[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood as Sec. 2-13 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be the following departments, boards and commissions of the borough:
A. 
Departments.
(1) 
Department of Finance and Audits.
(2) 
Department of Public Works.
(3) 
Police Department.
(4) 
Department of Transportation and Public Utility.
(5) 
Department of Property and Planning.
(6) 
Department of Health and Welfare.
B. 
Boards and agencies.
(1) 
Municipal Court.
(2) 
Board of Adjustment.
(3) 
Planning Board.
(4) 
Board of Assistance.
(5) 
Board of Health.
[Amended 6-25-1997 by Ord. No. 97:06]
The Council shall have the sole and exclusive authority to establish standing committees of the Council and to appoint the chairpersons and members thereof, which committees shall include but not be limited to finance and insurance, public safety, property, zoning and planning, public works, buildings and sewers, public utilities, health and welfare and personnel/labor relations.
The Mayor and Council may appoint an administrative department head for any department in accordance with this Code. The administrative head of the department, subject to the Code and the approval and direction of the Mayor and Council, shall:
A. 
Prescribe the internal organization of the work of his 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 departmental appropriations.
D. 
Maintain such records of work performance and unit costs thereof as may be approved or required by the Mayor and Council.
E. 
Provide such information and reports on the work of his department as may from time to time be required by the Mayor and Council.
F. 
Exercise such other or different powers of administrative supervision and direction as the Mayor and Council may delegate to him.