Township of Saddle Brook, NJ
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2023-05-04
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Part I Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 5 Administration of Government
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Article III Township Clerk
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Art III Township Clerk
- § 5-14 Appointment and qualifications.
- § 5-15 Powers and duties.
- § 5-16 Additional duties.
- § 5-16.1 Deputy Township Clerk.
- § 5-16.2 Powers and duties of Deputy Township Clerk.
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 11 Court, Municipal
- Ch 12 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 13 Eminent Domain
- Ch 14 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 16 Fire Department
- Ch 18 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 19 Library
- Ch 23 Officers and Employees
- Ch 27 Pensions
- Ch 29 Personnel Policies
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 34 Police Escort Service
- Ch 36 Purchasing Procedures
- Ch 41 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 43 Shade Tree Commission
- General Legislation
- Ch 48 Affordable Housing
- Ch 50 Alarms
- Ch 51 Abandoned Property
- Ch 52 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 55 Amusements
- Ch 58 Animals
- Ch 62 Automotive Sales
- Ch 64 Background Checks
- Ch 67 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 68 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 70 Building Construction
- Ch 73 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 75 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 79 Cemeteries
- Ch 82 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 83 Disclosure Statements
- Ch 83A Curfew
- Ch 84 Dumping and Littering
- Ch 87 Fees
- Ch 89 Fences
- Ch 91 Fire Lanes
- Ch 93 Fire Prevention
- Ch 95 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 97 Food Establishments
- Ch 98 Games of Chance
- Ch 99 Garage Sales
- Ch 100 Garbage Collection
- Ch 102 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 103 Graffiti
- Ch 104 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 106 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 108 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 111 Ice Cream Vendors
- Ch 112 Insurance
- Ch 113 Dealers in Precious Metals and Other Secondhand Goods
- Ch 114 Junkyards
- Ch 117 Labor Camps, Migrant
- Ch 118 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 120 Licenses
- Ch 121 Litter Control
- Ch 123 Loitering
- Ch 125 Massage Therapists, Licensing of
- Ch 126 Milk Vending Machines
- Ch 128 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 129 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 131 Newsracks
- Ch 133 Noise
- Ch 136 Nuisances
- Ch 139 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 143 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 146 Parking Lots
- Ch 147 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 149 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 152 Plumbing
- Ch 153 Private Communities
- Ch 154 Property Maintenance
- Ch 156 Recycling
- Ch 157 Sanitation
- Ch 159 Security Service
- Ch 161 Sewers
- Ch 162 Sex Offenders, Registration of
- Ch 163 Site Plan Review
- Ch 165 Smoke, Emission of
- Ch 166 Smoking
- Ch 168 Snow and Other Impediments
- Ch 171 Soil Removal
- Ch 172 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 173 Stormwater Management
- Ch 174 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 177 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 180 Sunday Activities
- Ch 183 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 186 Taxation
- Ch 189 Taxicabs; Livery Services
- Ch 190 Telephones, Public
- Ch 191 Towing
- Ch 192 Trees
- Ch 196 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 198 Vending Machines
- Ch 200 Warehouses
- Ch 202 Waste Management
- Ch 203 Water
- Ch 206 Zoning
- Ch 207 Communication Facilities Right-Of-Way Permits
- Appendix
- Ch A211 Emblem
- Ch A212 Telephone Franchise
- Ch A213 Cable Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 3-26-1987 by Ord. No. 945]
The Council shall appoint a Township Clerk for
the term prescribed by state statute (N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133). Prior to
his appointment he shall have been qualified by training and experience
to perform the duties of his office. He shall serve as Clerk of the
Council and have such other functions, powers and duties as are provided
by the code.
The Township Clerk, appointed by Council, shall:
A.
Keep the minutes and records of the proceedings of
the Council and of any Council committee upon request of the Chairman
of the committee.
B.
Preserve and compile all ordinances and resolutions,
and at the close of each year, with the advice and assistance of the
Township Attorney, the Clerk shall compile, codify and bind all the
ordinances and resolutions then in effect, in conformity with the
plan and system of the revised ordinances, and the Clerk shall properly
index the record books, compilation or codification of ordinances
and resolutions and provide for their publication.
C.
Have custody of the Township seal and affix it to
such books, papers and documents as may be authorized pursuant to
law.
D.
Have and take custody of all official books, papers
and documents of the Township for which no other repository is provided
by Charter or ordinance, and preserve and keep them safely.
E.
Provide secretarial services for the Councilmen in
the discharge of their official duties.
The Township Clerk also shall:
A.
Perform all of the functions required of municipal
clerks by the General Election Law (Title 19 of the Revised Statutes)
and any other state law or Township ordinance and receive for Township
use the fees prescribed therefor.
B.
Perform such functions as are vested in the Municipal
Clerk by state law and ordinances relating to bingo and raffles licensing.
C.
Have such other, different and additional functions,
powers and duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance or as assigned
by the Council.
[Added 9-22-1988 by Ord. No. 982]
The Council shall appoint a Deputy Township
Clerk for the term prescribed by state statute (N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133).
[Added 9-22-1988 by Ord. No. 982]
The Deputy Township Clerk appointed by the Council
shall act in the absence of the Township Clerk and have the same duties
as the Township Clerk.
