This chapter shall be known and designated as the "Administrative
Code."
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
The pertinent provisions of the Optional Municipal Charter
Law of the state governing Council-Manager Plan E under which this
Township's government is constituted, and such provisions of general
law as are applicable to such form of government and under which this
Township derives its governmental powers.[1]
An organization unit of the Township government established
or designated by this chapter as a department, and any agency or instrumentality
of the Township government not allocated or assigned to such an organization
unit.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. § 40:69A-81 et seq.
The public, administrative and executive business offices of
the Township shall be open for the transaction of public business
daily, except Saturday and Sunday and legal holidays, between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Police Department, Maintenance
Division of the Department of Public Works and other departments in
times of emergency shall provide Township services for 24 hours a
day as heretofore provided. The Township Manager or a department head
may require any officer or employee to be in attendance for work whenever
he determines that a public exigency or emergency so requires.
A.
All complaints regarding alleged
discrimination shall be submitted to the Township Manager for resolution.
A record of the complaint and action taken shall be maintained. The
decision of the Township Manager shall be rendered within 15 working
days after the complaint is filed for submission.
B.
In the event that the complaint
is not resolved satisfactorily, all papers and documents regarding
the complaint shall be forwarded by the Township Manager to the Township
Council within 20 days. The Township Council shall hold a public hearing
on the papers submitted within 30 days. The Township Council shall
render a decision on the papers submitted within 30 days of the public
hearing. The decision of the Township Council shall be final.
C.
A complete record of all action(s)
taken on each complaint shall be maintained by the appropriate hearing
body.
D.
A person's right to the hearing
as set forth herein shall not limit the right of the individual to
pursue other remedies as are established by law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
