[Adopted as Sec. 2:10 of the 1975 General Ordinances; amended 3-12-1975; 4-9-1975; 6-25-1975; 8-13-1975; 9-24-1975; 11-11-1975; 11-26-1975; 12-11-1975; 11-24-1976; 4-26-1978; 7-25-1978; 5-5-1981; 7-28-1981; 11-10-1981; 12-28-1982; 4-8-1986; 10-27-1987; 2-14-1989; 3-14-1989; 8-8-1989; 5-8-1990; 12-22-1992; 4-12-1994; 5-24-1994; 7-27-1999; 5-9-2000]
A. 
Independent boards and agencies provide important governmental services in the Township. In the governmental framework they are hybrids possessing features consistent with executive, legislative and judicial branches. Each board is designed to function in areas of particular expertise. Each board covers a limited area of knowledge but becomes most specialized in its handling of its matters. Boards are necessary and important elements in Burlington Township's government which assist in bringing good services to the inhabitants of the community.
B. 
Various Township independent boards and agencies have the right pursuant to the statute to appoint employees to carry out the functions of the board. Such employees hold positions within the Township governmental structure. All positions under a board or agency of the Township (Article VIII) shall be subject to the provisions of civil service laws except for the following:
(1) 
Volunteer personnel and personnel appointed to serve without compensation.
(2) 
Consultants and counsel rendering temporary professional service.
(3) 
All positions set forth within the Boards article of this chapter (Article VIII) which are accompanied by a verbal statement concerning the appointment, qualifications and duties of the position; where only a position is listed without further verbal statement, the position is a civil service appointment and is more particularly described on a job title description prepared by the Department of Civil Service, said description being on file in the office of the Township Clerk and available for inspection.
(4) 
All other offices or positions that are so classified by state statute or by the Department of Personnel pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4:1-6.7.
(5) 
All officers of an independent board or agency who are members of the independent board or agency, whether paid or not paid.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 2:10-2, Industrial Development Committee, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-OR-031.
A. 
Creation. There shall be an Environmental Commission in the Township of Burlington to perform such duties and functions as prescribed by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq., as amended.
B. 
Membership. The Environmental Commission shall be composed of seven members appointed by the Mayor of the Township of Burlington. One member of the Commission shall also be a member of the Planning Board; one member shall also be a member of the Township governing body; and one member shall also be a member of the Recreation Commission. The remaining four members of the Commission shall be citizens at large, residents of the Township of Burlington. Members shall serve without compensation and shall be appointed for a term of three years except that those first appointed shall be for one, two or three years to be designated by the Mayor in making the appointments so that terms of approximately 1/3 of the members shall expire each year. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. The Mayor or the governing body of the Township of Burlington may remove any member of the Commission for cause upon written charges served upon the member and after hearing thereon, at which time the member shall be entitled to be heard in person or by counsel. A vacancy on the Commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment. All members must be residents of the Township of Burlington and remain residents of the Township of Burlington during their term. A member who, subsequent to his appointment, shall move from the Township of Burlington shall immediately vacate and forfeit his membership on the Environmental Commission, and until a subsequent appointment is made by the Mayor, that post shall be deemed vacant.
C. 
Powers. The Environmental Commission shall have the power to conduct research into the use and possible use of the open land areas of the municipality and may coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes and may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which in its judgment it deems necessary for its purpose, subject to appropriation by Council. The Environmental Commission shall keep an index of all open areas publicly or privately owned, including open marshlands, swamp and other wetlands, in order to obtain information on the proper use of such areas and may from time to time recommend to the Planning Board of the Township of Burlington plans and programs for inclusion in a municipal master plan for the development and use of such areas.
D. 
Acquisitions. The Environmental Commission may, subject to the approval of the governing body, acquire property, both real and personal, in the name of the municipality by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, devise or lease for any of its purposes and shall administer the same for such purposes subject to the term of the conveyance or gift. Such acquisition may be to acquire the fee or any lesser interest, development right, easement (including conservation easement), covenant or other contractual right (including a conveyance on conditions or with limitations or reversions) as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect and limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces and other land and water areas in the municipality.
E. 
Records and annual reports. The Environmental Commission shall keep records of its meetings and activities and shall make an annual report to the governing body of the municipality. The Environmental Commission shall meet on a regular basis at such time deemed desirable and may provide for its own rules of organization with the exception of the appointment of Chairman, which shall be by the Mayor.
F. 
Appropriation. The Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington may appropriate funds for the expenses incurred by the Environmental Commission. The Commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as are provided for specifically by this chapter as it may from time to time require and as shall be within the limit of funds appropriated to it.
G. 
Powers. The Environmental Commission shall have power to study and make recommendations concerning open space preservation, water resources management, air pollution control, solid waste management, noise control, soil and landscape protection, environmental appearance, marine resources and protection of flora and fauna.
H. 
Natural resources index. Whenever the Environmental Commission has, pursuant to its powers, prepared and submitted to the Planning Board an index of the natural resources of the municipality, the Planning Board shall make available to the Environmental Commission an informational copy of every application for development to the Planning Board. Failure of the Planning Board to make such informational copy available to the Environmental Commission shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding. Where pursuant to other regulations contained within the Code of the Township of Burlington applications are referred to the Environmental Commission for its report, said report shall be submitted within the approval time periods referred to within the specific sections where an approval is sought, and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to enlarge the time period for municipal action on the application for development beyond those time limits which have been fixed by statute.
I. 
Personnel.
(1) 
Clerk.
(2) 
Clerk Typist.
A. 
Creation. There is hereby established a Commission on Aging for the Township of Burlington, which shall consist of 10 members who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the Township for a term of four years each. Members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their respective successors shall be appointed and shall qualify. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in like manner but for the unexpired terms only. The Commission shall elect one of its members as Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary, and they shall serve as such until the first day of January next following appointment and until a successor shall be appointed and shall qualify. Vacancies in the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary shall be filled in like manner for their unexpired term only. Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties, within budget limitations.
[Amended 2-26-2013 by Ord. No. 13-OR-007; 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-OR-002]
B. 
Council advisor. Annually the Mayor shall appoint a member of Council to advise the Commission. The appointee may participate in the activities of the Commission but shall have no vote in the Commission's affairs.
C. 
Powers and duties. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) 
To conduct research through public hearings and other means, operate demonstration programs, and conduct evaluation studies in the problems of the aged.
(2) 
To advise the Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington on the establishment of policies that will assist in the resolution of the problems of the aged.
(3) 
To confer with appropriate municipal, county, state, federal and private agencies concerned with programs for the aged for the purpose of improving the scope and efficiency of the services rendered to the aged.
(4) 
To contact any individual or public or private agency for the purpose of securing such funds as may be deemed necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its purposes.
(5) 
To make, amend and rescind rules, regulations and bylaws for its own government.
(6) 
To prepare and submit annually by November 15, for consideration by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington, a proposed budget for its activities.
(7) 
To report upon its activities and recommendations to the Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington annually and at such other times as the respective governing body shall request or as the Commission shall deem advisable.
(8) 
In case of a tie vote on any motion, the motion fails and the motion can be introduced at a subsequent meeting.
[Added 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 14-OR-002]
D. 
Cooperation from other agencies. All municipal agencies shall cooperate with the Commission in furnishing such reports and information as the Commission shall deem necessary to carry out the functions and purposes of this Commission.
E. 
Fiscal regulations. The Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington shall have the power to approve the annual budget submitted by the Commission in whole or in part or to modify the same, and the budget as finally approved by the Mayor and Council shall constitute the budget for the Commission for the budget year, and the amount shown therein as revenue from the municipal sources shall constitute the limitation of the governing body's contributions to the Commission for said year.
F. 
Personnel. In accordance with law, the Commission on Aging shall have the power to fill the following positions:
(1) 
Clerk.
[Amended 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-OR-031[1]]
The Fire Commissioners shall establish a procedure to annually elect nominees for appointment to the position of fire policemen. The Commissioners shall appoint those qualified nominees as fire policemen within the district and forward the names to the Township Clerk for administration of the oath of public office. All qualifications and powers and duties of the fire policemen shall be as set forth in N.J.A.C. 15:8-4 et seq.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Sec. 2:10-6, Fire Department.
Contained within Chapter 330, Land Development.[1][2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 330-127, Planning Board.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Sec. 2:10-8, Shade Tree Commission, which previously followed this section, was repealed 12-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-OR-043.
A. 
Creation and membership. There is hereby created in the Township of Burlington, pursuant to and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 et seq., a Board of Recreation Commissioners, consisting of members, citizens and residents of the Township of Burlington.
(1) 
Members. The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the Mayor.
(2) 
Initial appointment and compensation. The Commissioners first appointed shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, in such a manner that the term of at least one Commissioner and not more than two Commissioners shall expire in each year according to the number appointed as fixed by the Mayor. All appointees shall serve until their successor is duly appointed and qualified. All subsequent appointments after this initial appointment shall be for the term of five years. Should any member resign, die or be removed from office, or his office declared vacant in any manner under law during such term, any appointment to the said office so vacated shall be only for the unexpired portion of said term of appointment. Members shall receive no compensation for their service.
(3) 
Alternate members.
[Added 12-28-2004 by Ord. No. 04-OR-028]
(a) 
There shall be two alternate members appointed to the Board of Recreation Commissioners by the Mayor. Alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment as Alternate Number 1 and Alternate Number 2. The length of the terms of the alternate members shall be the same as the length of the terms of the regular members of the Board of Recreation Commissioners. Since two alternates are initially being appointed, their terms shall be staggered by the appointment of one of the alternates for an initial term that is a year less than a regular term. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by the governing body for the unexpired term only.
(b) 
No alternate member shall be permitted to act on any matter in which the alternate has either directly or indirectly any personal or financial interests. An alternate member may, after public hearing if he requests one, be removed by the governing body for cause.
(c) 
Alternate members may participate in discussions of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member of the Board of Recreation Commissioners. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate Number 1 shall vote.
B. 
Powers and duties.
[Amended 12-22-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-OR-034]
(1) 
General. The powers and duties of the Board shall be those set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 et seq. In addition thereto, the Township Council may by resolution assign to the Board further powers, duties, supervision or control with regards to any public parks and playgrounds acquired, purchased or leased by the Township of Burlington under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:61-1 et seq.
(2) 
Powers.
(a) 
Acquisition of land.
[1] 
Powers and limitation. The said Board, with the approval of the Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington, may acquire lands for public playgrounds and recreation places, by gift or purchase, and shall from time to time select lands for public playgrounds and recreation places and, when deemed necessary or advisable by such Board, select lands for an approach or approaches by way of ingress thereto and egress therefrom of such size and dimensions as it shall think suitable, regard being had for the population of the neighborhood. It shall in addition to the foregoing powers have, subject to the approval of the Mayor and Clerk of the Township of Burlington, all the powers which are granted to a Board of Recreation Commissioners with respect to surveys, maps, estimates, acquisition of lands, and suitably equipping of the same with buildings, stands, seats and other structures and apparatus for such playgrounds and recreation purposes, as provided as N.J.S.A. 40:12-3 and 40:12-4.
[2] 
Title to property. The title or leases to all lands acquired or taken under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 to 40:12-8 shall vest in the Township of Burlington.
(b) 
Improvement of land.
[1] 
Purposes. The Board, with the approval of the Mayor of the Township of Burlington, may cause any land acquired to be laid out and improved as a public playground, recreation place or an approach thereto.
[2] 
Funds for maintenance.
[a] 
Recreation exhibitions. In order to provide the funds in whole or in part necessary to improve, maintain and police the playgrounds or recreation places under its control, the Board of Recreation Commissioners may arrange and provide for the giving of outdoor exhibitions, concerts, games and contests, and may use and employ such playgrounds or recreation places for the purpose of giving thereon outdoor exhibitions, concerts, games and contests. All monies collected shall be remitted to the Township Treasurer.
(c) 
Employees. Said Board may appoint one of its members to serve as secretary for the Recreation Commission. In addition, the Board may appoint a nonmember secretary or clerk and such member of custodians, supervisors and assistants for the several playground and recreation places as they think necessary, provided that the position is properly created by this chapter and provided further that there is a sufficient appropriation to allow for the appointments involved. The salaries or other compensation for all such officers, custodians and assistants shall be fixed and determined by the Mayor and Township Council in the Salary Schedule of the Township.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. IX, Salaries and Benefits.
(d) 
Rules and regulations; enforcement.
[1] 
Power to make. The Board shall have full control of all lands, playgrounds and recreation places acquired or leased under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:12-1 to 40:12-8, and may adopt suitable rules, regulations and bylaws for the use thereof and conduct of all persons while on or using the same; and any person who shall violate any of such rules, regulations or bylaws shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person.
[2] 
Police power. The custodians, supervisors and assistants appointed by the said Board shall, while on duty and for the purpose of preserving order and the observation of the rules, regulations and bylaws of the said Board, have all powers and authority of police officers of the Township of Burlington.
(3) 
Duties.
(a) 
Annual report on receipts, disbursements and expenditures. The said Board shall make an annual report on or before the 15th day of November in each year and submit the same to the Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington, which report shall contain a comprehensive and detailed report concerning receipts, disbursements and expenditures for the year.
(b) 
Annual report on expected needs. On or before November 15 of each year, the Board shall notify the Mayor, in writing, of its recommended plans for the next year, the estimated cost thereof and the estimated cost of all of its operations for the ensuing year. This shall be in detail, and the Board shall make its requests and recommendations for the appropriations therefor. The Mayor and Council shall have the discretion and authority to approve or disapprove any or all of said recommendations, appropriating what they determine appropriate in the annual budget. The Mayor shall notify the Board, in writing, of the action taken with regards to the recommendations and appropriations requested. The Board, in its operations, shall not expend more money than has been appropriated in the budget. All such expenditures shall be submitted in accordance with § 20-24 of this chapter on vouchers drawn on the Township Treasury, after first being approved by the Board at a regular meeting. The approval shall be entered on the voucher and in the Board minutes.
(c) 
Annual report in budget form. The report required by Subsection B(3)(b) above, entitled "Annual Report on Expected Needs," shall be in sufficient detail to allow the Mayor and Council to properly budget for the needs of the Board of Recreation Commissioners.
C. 
Township Council duties.
(1) 
General. The Mayor and Council have the general duty of supervising the budgetary requirements made by the Board of Recreation Commissioners along with the review of all planned acquisitions of land in accordance with the provisions of state statute. In addition, certain administrative tasks are to be provided by the Mayor through the office of the Township Administrator, including but not limited to the furnishing of office and clerical help, as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Recreation Commissioners.
(2) 
Finances. The Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington shall annually fix, determine and appropriate a sum sufficient for the care, custody, policing and maintenance of such playgrounds, recreation places, public parks and other grounds under the authority and responsibility of the Board of Recreation Commissioners and for the expenses of the said Board, which shall be raised by taxation in the same manner as other taxes. In making the yearly appropriations to said Board, the Mayor and Council shall take into consideration a tentative budget which shall have been submitted by the Board showing the sum necessary for the care, custody, leasing, and maintenance of playground and recreation places and the expenses of the Board of Recreation Commissioners.
D. 
Rules and regulations.
(1) 
General. Pursuant to the authority granted above, the Board of Recreation Commissioners has the power to adopt rules of procedure to be utilized within the internal operations of the Board and also to adopt rules and regulations which have the force of law to cover conduct on the parks, playgrounds and recreation places within the Township. These rules and regulations shall be set forth in this section of this chapter.
(2) 
Conduct of Board action. Said Recreation Commissioners shall meet the month of January of each year to organize and choose from among their members a President, Vice President and Secretary. The terms of office of such officers shall expire at the regular January meeting of each year. The President shall preside over meetings of the Board, and in his or her absence, the Vice President shall preside. The Secretary shall keep a record of meetings and actions taken or authorized by the Board. A quorum of three members shall be required for all meetings. The Board shall hold one regular meeting every other month, the meeting dates to be designated at the January meeting each year, together with such special meetings as the Board shall require. All members, including the President, Vice President, and Secretary, shall have a voice and vote in all proceedings and may initiate any action by a motion or resolution.
[Amended 12-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-OR-028]
(3) 
Rules and regulations. Rules and regulations governing the conduct and actions within the parks, playgrounds and recreation places within the Township of Burlington may be established by ordinance and will constitute § 20-57D(3) of this chapter.
E. 
Personnel.
(1) 
Supervisor Parks/Supervisor Recreation Maintenance.
(2) 
Clerk.
(3) 
Lakes Manager.
(a) 
Appointment. A Lakes Manager shall be appointed annually by the Recreation Commission.
(b) 
Qualification and term. The Lakes Manager shall have such qualifications deemed necessary by the Recreation Commission to perform the duties of the position and shall be appointed to the temporary part-time position of Lakes Manager for the summer season of the lakes program conducted by the Recreation Commission.
(c) 
Residency. A Lakes Manager need not be a resident of the Township of Burlington, although preference shall be given to a resident.
(d) 
Compensation. The Lakes Manager shall be paid such sums as are provided for within the Salary Schedule of the Township of Burlington.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Art. IX, Salaries and Benefits.
(e) 
Duties. The Lakes Manager shall have general responsibility for the supervision of all personnel employed by the Township to run the lakes program as a recreational facility for the Township of Burlington and, in this connection, shall see that the public lakes owned and operated by the Township of Burlington are properly run in accordance with all rules and regulations promulgated by the Recreation Commission. In addition, the Lakes Manager shall have such other duties and perform such other services as are directed by the Recreation Commission.
(4) 
Head lifeguard.
(a) 
Appointment. A head lifeguard shall be appointed annually by the Recreation Commission.
(b) 
Qualifications and term. The head lifeguard shall possess such qualifications as are deemed necessary by the Recreation Commission to perform the duties of head lifeguard. The position of head lifeguard shall be a temporary position existing during the summer lakes programming maintained by the Recreation Commission.
(c) 
Residency. The head lifeguard need not be a resident of the Township of Burlington; however, preference for employment shall be given to residents.
(d) 
Compensation. The head lifeguard shall be paid such sums as are provided for within the Salary Schedule of the Township of Burlington.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: See Art. IX, Salaries and Benefits.
(e) 
Duties. The head lifeguard shall provide lifeguards for the various public lakes owned and operated by the Township of Burlington as public swimming facilities. The head lifeguard shall, under the Lakes Manager, conduct such programs as will provide for the safety of all persons who shall use the recreational facilities involved, and in addition he shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Lakes Manager.
(5) 
Lifeguard.
(a) 
Appointment. Lifeguards shall be annually appointed by the Recreation Commission.
(b) 
Qualifications and term. Persons appointed to the position of lifeguard shall have such qualifications deemed necessary by the Recreation Commission to perform the duties of lifeguard and shall be temporarily employed during the summer season of the recreational facilities operated by the Recreation Commission.
(c) 
Residency. Persons employed as lifeguards need not be residents of the Township of Burlington; however, preference will be given to residents over nonresidents.
(d) 
Compensation. Lifeguards shall be paid such sums as are provided for within the Salary Schedule of the Township of Burlington.[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: See Art. IX, Salaries and Benefits.
(e) 
Duties. Lifeguards shall perform lifesaving duties and in this connection shall be on duty to ensure that swimmers in the lakes operated by the Township of Burlington conform to basic safety requirements to ensure that such who may be using the facilities and engaged in activities are safe. In this connection, lifeguards shall from time to time be called upon to rescue and save swimmers or other users of the facilities. In addition, lifeguards shall perform such other duties as are assigned to them by the head life guard.
(6) 
Concession gatekeeper.
(a) 
Appointment. Concession gatekeepers shall be appointed by the Recreation Commission of the Township of Burlington.
(b) 
Qualifications and term. Concession gatekeepers shall have such qualifications deemed necessary by the Recreation Commission to carry on the duties as Concession gatekeepers and shall be appointed to the temporary position of concession gatekeeper during the time that the recreational facility involved is open.
(c) 
Residency. Concession gatekeepers need not be residents of the Township of Burlington; however, preference will be given to Township residents over nonresidents.
(d) 
Compensation. Concession gatekeepers shall be paid such sums as are appropriated for within the Salary Schedule of the Township of Burlington.[5]
[5]
Editor's Note: See Art. IX, Salaries and Benefits.
(e) 
Duties. Concession gatekeepers, under the direction of the Lakes Manager, shall operate all concessions open to the public within the recreational lake facilities maintained and operated by the Recreation Commission. In this connection, they shall have the duty to properly conduct the concessions in a manner consistent with health regulations. In addition gatekeepers shall be responsible to accept such sums and fees as are required of the users of the lakes and to generally ensure that only authorized individuals are admitted to the lake facilities in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Recreation Commissioners. In addition, concession gatekeepers shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Lakes Manager.[6]
[6]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(7) 
Senior Recreation Maintenance Worker.
(8) 
Recreation Maintenance Worker.
(9) 
Laborer.
(10) 
Recreation Officials.
(11) 
Recreation Instructors.
A. 
Creation. There is herewith created within the Township of Burlington, County of Burlington and State of New Jersey an organization to be known and designated as the "Burlington Township Health Advisory Council."
B. 
Membership and qualifications. The Council established above shall consist of five members who shall be residents of the Township of Burlington and who shall serve without compensation and, by their experience and training, qualify to perform the duties more particularly set forth within this chapter.
C. 
Appointment and term. All members of the Council shall be appointed by the Mayor of the Township of Burlington, and initially two members shall be appointed for a term of two years, two members shall be appointed for a term of one year and one member shall be appointed for a term of three years. Thereafter, new appointees to the Council shall be appointed for a term of three years, except as provided below.
D. 
Vacancies. Vacancies in the position of a member of the Council shall be filled by the Mayor for the unexpired term of the member replaced.
E. 
Officers. The Council shall have the power to appoint from among its members a President and a Secretary to carry on the functions and duties of the Council.
F. 
Meetings. The Council shall organize within 30 days after the passage of this chapter and thereafter shall annually reorganize during the month of January. During these reorganization meetings, the Mayor shall preside until such time as the Council shall select from among its members a President and a Secretary. The Council shall hold regular meetings at the call of the Chairman at a place, date and hour selected by the Council. Special meetings shall be held in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, at the request of the Mayor or upon the written request of a majority of the membership of the Council, at such a time, date and location as is set forth within the call or request of a meeting.
G. 
Duties. The Council appointed above shall have the following described duties:
(1) 
Adoption of rules and regulations. The Council shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of its affairs and the specific duties given to it by this chapter, provided that said rules and regulations are not inconsistent with this chapter or the general power herein conferred.
(2) 
Advisory duties. The Council shall at its meetings undertake to investigate within the community conditions inimical to the health, safety and welfare of the community and to make such recommendations to the Mayor as are appropriate to:
(a) 
Secure the sanitary conditions of every building, public and private, within the community.
(b) 
Secure the abatement by prohibition of nuisances as they are defined under N.J.S.A. 26:3-45 through 26:3-63.
(c) 
Protect public water supply and prevent the pollution of any stream, water or well and water which is used for domestic purposes and to prevent the use of, or to close, a well the water of which is polluted or detrimental to the public health.
(d) 
Regulate, control and prohibit the accumulation of all and any decaying vegetable substance.
(e) 
Regulate the location, construction, maintenance method of emptying and cleaning, and the frequency of cleaning of any privy or other place used for the reception and storage of human excrement and to prohibit the construction and maintenance of any privy or other such place until a license therefor shall have been issued by the appropriate issuing authority.
(f) 
Regulate, control and prohibit the cleaning of any sewer, the dumping of garbage, the filling of any sunken lot or marshland and to provide for the filling of any such lot or land which has become filled with stagnant water and is located in any built-up area.
(g) 
Aid in the enforcement of laws as to the adulteration of all kinds of food and drink, and prevent the sale or exposure for sale of any meat or vegetable that is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption.
(h) 
Advise on the holding annually of a rabies clinic within the Township of Burlington in order to prevent the spread of rabies within the community.
(3) 
Reports. The Council shall at such times as are requested by the Mayor and/or the Township Council make such oral or written reports as are appropriate within the areas of function listed above in order that appropriate policies may be enacted by the administration or the Council in order to effectuate public health, safety and welfare.
A. 
Creation. There is hereby created within the Township of Burlington a Board of Assessors to make all assessments for benefits occurring from local improvements.
B. 
Membership. The Board shall be composed of five members who are residents of the Township of Burlington.
C. 
Appointment and term. The Mayor shall annually appoint the members of the Board of Assessors, who shall serve a term of one year or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
D. 
Compensation. At the conclusion of each assessment project, the Board members shall receive such compensation as the Council shall by resolution fix and determine.
E. 
Duties. The Board shall make all local improvement assessments and, in this connection, shall abide by the following procedure:
(1) 
Costs certified to Assessors; contents of statement; contributions; total assessments. Upon the completion of any local improvement, the Mayor thereof shall immediately notify the Board and shall certify to the Board a statement showing in detail the cost of the improvement, including therein the cost of advertising, financing and inspection and the engineering expense, and also the cost of any real estate or interest therein purchased or condemned for such improvement. Such statement shall also show the proportion or amount of the whole cost of the improvement, if any, paid or contributed by the municipality or by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county in which the municipality is situated, or by any person. The total amount of the assessment levied upon the real estate benefited by the improvement shall not exceed the cost thereof, less any such payment or contribution. If the benefits so assessed shall not equal the cost less such contribution, the balance shall be paid by the municipality.
(2) 
Assessors to view improvement; notice of hearing. The Board shall, when notified of its completion, examine the work and view all lands and real estate upon the line and in the vicinity thereof benefited thereby and shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing all persons interested. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be mailed to the owners of all real estate affected, directed to their last known post-office address, and shall be published at least once in a newspaper circulating in the municipality at least 10 days before the hearing. The notices shall be mailed and published by the Clerk of the municipality. Failure to mail any such notice shall not invalidate any proceeding or assessment.
(3) 
Hearing; quorum; amount of assessments determined. The Board shall attend at the time and place appointed and shall give all parties interested or affected by the improvement ample opportunity to be heard upon the subject of the assessment. A majority of such Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and shall be sufficient to make any assessment. One member shall have power to adjourn any hearing, and any hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The Board shall have power to examine witnesses under oath to be administered by any member of the Board, and they shall thereupon make a just and equitable assessment of the benefits conferred upon any real estate by reason of such improvement, having due regard to the rights and interests of all persons concerned as well as to the value of the real estate benefitted.
(4) 
Assessments proportionate to benefits; not to exceed benefits. All assessments levied for any local improvement shall in each case be as nearly as may be in proportion to and not in excess of the peculiar benefit, advantage or increase in value which the respective lots and parcels of real estate shall be deemed to receive by reason of such improvement.
(5) 
Incidental damages; amount determined and deducted; damages exceeding benefits; appeals. In addition to the making of assessments for the benefits, the Board or a majority of the Board shall also at the same time fix and determine the amount, if any, that any property is damaged incidentally to the making of the improvement, but exclusive of damages for real estate taken, and the amount of such incidental damages accruing to any real estate shall be deducted from the amount of any benefits assessed thereon. If the amount of any such damages, as confirmed by the Council, shall exceed the benefits assessed upon the same real estate, or in case no benefits shall accrue thereto, the balance or the amount of such damages as so fixed may be raised as provided by law and shall be paid by the municipality to the owner of the real estate so damaged. Any person aggrieved by any such assessment or award of damages may, after the same has been confirmed by the Council with or without alteration, appeal therefrom as provided by law.
(6) 
Incidental damages; award tendered; payment into court in certain cases. When the owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement, as distinguished from damages for land taken, and such award has been or shall have been duly confirmed, the amount thereof shall be tendered to the person or persons entitled thereto. If there is uncertainty as to the person entitled to receive the award or if the party entitled to receive the amount awarded shall refuse upon tender thereof to receive the same, or shall be out of the state or under legal disability, or if several parties interested in the fund shall not agree as to the distribution thereof, or the lands damaged are encumbered by any mortgage, judgment or other lien, or if for any other reason the municipality cannot safely pay the amount awarded to any person, in all such cases the amount awarded may, with leave of the Superior Court, be paid into said Court, and shall there be distributed according to law on the application of any person interested therein.
(7) 
Report of Assessors; hearing; final report; confirmation; appeal.
(a) 
Assessments for benefits for local improvement, together with any accompanying awards for incidental damages for real estate or interests therein taken for any improvements, shall be certified by the Board to the Council by a report in writing signed by a majority of the Board. The report shall be accompanied by a map showing the real estate taken, damaged or benefited by the improvement and for which damages or benefits have been assessed.
(b) 
The report may be considered by the Council at any meeting thereof, of which at least two weeks' previous notice shall have been given by the Municipal Clerk, posted in five public places in the municipality or published in a newspaper circulating therein once each week for two weeks prior to the meeting, as the Council may direct, and also by mailing a copy of the notice to the owner or owners named in the report, directed to his or their last known post-office addresses, and the affidavit of said Clerk shall be conclusive as to such mailing. The notice shall briefly state the object of the meeting with reference to the assessment. At that or any subsequent meeting, the Council after considering the report and map may adopt and confirm the same with or without alterations as to it may seem proper and may refer the matter to any committee of its own body or to the Board for revision or correction before taking final action upon it.
(c) 
When the report shall be adopted and confirmed with or without alterations it shall be final and conclusive, and appeals may be taken as hereinafter provided by law.
(d) 
Failure to mail the notice in this section required shall not invalidate the proceedings.
(8) 
Duty of collector; books and records. Immediately after the confirmation of any assessment, a duplicate thereof duly certified by the clerk of the body confirming the same shall be delivered to the Tax Collector. The assessment shall be payable immediately upon delivery to the Tax Collector, who shall immediately after delivery to him send out by mail or deliver to the owners of such real estate bills for such assessment. The Collector shall enter the date and amount of each payment on his duplicate in the proper column opposite the item of the assessment on account of which payment is made and also enter the same in a proper cash book as a credit to the taxpayer and shall also enter therein a designation of the property on which the tax was paid, the total amount of the assessment and the interest and penalty charged. Such cash book shall be provided by the Collector at the expense of the municipality and shall be its property and be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. Council may make additional regulations for recording, accounting for and collecting assessments.
(9) 
Interest on unpaid assessments. When any assessment shall not be paid within two months after the date of confirmation thereof, interest from the date of confirmation shall be imposed at the same rate as may be imposed upon unpaid taxes in the municipality.
(10) 
Assessment a lien; informalities not to invalidate proceedings. Every assessment for local improvements together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith shall, upon confirmation by the Council, be a first lien upon the real estate described in the assessment, paramount to all prior or subsequent alienations and descents of such real estate or encumbrances thereon, except subsequent taxes or assessments, notwithstanding any mistake in the name or names of any owner or owners or any omission to name any owner or owners who are unknown, and notwithstanding any lack of form therein or in any proceeding which does not impair the substantial rights of the owner or owners or other person or persons having a lien upon or interest in any such real estate. All assessments for local improvements shall be presumed to have been regularly assessed and confirmed, and every assessment or proceeding preliminary thereto shall be presumed to have been regularly made or conducted until the contrary be shown.
(11) 
Payment in installment; collection; assessment a lien.
(a) 
The Council may by resolution provide that the owner of any real estate upon which any assessment for any improvement shall have been made may pay such assessments in such equal yearly installments, not exceeding 10, with legal interest thereon, and at such time in each year as the Council shall determine, but any person assessed may pay the whole of any assessment or any balance of installments with accrued interest thereon at one time. If any such installment shall remain unpaid for 30 days after the time when the same shall have become due, the whole assessment or balance due thereon shall become and be immediately due, shall draw interest at the rate imposed upon the arrearage of taxes in such municipality and be collected in the same manner as is provided for other past-due assessments.
(b) 
Whenever any owner shall be given the privilege of paying any assessment in installments, such assessment shall remain a lien upon the land described therein until same with all installments and accrued interest thereon shall be paid, and no proceedings to collect or enforce same need be taken until default shall be made in the payment of any installment.
(12) 
Municipality to pay excess over assessments; taxation to meet excess; report to auditor.
(a) 
Where the total amount of the assessments does not equal the cost of an improvement, the difference between the cost of the improvement and the amount of the assessment shall be paid by the municipality and may be raised by taxation at large or paid out of any funds of the municipality available for the purpose. It shall not be necessary to raise the whole amount of such difference in any one year, but the same may be raised by equal installments to be fixed by the governing body. The entire amount to be raised by the municipality shall be levied before the date when bonds issued to secure the funds for the improvements fall due.
(b) 
The financial officer of the municipality shall one month before the time for passing the annual tax budget report to the Council the cost of each improvement completed during the year, the amount of the assessments levied therefor and the amount necessary to be levied by general taxation.
(c) 
The Collector, immediately upon receipt of an assessment duplicate, shall report the amount thereof to the auditor.
[Amended 9-23-2008 by Ord. No. 08-OR-025]
A. 
Creation. There is hereby created a Township Improvement Committee.
B. 
Appointment, term and membership. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor annually from the officers and employees of the Township to serve a one-year term in such numbers as the Mayor deems appropriate.
C. 
Compensation. Members shall receive no additional compensation for Committee service.
D. 
Duties. The Committee shall advise the Mayor on current conditions in the Township and work toward coordinated activities to provide efficient government to the inhabitants of Burlington Township.
E. 
Council advisor. Annually the Mayor shall appoint a member of Council to advise the Township Improvement Committee. The appointee may participate in the activities of the Committee but shall have no vote in the Committee's affairs.
A. 
Creation. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq., there is hereby created within the Township of Burlington a commission to be known as the "Local Emergency Management Council."
[Amended 11-26-2013 by Ord. No. 13-OR-038]
B. 
Membership.
(1) 
Number. The Local Emergency Management Council shall consist of up to 25 members and may be increased by resolution of the governing body.
[Amended 11-26-2013 by Ord. No. 13-OR-038]
(2) 
Appointment. All members of the Local Emergency Management Council shall be appointed by the Mayor, provided that the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator and his deputy shall be deemed members of the Council.
(3) 
Term and compensation. The Local Emergency Management Council shall be appointed for a term of one year, commencing on January 1 of the year of their appointment until December 31 of the year of their appointment, and shall receive no compensation for the duties performed on the Local Emergency Management Council.
(4) 
Qualifications. Persons appointed to the Local Emergency Management Council shall be qualified by their knowledge and experience to provide emergency government services for the community at large in time of local disaster and have such other qualifications deemed necessary by the Mayor appointing them.
(5) 
Chairman. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve as Chairman of the Local Emergency Management Council.
C. 
Duties and powers.
(1) 
The Local Emergency Management Council shall assist the municipality in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of local defense and disaster control activities in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Governor.
(2) 
The Local Emergency Management Council is authorized within the limits of appropriations to establish an adequate organization to assist in supervising and coordinating the civilian defense and disaster control activities of the local municipality, provided that no person shall be employed by the Local Emergency Management Council unless his position is duly created by this chapter. It shall be lawful for members of the Local Emergency Management Council also to be members of other agencies created because of any emergency.
A. 
Youth Guidance Commission. There is hereby created within the Township of Burlington a commission to be known as the "Burlington Township Youth Guidance Commission," to be appointed as provided in § 20-62B(2) by the Mayor of the Township of Burlington. This Commission is to work in conjunction with the Township Police, the Township school system, also the juveniles and their parents, and the County Juvenile Domestic Relations Court.
B. 
Organization.
(1) 
Scope. The Youth Guidance Commission shall have the responsibility of assisting and coordinating and integrating the community plans and services, governmental and voluntary, affecting the welfare of all children and youth in the community; also of assisting in coordinating and integrating community plans and services, governmental and voluntary, for the protection of children who are especially exposed to conditions conducive to delinquency; to assist in coordinating and integrating community plans for the control of harmful influences in the community.
(2) 
Membership. The following personnel are hereby assigned to the Youth Guidance Commission:
(a) 
One member of the Township Council.
(b) 
One member of the school system.
(c) 
One member of the Police Department.
(d) 
Four members from the general public.
(3) 
Term of office. Members of the Youth Guidance Commission shall be appointed to serve a term of three years or until their successors be appointed, with the exception that the term of the original membership on the Commission should be so constituted as to provide that three of the members shall serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years.
(4) 
Chairman. The Chairman shall have the general and specific duties of: running all meetings of the Youth Guidance Commission organizing the activities of the Commission, setting up the meetings of the Commission with the advice and consent of Council to carry out and make sure that the wishes of the Commission are followed through, appointment of the Adjustment Committee (a subcommittee of the Youth Guidance Commission) with the consent of a majority of Commission, establishing the subcommittees of the Youth Guidance Commission with the consent of a majority of the members of the Youth Guidance Commission. Appointment of all other subcommittees of the Youth Guidance Commission, which must also be done with the consent of a majority of the members of Commission. The Chairman is elected from the Youth Guidance Commission by a vote of the members, to serve a one-year term, to be elected at the annual reorganization meeting of the Youth Guidance Commission.
(5) 
Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman has the general and specific duties of filling in the duties of the Chairman when the Chairman cannot be present. In the case that the Office of Chairman is made vacant, the Vice Chairman will fill this vacancy until a new Chairman is voted into office. The Vice Chairman will also assist the Chairman in the day-to-day operations of the Commission. He will also have the responsibility of overseeing the Adjustment Committee and all other subcommittees of the Commission. In the case that the Office of Vice Chairman is made vacant, an election must be held within 30 days to fill this vacancy. The Vice Chairman is elected from the Youth Guidance Commission by a majority vote of the members, to serve a one-year term, to be elected at the annual reorganization meeting of the Youth Guidance Commission.
(6) 
Secretary. The Secretary has the general and specific duties of keeping all records of the Youth Guidance Commission, also the Adjustment Committee, which are to be kept separate and confidential, to take minutes of all the meetings of the Commission, to take care of all correspondence, both incoming and outgoing. The secretary is elected from the Youth Guidance Commission by a majority vote, to serve a one-year term, to be elected at the annual reorganization meeting of the Youth Guidance Commission. In case the Office of Secretary is made vacant, an election must be held within 30 days to fill this vacancy.
C. 
Powers.
(1) 
To undertake, supervise and direct the making of studies and surveys of all matters and things which are or may be relating to or in the interest of youth guidance.
(2) 
To create subcommittees composed of members and nonmembers of the Municipal Youth Guidance Council, to aid and assist in the work of the said Council.
(3) 
To request and obtain such cooperation, assistance and data from various municipal departments, boards, bureaus, commissions and other agencies as may be reasonably necessary in order to carry out its work.
(4) 
To make recommendations, devise plans and suggest ways and means to meet the various problems having to do with youth guidance.
D. 
Adjustment Committee. The purpose of the Adjustment Committee is to provide the community with an alternative to the Juvenile Court. The Adjustment Committee will operate under the plans of operation set forth by the Youth Guidance Commission, which shall be submitted to the presiding Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and the Office of Youth Service in the State Department of Community Affairs. The plan will outline the procedure for the referral of cases by police, schools, other agencies and interested persons. Summary records must be maintained of each child, and these records should include data concerning the circumstances surrounding each referral of a child to the Committee, the church, the family, the school, and neighborhood relationship, also the method used by the Adjustment Committee to improve the adjustment of the child. These records shall be kept confidential, with the exception that they may be reviewed at any time by the Judge of the Juvenile Court to ensure that no child was denied access to the court. Also each Youth Guidance Commissioner may be called upon to provide reports of its Adjustment Committee to the municipal governing body, the Juvenile Court or the State Department of Community Affairs.
(1) 
Membership. The Adjustment Committee shall consist of six members until such time that the Youth Guidance Commission shall feel it necessary to expand the Committee. It shall take a majority of the membership of the Youth Guidance Commission to expand the Adjustment Committee. Members of the Adjustment Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Youth Guidance Commission with the consent of the Commission. The members of the Adjustment Committee will serve for a one-year term.
(a) 
The Adjustment Committee will be broken into groups of three persons. These groups will be called "teams." Each team shall have a captain, which shall be designated by the Chairman of the Youth Guidance Commission. Each team shall be assigned a case by the Youth Guidance Commission, depending upon the qualifications that the Commission feels the team has to handle that case. Cases are presented at the monthly meeting of the Youth Guidance Commission. The representative from the Police Department presents the juvenile problems that have come to his attention since the last meeting. At the same time, problems which may have been brought to the Commission's attention by the schools, parents or youngsters themselves are brought up and discussed for assignment to the Adjustment Committee.
(2) 
Types of cases. Any situation in which an aggrieved party or the police do not sign a complaint may be referred to the Adjustment Committee.
(a) 
A motor vehicle violation for those under 17 years of age.
(b) 
Creating a disturbance.
(c) 
Cursing.
(d) 
Being beyond the control of the parents.
(e) 
Fighting.
(f) 
Frequenting unsuitable places.
(g) 
Loitering.
(h) 
Vagrancy.
(i) 
Idly roaming the streets at night.
(j) 
Sporadic truancy.
(k) 
Violation of curfew.
(l) 
Trespassing.
(m) 
Neighborhood disputes.
(n) 
Minor property damage.
(o) 
Shoplifting (first offense).
(p) 
Petty theft.
(q) 
Malicious mischief.
(r) 
Tampering with fire alarms.
(s) 
Violation of bicycle driving regulations.
(t) 
Driving the family car without permission and/or license.
(u) 
Possession and consumption of alcohol (first offense).
(v) 
Possession of marijuana less than 25 grams (first offense).
(3) 
Possible disposition of cases.
(a) 
Warning.
(b) 
Lecture.
(c) 
Recommend payment of restitution.
(d) 
Recommend repair of damage done.
(e) 
Write essay.
(f) 
Report to Fire Chief for talk on safety.
(g) 
Report to clergyman for counseling.
(h) 
Report to Committee member for counseling.
(i) 
Refer the youth and/or his family to local or county agencies for professional services.
(j) 
Recommend visits to hospital or other institutions.
(k) 
Volunteer services to a charitable or social service groups in the community.
(4) 
The Adjustment Committee may not place a juvenile on probation and should avoid the use of the term. It may not impose a fine. It cannot order any course of action. Any recommendation by the Committee requires the cooperation of the juvenile's parents, and the minutes should reflect this.
E. 
Cooperation from other agencies. All municipal agencies shall cooperate with the Commission in furnishing such reports and information as the Commission shall deem necessary to carry out the functions and purposes of this Commission.
F. 
Fiscal regulations. The Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington shall have the power to approve the annual budget submitted by the Commission in whole or in part or notify the same and the budget as finally approved by the Council. This and any other revenue acquired by the Commission shall be the budget of the Commission for the budget year.
A. 
Legislative findings.
(1) 
The Township of Burlington is presently served by three volunteer fire companies: Independent Fire Company No. 1, Beverly Road Fire Company No. 2 and Relief Fire Company No. 3.
(2) 
A petition signed by at least 5% of the registered voters of the municipality has been served upon the Municipal Clerk pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70. The purpose of this chapter is to designate a territorial location for use as a fire district as required by the aforementioned statute.
B. 
Creation. There is hereby created Fire District No. 1, the boundaries of which shall consist of all of the property within the corporate limits of the municipality.
C. 
Governing body. The Fire District shall be governed by a Board of Fire Commissioners. The Commissioners and their successors shall be a corporate body known as "The Commissioners of Fire District No. 1 in the Township of Burlington, County of Burlington." Said body corporate shall have the power to acquire, hold, lease, sell or otherwise convey in its corporate name such real and personal property as the purposes of the corporation shall require. All sales and leases of real and personal property shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Local Lands and Buildings Law, P.L. 1971, c. 199 (N.J.S.A. 40A:12-1 et seq.). Said body corporate shall have the authority to adopt and use a corporate seal, sue or be sued and shall have such powers, duties and functions as are usual and necessary for its purposes.
A. 
Creation and membership. There is hereby created in the Township of Burlington an Insurance Fund Commission, which fund is established pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:10-8 et seq.
(1) 
Members. The Commission shall consist of three officials of Burlington Township, who may be members of the Township Council, who shall serve as Insurance Fund Commissioners. The said members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Township Council.
(2) 
Appointment and compensation. The Commissioners shall hold office for a period of two years or for the remainder of their terms of office as Township officials, whichever shall be less, and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified. The Insurance Fund Commissioners shall appoint a person to serve as secretary to the Insurance Fund Commission. The Secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The Commissioners shall serve without compensation. The salary of the Secretary shall be set by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, as authorized by the governing body. Vacancies in the office of Insurance Fund Commissioners caused by any reason other than expiration of a term as an official shall be filled for the unexpired term. Vacancies in the position of Secretary shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
B. 
Organization of Commissioners. The Commissioners shall, forthwith after their appointment, organize for the ensuing year by election from their membership of a Chairman who shall serve for the year.
C. 
Powers and duties. The Commission shall have all of the powers and duties granted to it pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:10-10. These powers and duties shall be as follows:
(1) 
Employ necessary clerical assistants, whose compensation shall be fixed and paid by the Township in the same manner as is that of other employees of the Township;
(2) 
Invest the insurance fund established and all additions and accretions thereto in such securities as they shall deem best suited for the purposes of the insurance fund;
(3) 
Adopt rules and regulations for the control and investment of the insurance fund;
(4) 
Keep on hand at all times sufficient money, or have the same invested in such securities as can be immediately sold for cash, for the payment of losses to any building or property of the Township, or liability resulting from the operation of publicly owned motor vehicles, equipment or apparatus;
(5) 
Fix reasonable rates of premium for all insurance carried by the insurance fund, and shall effect all insurance in insurance fund or with any insurance company or companies authorized to do business in this state;
(6) 
Premiums for insurance, whether carried in the insurance fund or placed with insurance companies, shall be paid to the Commissioners by the board, commission, department, committee or officer having charge or control of the property insured;
(7) 
All insurance upon property owned or controlled by the Township or any of its departments, boards, agencies or commissions shall be placed and effected by the Commissioners;
(8) 
If provided by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Secretary to the Insurance Fund Commission shall be entrusted with the daily operation of the insurance fund and shall submit a report to the Commissioners at least once a month.