The municipal government shall be organized into departments, boards, commissions, councils and offices as follows:
A. 
Departments. There is hereby established and/or continued the following departments and offices in the Township.
(1) 
Department of Law.
(2) 
Department of Finance.
(3) 
Department of Public Works.
(4) 
Department of Community Development and Land Use.
[Amended 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-19]
(5) 
Department of Police.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(6), Department of Recreation, as amended, was removed pursuant to Ord. No. O-11-49, adopted 1-3-2012.
B. 
Boards, offices, councils and commissions and committees. There is hereby established and/or continued the following boards, councils, commissions, committees, authorities and miscellaneous bodies in the Township:
(1) 
Citizen's Advisory Committee for Community Development.
(2) 
Municipal Court.
(3) 
Planning Board.
(4) 
Shade Tree Commission.
(5) 
Zoning Board of Adjustment.
(6) 
[2]Bureau of Fire Prevention.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B(6), Fire Department, B(9), Teen Center Advisory Board, and B(10), Transportation Committee, were repealed 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-19. This ordinance also renumbered former Subsection B(7), B(8) and B(11) as Subsection B(6), B(7) and B(8), respectively.
(7) 
Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
(8) 
Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Board.
C. 
Miscellaneous offices. There is hereby established and/or continued the following municipal offices and/or positions under the supervision of the Township Manager:
(1) 
[3]Office of Emergency Management.
[3]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection C(1), Animal Control Office, and C(5), Senior Bookkeeper, were repealed 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-19. This ordinance also renumbered former Subsection C(2) through (4), and (6) through (8) as Subsection C(1) through (3), and (4) through (6), respectively.
(2) 
Township Prosecutor or Alternate Prosecutor.
(3) 
Township Public Defender.
(4) 
Senior Payroll Clerk.
(5) 
Administrative Assistant.
(6) 
Insurance Fund Commissioner.
(7) 
(Reserved)
(8) 
(Reserved)
(9) 
Office of Public Assistance.
(10) 
Office of Senior Citizen's Services:
(a) 
Senior Citizen's Advisory Council.
(11) 
Office of Youth Counseling Services:
(a) 
Youth Guidance Counselor.
(b) 
Youth Guidance Council.
(12) 
Board of Health.
The head of a department subject to the Charter and this chapter and the approval or direction of the Manager shall:
A. 
Prescribe the internal organization of the work of his/her department.
B. 
Direct and supervise the subordinate officers and employees of the department and make, alter and enforce individual work assignments.
C. 
Approve or disapprove payrolls, bills and claims chargeable to the departmental appropriations.
D. 
Maintain such records or work performance and unit costs thereof as may be approved or required by the Manager.
E. 
Provide such information and reports on the work of the department as may from time to time be required by the Manager.
F. 
Exercise such other or different powers of administration, supervision and direction as the Manager may delegate to the department head.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter or by state statute, term appointments shall expire December 31 of the last year of the term of the appointment, and vacancies shall be filled only for the balance of the unexpired term.
No rule or regulation made by any department, officer, agency or authority of the municipality, except such as relates to the organization or internal management of the municipal government or a part thereof, shall take effect until it is filed either with the Municipal Clerk or in such other manner as may be provided by ordinance. The Council shall provide for the prompt publication of such rules and regulations.