1973 Code § 30A-1; Ord. No. 5-25-88; Ord. No. 2003-(O)-13 §§ 1, 2]
a.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal and County Utilities
Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq., of the State of New Jersey,
there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic under
the name and style of the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority.
b.
The Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority hereby created is a municipal
utilities authority as contemplated and provided for by the law, and
shall have and exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties
provided for by the Municipal Utilities Authorities Law and any other
statutes heretofore or hereafter enacted and applicable thereto, including
without limitation the power to acquire, construct, maintain, operate,
improve or lease facilities for sewage collection, treatment and disposal,
in or around the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority Service District
(as hereinafter defined).
c.
The Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority Service District, as used
herein, shall mean and refer to, and only to, the South Kearny area,
which shall be the area described in Schedule A[1] attached hereto and made a part hereof.
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-22]
1.
Schedule
A referred to in paragraph c of the Town Code and on file in the Office
of the Town Clerk be and hereby is revised to include the residential
properties in the Special Emergency Sewer District, described on the
attached map prepared by Neglia Engineering dated August 10, 2022.
2.
The Town
shall pay all costs associated with the extension of the KMUA Service
District to the Special Emergency Sewer District, including the cost
of installation of sewer lines and the pump station, so that there
is no financial impact to existing KMUA users.
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Editor's Note: A copy of Schedule A, referred to herein, can
be found on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
d.
Members of the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority shall not receive
compensation for their services as members of the Authority.
e.
There shall be five members of the Authority and up to two alternate
members, as provided by the law.
[1973 Code § 30A-2; Ord. No. 5-25-88]
A copy of this section, duly certified by the Town Clerk, shall
forthwith be filed by the Town Clerk in the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of New Jersey, in the office of the Director
of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of
Community Affairs of the State, and in the office of the Town Clerk.
[1973 Code § 30A-3; Ord. No. 5-25-88]
It shall be a condition to final adoption and effectiveness
of this chapter that the Local Finance Board in the Division of Local
Government Services, Department of Community Affairs of the State
of New Jersey shall have given the approval required by N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-4.
