[Adopted 10-11-2000 by Ord. No. 00-27 as Ch. 2.04 of the 2000 Code]
A. 
Enumeration. The elective officers of the Township shall be the members of the Township Committee.
B. 
Residence; term. All elected officers shall be residents of the Township and except where otherwise provided by law shall hold office for three years, beginning January 1 next succeeding their election.
A. 
Unless otherwise required by state law or permitted by the general ordinances of the Township of Raritan, no Township officer, whether elected or appointed, shall hold over in his or her office after the expiration of the term in which he or she was elected or appointed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
The Township Clerk shall hold office for three years, the Collector for four years, subject to any right of tenure prescribed by the laws of New Jersey.
A. 
Enumeration; residence. In addition to the officers to be elected, the Township Committee may appoint and employ a Township Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Administrator, Township Attorney, Chief Financial Officer, Chief of Police, Construction Official, Court Administrator, Township Treasurer, Township Engineer, Township Planner, Superintendent of Public Works and Township Physician and such other officers as it shall deem necessary and proper and consistent with law. None of the appointed officers need be residents of the Township except for the Township Administrator, who shall meet the residency requirements of § 101-7 in Article II of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
Term. All appointive officers, except where otherwise provided by law, shall hold office until January 1 next following their appointment.
C. 
Vacancies. Where a vacancy occurs in any appointive office the Township Committee shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term, except in the case where the Township Committee shall grant a leave of absence to join any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]