[Adopted 6-9-1977 by Ord. No. 7-77; amended
in its entirety 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 5-89 (Ch. 29, Art. VII, of
the 1974 Code)]
Before being appointed as an adult school crossing
guard, the Chief of Police of the municipality shall ascertain the
eligibility of the applicant and shall make a report to the governing
body.
Termination prior to expiration of an appointment
term shall be as provided within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-154.1.
In addition to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-154.1,
adult school crossing guards shall, at the time of appointment, be
bona fide residents of the City of Northfield. However, whenever it
shall be determined by the governing body of the City of Northfield
that there cannot be recruited a sufficient number of qualified Northfield
residents to fill the available positions, appointment shall be made
giving consideration as follows:
Every adult school crossing guard shall be fingerprinted
prior to commencement of duties, which fingerprints shall be maintained
on file with the Police Department of the City of Northfield, the
New Jersey State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Adult school crossing guards shall be under
the supervision and direction of the Chief of Police or such other
chief law enforcement officer of the municipality as the Chief of
Police shall designate and shall perform duties of adult school crossing
guard only within the City of Northfield. Adult school crossing guards
shall comply with the rules and regulations applicable to the conduct
and decorum of the regular police officers of the municipality but
shall not be members of the police force and shall not have the right
to bear firearms nor the power of arrest. The duties of adult school
crossing guards shall be limited to the protection of children walking
on public thoroughfares within the municipality in connection with
attendance at the several schools within the City and for the direction
and regulation of pedestrian and vehicle traffic at the crossings
and intersections where they may be situated.
Every adult school crossing guard shall be trained
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-154.2.
Prior to being assigned to any post, each adult
school crossing guard shall be provided with a uniform and badge in
accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-154.3, which badge
and uniform shall be returned to the Chief of Police upon termination
or expiration of employment.
Adult school crossing guards shall be paid at
a per-hour rate, which shall be fixed annually within the Salary Ordinance
of the City of Northfield. Adult school crossing guards shall not
be entitled to vacation or sick leave benefits. In the event of a
death in the immediate family of an adult school crossing guard, if
on the day of the funeral the adult school crossing guard had been
scheduled to work, the adult school crossing guard shall be entitled
to take the funeral day off and shall be paid for the hours which
the adult school crossing guard would have been assigned to work had
the guard been on duty. Immediate family shall include the spouse,
father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, maternal and paternal
grandparents, sister, brother, child, foster child or any relative
residing with the adult school crossing guard's household at the time
of death.
