There shall be established a position of Equipment
Operator within the Township of Harmony who shall be appointed by
the Township Committee of the Township of Harmony.
The Equipment Operator shall be entrusted with
operating construction and maintenance equipment requiring the use
of power-driven construction machinery and, in addition to such equipment,
shall also operate trucks. The Equipment Operator shall also be responsible
to service and make minor and emergency adjustments and repairs to
the construction and maintenance equipment and trucks, to keep all
necessary records in connection with said repairs or adjustments and
to incidentally perform manual and unskilled laboring work as required.
Commencing January 1, 1991, no person shall
be appointed as Equipment Operator unless he or she has the ability
to read and write English, has a minimum of one year's experience
in the operation and maintenance of trucks and other maintenance and
construction equipment, possesses a valid New Jersey driver's license,
is in relatively good health and free from disabling physical and
mental defects and, in general, has the ability to use, in a site
and efficient manner, trucks and maintenance and construction equipment.
The Equipment Operator shall receive such compensation
as shall be provided pursuant to the ordinance fixing salaries of
several Township officers and officials of the Township of Harmony,
County of Warren and State of New Jersey, as the same shall be amended
or supplemented from time to time.
This article shall become effective upon final
adoption and publication as required by law. All ordinances or parts
thereof in conflict with the provisions of this article are hereby
repealed.