Township of Bordentown, NJ Township Administrator

The Township Administrator shall be appointed by the Township Committee and shall serve at the pleasure of the Township Committee. In full compensation for discharge of all duties, the Administrator shall receive such salary or compensation as the Committee shall from time to time fix by ordinance.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

The Administrator shall be the chief executive officer of the Township and shall act as agent of Township policies. The Administrator shall perform the following duties:

A.

Direct and supervise the various departments, divisions and offices;

B.

Consult with and advise the various boards, commissions, officers, agencies and instrumentalities which are not part of a department division or office;

C.

Enforce, as to all Township employees, all personnel policies and regulations of the Township insofar as such policies and regulations affect them;

D.

Advise the Township Committee and all Township officers on all matters of policy, including but not limited to adoption and revision of ordinances and resolutions; budgeting and finance; administrative organization; personnel management; intermunicipal and intergovernmental relations; and public relations;

E.

Prepare and submit the Township's annual budget and capital budget to the Township Committee after conducting interdepartmental review and integration of departmental budget requests, and upon adoption of the budget, implement the budget process in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq.;

F.

Direct and control Township purchasing and oversee and administer various contracts for the provision of services to the Township;

G.

Represent the Township and act as its spokesman before federal, state, and other local agencies and governments, in business transactions, and in public and private meetings;

H.

Interpret Township policies, plans, ordinances, rules, regulations and problems to citizens, interested persons and the press;

I.

Approve in advance of implementation all internal administrative rules, regulations and policies;

J.

Prepare the agenda, review correspondence and arrange informal meetings and conferences of the Township Committee;

K.

Carry out official actions of the Township Committee through correspondence, review of minutes, and personal contact;

L.

Act as liaison between the Township Committee, the Township Attorney and the Township Engineer in their respective operating and policy contacts;

M.

Receive, distribute and follow-up questions and comments on various problems presented by interested citizens;

N.

Perform such other duties as shall by resolution or ordinance be delegated to the Administrator from time to time by the Committee;

O.

Establish a purchase order system for controlling and maintaining expenditures within budget appropriations or appropriations authorized by ordinance or other statutory authorization. The purchase order system established shall be compatible with the encumbrance system established by the Township Treasurer;

P.

Direct and control expenditures through the review and approval of all purchase orders prior to submission to the Township Treasurer for encumbrance against the appropriate appropriation;

Q.

Provide information to and assist the Township accountant, attorney and bond counsel in the preparation of bond or capital ordinances or other financing instruments, and the offering and sale of bonds or notes authorized to finance various projects.

Nothing herein shall derogate from, or authorize the Administrator to exercise, the powers and duties of the elected officials of the Township and of the boards and commissions thereof, established pursuant to law.

The Administrator shall devote full time to the duties of the position and shall hold no other position of employment except with the approval of the Township Committee.

The Committee may remove the Administrator at any time by a two-thirds majority vote of all its members, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to allow removal of a Business Administrator pursuant to the Civil Service Law other than in accordance with said Civil Service Law. A reasonable period of notification shall be given by the Administrator or by the Committee upon termination of the Administrator's employment. Such period of notification shall not be less than 90 days unless a shorter period is mutually agreed to by the Administrator and Committee.