[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York 4-7-1976 by Ord. No. 1200; amended in its entirety 12-19-2007 by Ord. No. 16/07. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
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Officers and employees — See Ch. 69.
WHEREAS, there exists in the Town of West New York a Department of Community Development pursuant to Ordinance Nos. 1200 and 1795, adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York on April 7, 1976, and November 25, 1987; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York have determined the necessity to provide for the position of Community Development Program Director; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York have determined that it is necessary to amend Ordinance Nos. 1200 and 1795;
Now therefore be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York, County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, that Ordinance Nos. 1200 and 1795 are amended as follows:
There shall be a Department of Community Development that shall be assigned to the Department of Public Affairs and shall be under the authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs of the Town.
The Department of Community Development shall be responsible for coordinating all available federal, state and county programs for which the Town receives grants or funds. The Department shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs.
There is hereby established in the Town of West New York the position of Community Development Program Director, in the Department of Community Development.
The Community Development Program Director shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of the Department Public Affairs, performing such duties as the Commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs may from time to time direct, including but not limited to the following duties under the direction of the Commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs:
A. 
Directing and taking complete charge of a community development program and all of its personnel;
B. 
Being responsible for the administration, planning, and development procedures of community development programs and for promoting and administering a comprehensive community development service, which includes planning, organizing, monitoring, and evaluating federal, state, and county community-oriented programs; and
C. 
All other duties that may be expected to be performed by a Community Development Program Director as set out in the New Jersey Department of Personnel job specifications for the title "Director, Community Development Program."
The Community Development Program Director shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs and shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body in accordance with all applicable law and procedures of the Civil Service Act, N.J.S.A. 11A:1-1 et seq., and its implementing regulations.
The person appointed Community Development Program Director shall possess the requisite qualifications, experience and licenses as described in the New Jersey Department of Personnel job specification for the title "Director, Community Development Program" that may be in force as of the date of the person's appointment to the position of Community Development Program Director. In the event that such job specification is no longer published by the New Jersey Department of Personnel, the person appointed Community Development Program Director shall possess the requisite qualifications and experience and licenses as described in a job specification issued by the New Jersey Department of Personnel for a position with reasonably equivalent duties to those set forth in § 16-2 of this chapter, as identified by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs.
The salary of the Director of Community Development shall be set out in the Salary Ordinance of the Town of West New York.[1]
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Editor's Note: The current Salary Ordinance is on file in the Town offices.