The office of Municipal Tax Collector is hereby
created.
The term of office of the Municipal Tax Collector
shall be for a term of four years from the first day of January next
following his election or appointment. Vacancies other than those
due to expiration of term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
term.
Any person who shall be reappointed to the office
of Tax Collector upon the completion of one full term of four years
shall thereafter continue to hold such office during good behavior
and shall not be removed therefrom except for good cause shown after
a fair and impartial hearing; provided, however, that such person
files with the Clerk of the Borough of Rockaway and the Division of
Local Finance in the Department of Community Affairs a certificate
evidencing his satisfactory completion of a course of instruction
in the functions and duties of tax collectors, as provided by N.J.S.A.
40A:9-145.
The compensation of the Municipal Tax Collector
shall from time to time be fixed by the Mayor and Council by ordinance
or, if a salary guide has been adopted by ordinance, then by a resolution
regularly adopted. Said compensation may be inclusive of any other
salaries or remuneration for any other official duties performed by
the same person.
The Municipal Tax Collector shall be responsible
for notifying each record owner of property in the Borough of Rockaway
of the amount owed the Borough for real property taxes and assessments,
collection of all real property taxes and assessments, preparation
of all necessary documents required under the In Rem Tax Foreclosure
Act (N.J.S.A. 54:5-104.29 et seq.) and all other duties and responsibilities
required by statute, regulation, ordinance or directive of the Mayor
and Council.
During the absence or disability of the Municipal
Tax Collector, the Mayor and Council may, by resolution, determine
that an absence exists or that said Collector is suffering a disability
and in said resolution appoint an officer of the Borough or any other
person deemed qualified to perform the duties of said Collector.