Township of Bridgewater, NJ
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2023-10-05
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 4 Administrative Organization
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Article III Executive
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2A Third-Party Payroll Disbursement
- Ch 4 Administrative Organization
- Ch 4 Art III Executive
- § 4-6 Mayor as chief executive officer.
- § 4-7 Compensation of Mayor.
- § 4-8 Powers and duties of Mayor.
- § 4-9 Delegation of power by Mayor.
- § 4-10 Appointment of Acting Mayor.
- Ch 6 Assessment Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 9 Community Development Consortium
- Ch 9A Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 10 Court
- Ch 12 Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 17 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 18 Creative Arts Advisory Committee
- Ch 19 Veterans Advisory Committee
- Ch 20 Open Space Advisory Committee
- Ch 21 Youth Services Commission
- Ch 22 Bridgewater-Raritan Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 23 Pension Fund
- Ch 24 Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 25 Historic Preservation
- Ch 26 Personnel Policies
- Ch 27 Indemnification of Municipal Employees, Appointees and Officials
- Ch 28 Criminal History Background Check for Recreation Personnel
- Ch 29 Purchasing
- Ch 30 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee
- Ch 32 Raritan and Millstone Rivers Flood Control Commission
- Ch 37 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 40 Substances, Hazardous
- Ch 41 Tax Search Officer
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 48 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 52 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 53 Recreational Cannabis
- Ch 54 Cannabis Limitations
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 65 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 70 Carnivals, Circuses and Entertainment
- Ch 74 Closing of Streets
- Ch 75 Tobacco- and Cannabis-Free Events
- Ch 76 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 78 Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
- Ch 79 Cat Licensing
- Ch 80 Wild Animals
- Ch 81 Drainage
- Ch 82 Leaf Collection
- Ch 84 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 89 Excavations
- Ch 94 Fees
- Ch 99 Fire Prevention
- Ch 100 Emergency Panel and Private Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 104 Games of Chance
- Ch 105 Outdoor Storage
- Ch 106 Dumpster and Recycling Center
- Ch 107 Mandatory Recycling
- Ch 108 Solid Waste
- Ch 114 Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program
- Ch 124 Quarries
- Ch 125 Landfill Operations
- Ch 126 Land Use
- Ch 129 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 132 Littering and Handbills
- Ch 135 Loitering
- Ch 138 Massage and Bodywork Therapy
- Ch 142 Noise
- Ch 145 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 146 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 147 Notices
- Ch 149 Parking Yards, Public
- Ch 150 Parks and Playgrounds: Curfew
- Ch 151 Park Regulations
- Ch 152 (Reserved)
- Ch 153 Precious Metals and Secondhand Goods, Dealers of
- Ch 154 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 165 Retail Food Establishments: Licensing
- Ch 166 Roadway Solicitation/Coin Toss
- Ch 168 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 169 Body Art Licensing and Procedures
- Ch 170 Sanitation
- Ch 173 Sewage Disposal System, Individual
- Ch 175 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 182 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 183 Qualified Private Community Services Reimbursement
- Ch 195 Swimming Pools
- Ch 196 Fences and Retaining Walls
- Ch 200 Street Addresses, Numbering of
- Ch 201 Taxes
- Ch 202 Fleeing From Law Enforcement Officer
- Ch 203 Extraneous Employment of Off-Duty Police Personnel
- Ch 204 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 208 Vending Machines, Food and Beverage
- Ch 210 Water Connections
- Ch 212 Water Supply, Individual and Semipublic
- Ch 216 Wrecker Roster
- Ch 217 Ambulances
- Appendix
- Ch A225 (Reserved)
- Ch A226 Fire Districts
- Ch A227 Master Plan
- Ch A229 Topographic Maps
- Ch A232 Wastewater Collection and Conveyance Consent Agreement for Certain Properties
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer
of the Township and shall have the power and duty to enforce the administration
of the Charter and ordinances of the Township and all general laws
applicable thereto.
The compensation of the Mayor shall be fixed
by ordinance.[1]
The Mayor shall:
A.
Have such powers of appointment and removal as are
provided by law.
B.
Have power to appoint, with the advice and consent
of the Council, to all offices where no other provision is made for
such appointment.
C.
Assign or approve the assignment of space in public
buildings and other public places for the temporary or permanent use
of any department, body, officer, agency or instrumentality, and,
through the Business Administrator, control the assignment, allocation
and use of furniture, equipment or other public property in the Township
government.
D.
Assign and reassign, transfer and retransfer, either
temporarily or permanently, any property or personnel from one function
to another or from one administrative unit to another as the efficient
management of the Township government may require.
E.
Enforce the Charter and ordinances.
F.
Supervise all departments and employees of the municipal
government.
G.
Require each department to make an annual and such
other reports of its work as he may deem desirable.
H.
From time to time make recommendations for action
by the Council as he may deem in the public interest.
I.
Report annually at the beginning of the year to the
Council and the public on the work of the previous year and the condition
and requirements of the municipal government for the current year.
J.
Have such other functions, powers and duties as are
provided by the Charter and Township of Bridgewater Code.
The Mayor may delegate to the head of any department
any function, power or duty conferred upon the Mayor by ordinance
and which is not required by statute to be performed or discharged
personally by the Mayor. A copy of such delegation shall be in writing
and filed with the Clerk.
As provided by the Charter, the Mayor shall
designate either the Business Administrator, a Director or the Township
Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the Mayor shall be prevented by absence
from the Township, disability or other cause from attending to the
duties of the office. During such time, the person so designated by
the Mayor shall possess all the rights, powers and duties of Mayor.
The Council shall be notified of such change in writing. Whenever
the Mayor shall have been unable to attend to the duties of his office
for a period of 60 consecutive days for any of the above-stated reasons,
an Acting Mayor shall be appointed by a majority of all Council members.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of the elected Mayor, the
vacancy shall be filled pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-54.
