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.