Editor's Note: This chapter was originally adopted as Ch.
85, Borough Council, but was renumbered to maintain the alphabetical
organization of the Code.
The provisions of said charter are amended by Ordinance No. NP2023-01,
adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:45-7.1, changing the date of the Red
Bank regular municipal election to the date of the general election
in the corresponding year.
The terms for the Mayor and council members shall be staggered. Of
those elected to the first Council, the Mayor and two council members
shall serve for four years, and four council members shall serve for
two years, chosen by lot. In all subsequent elections, the seats for
the Mayor and/or council members whose terms are set to expire shall
be elected to four-year terms.
Elections for Mayor and/or council members shall be conducted on
a nonpartisan basis as part of a regular municipal election to be
conducted on the same date as the November general election in the
corresponding year.
The municipal charter provides for runoff elections. Candidates for
Mayor and/or council members are required to attain a sufficient number
of votes under N.J.S.A. 40:45-18 to be elected. In the event the candidates
fail to attain a sufficient number of votes, a runoff election shall
be conducted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:45-18 et seq.
At each annual organization meeting immediately following the election
of council members to a full term, the Borough Council shall elect
a Deputy Mayor from among its membership, to serve a two-year term.
In the event of a vacancy in the position of Deputy Mayor, the office shall be filled following the election procedure in Subsection A for the unexpired term.
Any individual councilmember that violates the provisions of Subsections D(1) to (4) is subject to removal by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-91.
Notwithstanding the provisions in Subsection D, the Council may appoint committees or commissions of its own members or of citizens to conduct investigations into the conduct of any officer or department, or any matter relating to the welfare of the municipality, and delegating to such committees or commissions such powers of inquiry as the Council may deem necessary.
The Borough Council shall continue or create, and determine and define
the powers and duties of, such executive and administrative departments,
boards and offices as it may deem necessary for the proper and efficient
conduct of the affairs of the municipalities. Any department, board
or office so continued or created may at any time be abolished by
the Borough Council.
Except for any positions specifically established by ordinance, the
salaried positions established by the Borough Council shall be those
contained within a salary ordinance adopted by the Borough Council
from time to time.