The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Woodbury Heights
is hereby authorized to appoint a nonresident of the position of Municipal
Clerk for the Borough of Woodbury Heights.
It is hereby found, determined and declared as follows:
A. N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133 allows for the appointment of a Municipal Clerk
by the Mayor and Borough Council.
B. N.J.S.A. 40:87-15 requires that the Municipal Clerk be a resident of the
borough.
C. N.J.S.A. 40:87-15 allows for an exemption from the residency requirement
which shall be made by the adoption of a municipal ordinance to that
effect.
D. The Borough of Woodbury Heights advertised in the Gloucester County
Times, the official newspaper of the Borough of Woodbury Heights for
the calendar year 1987, for the position of Municipal Clerk. This
advertisement appeared in the official newspaper from February 27,
1987, through March 3, 1987.
E. Resumes were received by the Personnel Director and reviewed in committee.
F. It appears from the review of the resumes received by the Personnel
Director and reviewed by his committee that the applicant most suited
for the position of Municipal Clerk for the Borough of Woodbury Heights
is a nonresident. It is therefore recommended that this Article be
created to enable the appointment to be made of a nonresident of the
Borough of Woodbury Heights.