The members of the Board of County Commissioners,
the County Executive Officer and such officers as are required by
the Constitution shall be the only elective County offices. They shall
have such qualifications and be nominated and elected as required
by the Charter or general law.
No elected or appointed County officer shall
hold or retain any other incompatible office. Any person accepting
an incompatible office shall be deemed thereby to have vacated any
office previously held by him or her under the County government,
in accordance with established law.
[Amended 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 24-1981]
Unless otherwise provided in the Charter or
this chapter, in the event of the temporary absence or disability
of any appointive officer or employee or in the event of a vacancy
in any appointive office, the appointing authority may designate a
qualified person to serve in such office temporarily in an acting
capacity for a period of time not to exceed 120 days or until a successor
is appointed and qualified. Any such appointee shall have all the
functions, powers and duties of an incumbent during the period of
temporary appointment.
A.
Every officer or employee of the County who, by virtue
of his or her office or position, is entrusted with the receipt, custody
or expenditure of public moneys or funds and any other officer or
employee who may be required so to do by the Board shall, before entering
upon the duties of his or her office or position, execute and deliver
a surety bond in such amount as may be fixed by resolution of the
Board, binding him or her to the County in its corporate name and
conditioned upon the true and faithful performance of his or her duty.
Each officer or employee required by law to give bond shall execute
such a bond with sufficient surety and deliver the same to the Clerk
of the Board, except that the Clerk shall deliver his or her bond
to the Treasurer before he or she enters upon the discharge of the
duties of his or her office or employment.
B.
If any officer or employee shall neglect to execute
and deliver his or her bond as herein required within 30 days after
due notification of his or her obligation to do so, his or her office
may be declared vacant by the Board.
C.
In every case in which any person is required by the
Charter, laws of the state or by any ordinance or resolution to give
bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties, such bond
shall be secured by a corporate surety authorized to do business in
this state, and the premium therefor shall be paid by the County.
Each such bond shall be approved by the County Counsel as to legal
form and sufficiency, and nothing in this section shall be construed
to prevent the use of one or more blanket bonds when so approved.
Upon the termination of the term of office or
the employment of any officer or employee, he or she shall forthwith
deliver to his or her successor or, if there is no successor, to the
County Executive of the County, or to the Clerk of the Board if he
or she is in the legislative branch, all moneys, papers, books, memoranda,
accounts and data of any nature whatever pertaining to his or her
office.
Every County officer and employee whose compensation
is established on a full-time basis shall devote his or her entire
time during business hours to the duties of his or her office.
The Board, with the approval of the New Jersey
Civil Service Commission, may provide for the administration of the
merit system within the County by a County Department of Civil Service,
to be established and supervised as provided in the Charter.
