[Adopted 8-14-1989 by Ord. No. O-89-38]
This article shall be known and referred to as the "Gloucester Township Officers and Employees Ordinance."
The purpose of this article is to set forth policy, benefits, terms and conditions of employment relating to certain officers and employees of the Township of Gloucester as defined herein, whose benefits, terms and conditions of employment are not otherwise set forth in statute, ordinance, collective bargaining agreement, or other contract of employment; and to provide standard procedures for adopting policy and practice regulating said officers and employees as well as all other officers and employees of the Township of Gloucester.
Solely for the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings as set forth below:
CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Includes all elected officials, department heads or directors and all division heads.
DAY
Calculated on the basis of seven hours per day, five days per week.
DEPARTMENT HEAD OR DIRECTOR
That person appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Township Council, to serve as provided by law, in the full-time unclassified position, as head of a department established under Chapter 2, Administrative Code, of the Township of Gloucester Code (the Organizational Ordinance of 1982).
DIVISION HEAD
That person or officer, appointed, designated or assigned as provided by law, in the full-time classified or unclassified position, as head of a division within a department as set forth in Chapter 2, Administrative Code, of the Township of Gloucester Code (the Organizational Ordinance of 1982).
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Those persons duly elected to the office of Mayor or member of Township Council of the Township of Gloucester.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, New Jersey.
Elected officials shall be entitled to participate in the State Pension Plan, and in all Township health benefit plans contained in Council 10 Municipal Classified Administration Employees Contract.
The Business Administrator, Township Clerk, department heads (directors) shall participate in the State Pension Plan and shall be entitled to all health benefit plans contained in Council 10 Municipal Classified Administration Employees Contract, and in addition shall be entitled to the following:
A. 
Vacation.
(1) 
Less than four years of service: 23 days.
(2) 
Over four years of service: 25 days.
B. 
Sick leave: 20 sick leave days per year which may be accumulated from year to year for use during illness.
C. 
Personal time: three personal days to be used within the calendar year.
D. 
Officers and employees covered under this section and hired before February 1, 1988, upon termination, resignation or retirement from any of the above positions, said officers or employees shall receive payment for any unused vacation and sick leave time not to exceed 80 days' vacation and 80 days sick' time, at that rate of compensation of said position at the time of termination, resignation or retirement.
E. 
Such officers and employees hired after February 1, 1988, upon termination, resignation or retirement from any of the above positions, said officers or employees shall receive payment for any unused vacation time not to exceed 80 days, at that rate of compensation of said position at the time of termination, resignation or retirement. Unused sick time will not be compensated.
Division heads shall participate in the State Pension Plan and shall be entitled to all health benefit plans as contained in Council 10 Municipal Classified Administration Employees Contract, and in addition shall be entitled to the following:
A. 
Vacation.
(1) 
Less than four years of service: 18 days.
(2) 
Over four years of service: 20 days.
B. 
Sick leave: 20 sick leave days per year may be accumulated from year to year for use during illness.
C. 
Personal time: three personal days to be used within the calendar year.
D. 
Officers and employees covered under this section and hired before February 1, 1988, upon termination, resignation or retirement from the above position, shall receive payment for any earned, unused vacation and sick leave time, not to exceed 80 days' vacation and 80 days' sick time, at that rate of compensation of said position at the time of termination, resignation or retirement. Unused sick time will not be compensated.
E. 
Such officers and employees hired after February 1, 1988, upon termination, resignation or retirement from the above position, said officers and employees shall receive payment for any earned, unused vacation time, not to exceed 80 days, at that rate of compensation of said position at the time of termination, resignation, or retirement. Unused sick time will not be compensated.
Policy and practice regulating the benefits, terms and conditions of employment of the certain officers and employees defined herein and all other officers and employees of the Township shall be approved by the Mayor and adopted by resolution of the Township Council. Said policy and practice shall not be inconsistent with any provisions of this article, statute, or collective bargaining agreements and shall be distributed to all officers and employees. Officers and employees within the Gloucester Township Police Department are also subject to Chapter 15, Police Department, of the Code of the Township of Gloucester.