[Ord. #984, § 1]
The Township has an obligation to present and future generations to encourage its citizens to appreciate and understand its cultural, historic and architectural heritage. The fulfillment of this obligation requires the creation of a position which will increase the education, appreciation and communication of the Township's heritage.
[Ord. #984, § 1; Ord. #1155]
The Local Historian shall be appointed by the majority vote of the Township Committee and shall hold office for a one-year term ending December 31 annually. The Local Historian shall serve without compensation, but the Township Committee may annually appropriate such funds as it deems necessary to reimburse the Local Historian for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the position as established by law.
[Ord. #984, § 1]
The Local Historian shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
a. 
To carry out an historical program, including but not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available materials relating to the history of the Township. The Historian shall store such materials in such manner as to insure their preservation and shall notify the State Archivist, New Jersey Historical Commission, County Local Historian and Township Committee of any materials which should be acquired for preservation. Upon leaving the position, the Local Historian shall turn over all materials and records and reports into the possession of the successor, if then appointed, or to the Township Committee until a successor shall be appointed;
b. 
The Local Historian shall make an annual report to the Township Administrator and Township Committee stating all the work performed and accomplished during that year. The Local Historian shall transmit a copy of such report to the New Jersey Historical Commission;
c. 
The Local Historian may research, write and cause to have published a municipal history and may recommend appropriate historical materials for publication;
d. 
The Local Historian may assist a Landmark Commission, as well as advise the Township Committee, concerning the acquisition, administration, use and disposition of any landmark or historic site, including such places in his jurisdiction included on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Such advice may be furnished to the Historic Sites Section, Department of Environmental Protection;
e. 
The Local Historian shall assist in projects of commemoration, including the erection of monuments, historic markers and guide signs.
[Ord. #984, § 1]
The Local Historian may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary in order to carry out the duties and responsibilities set forth in Subsection 2-26.4, within the limits of such funds as may be made available by the Township Committee for such purposes in the Township's annual budget.