[Amended 4-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 1063-15]
Under the direction and supervision of the Administrator there
shall be such departments as established by this chapter or by amendments
or supplements thereto. Each department shall have, exercise and discharge
such functions, duties and powers as may be provided by this Code
or other applicable law. The following departments are hereby established:
C.
Department
of Public Works. The head of the Department of Public Works shall
be the Director of Public Works. Within the Department shall be the
following divisions:
(1)
Division of Roads.
E.
Department
of Recreation and Parks. The head of the Department of Recreation
and Parks shall be the Recreation Director.
A.
The head of each department shall be a Director, appointed
by the Administrator with the consent of the Council.
B.
The Administrator shall recruit, select and appoint
persons qualified by training and experience for their respective
office as department heads.
C.
Personnel subordinate to the department head shall
be appointed by the Administrator with the approval of the governing
body, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.
D.
Personnel subordinate to the department head may be
removed by the Administrator, unless otherwise provided by the Charter,
general law, this chapter or other ordinance.
E.
No new department, division, office, officer or employee
position shall be created except by action of the Council, and no
existing department, division, office, officer or employee position
shall be abolished except by action of the Council; the creation and/or
the abolition of any position by Council shall be specifically noted
as appropriate in the annual budget; and any ordinance establishing
a new department, division, office, officer or employee position shall
include a statement of the powers, duties and responsibilities of
the function therein created, and this chapter shall be appropriately
amended.
F.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of Administrator,
the Mayor and Council shall exercise all duties and responsibilities
set forth herein.
Whenever a vacancy exists in any board or commission
required by the Charter or by this chapter to be filled by the Mayor
with the advice and consent of Council and there is no holdover incumbent,
the Mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy, in the absence of any
contrary provision in the Charter or in this chapter. Any such appointment
shall terminate not later than 60 days after the date of the appointment,
unless the Council shall by resolution authorize one or more extensions
of such a period.
A.
The head of each department, under the supervision
of the Administrator shall:
(1)
Prescribe the internal organization of the department
and the duties of subordinate officers and employees within the department,
except as provided by the Charter, this chapter or by ordinance.
(2)
Ensure that all powers, functions and duties assigned
to the department are carried out with diligence.
(3)
Operate his/her department in an efficient and effective
manner.
(4)
Report in writing to the Administrator recommendations
for improving departmental performance, requirements of the department
and the results of assignments made to the department.
(5)
Report promptly to the Administrator and to the Director
of Finance/Treasurer projected deviations in the financial performance
of the department.
(6)
Cooperate with the Administrator in the preparation
of the annual budget, providing supporting information for all budgetary
requirements and explanation of all deviations from previous budgets.
(7)
Assign functions, powers and duties to subordinate
officers and employees within the department and modify such assignments
as need appears.
(8)
Assign priorities to the conduct of the functions,
powers and duties allocated to the department.
(9)
Supervise the work of the department through the divisions
established by this chapter and supervise and direct the work of the
employees of the department.
(10)
Delegate to other officers or employees of his/her
department such of his/her powers as he/she may deem necessary for
efficient administration and operation.
(11)
Prohibit the expenditure of municipal funds or the
commitment of municipal funds by the department except as provided
by law.
(12)
Provide liaison with other departments, divisions,
boards, etc., as required for the efficient and effective operation
of the administrative branch.
(13)
Familiarize himself/herself with general law affecting
his/her department and with funds available for the performance of
the functions of his/her department from sources outside the Township.
B.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of Administrator,
the Mayor and Council shall exercise all duties and responsibilities
set forth herein.
A.
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the
Township shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract
or job for work or for materials, or the profits thereof, to be furnished
or performed for the Township, and no such officer or employee shall
be interested directly or indirectly in any contract or job for work
or for materials, or the profits thereof, to be furnished or performed
for any person operating any gasworks, waterworks, electric light
or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange
or other public utility within the territorial limits of the Township.
B.
No officer or employee shall accept or receive directly
or indirectly from any person operating within the territorial limits
of the Township any gasworks, waterworks, electric light or power
plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange or other
business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free
pass, free ticket or free service, or accept or receive directly or
indirectly from any person any other service upon terms more favorable
than are granted to the public generally, except that such prohibition
of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in
uniform.
C.
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the
Township shall accept or solicit anything of value as consideration
for or in connection with the discharge of his/her official duties,
other than the fee or compensation prescribed pursuant to law.
D.
No official or employee, whether paid or unpaid, shall
engage in any business or transaction or accept any private employment
or commitment, or shall have any financial or other personal interest,
direct or indirect, which is incompatible with the proper discharge
of his/her official duties in the public interest or would tend to
impair his/her independence of judgment or action in the performance
of his/her official duties.
E.
No official or employee shall accept any gift or gratuity,
whether in the form of service, loan or promise or in any other form,
from any person, firm or corporation which to his/her knowledge is
interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business
dealings with the Township, nor shall any official or employee accept
from any person, firm or corporation any such gift or gratuity which
may tend to influence him/her in the discharge of hie/her duties.
F.
No official or employee shall represent private interests
before the Township Council or before any board, commission or agency
of the Township.
G.
No official or employee shall represent private interests
in any action or proceedings against the interest of the Township
in any litigation to which the Township is a party.
H.
No Council member or member of any Township agency,
board, commission or other body shall vote for the adoption or defeat
of any resolution or ordinance or for the payment or nonpayment of
any indebtedness owing or allegedly owing by the Township in which
he/she has any financial or other personal interest, directly or indirectly,
nor shall any official or employee recommend or lobby for the adoption
or defeat of any such measure or for the institution or defense of
any legal or quasi-legal action whatever in which he/she has or may
have a financial or other personal interest, direct or indirect.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.1 et
seq., the Local Government Ethics Law.
Any official or employee who has or may have
any interest, direct or indirect, in any measure, indebtedness or
action, and who participates in discussion with or gives an official
opinion to the Council or to any municipal agency with respect thereto,
shall disclose on the records of the Council or agency the nature
and extent of such interest.
A.
No municipal officer or employee shall engage in political
activity during his/her hours of duty with respect to any candidate.
B.
No municipal officer shall use nor permit others to
use the facilities of the Township for the preparation, storage or
distribution of campaign material.
C.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
an elective officer from campaigning at any time.
D.
No municipal officer or employee shall use nor permit
others to use the facilities of the Township for the conduct of private
business. With the approval of the Administrator, nonprofit public
service and civic organizations may be allowed to use such Township
facilities as may be deemed appropriate.
E.
No municipal official or employee shall, without proper
legal authorization, disclose confidential information concerning
the property, government or affairs of the Township; nor shall he/she
use such information to advance the financial or other private interest
of himself/herself or of others. Council may, from time to time, as
it deems appropriate, determine by resolution what information shall
be deemed confidential for the purposes of this subsection.
Pension fund membership and rights of any officer
or employee shall be in accordance with state statutes or regulations.
Any officer or employee of the Township who
has acquired tenure in his/her position through any provision of law
or of ordinance shall retain said tenure in the same position without
effect due to the adoption of this chapter.
The Council shall have an annual audit made
of the Township accounts and financial transactions as required by
law. Such annual audit shall be made by a registered municipal accountant
of New Jersey, appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent
of Council.
No rule or regulation made by any department,
officer, agency or authority of the municipality, except such as related
to the organization or internal management of the Township government
or a part thereof, shall take effect until it is filed with the Municipal
Clerk. The Council shall provide for the prompt publication of such
regulations and rules.
A.
All the books, maps, papers, accounts, statements,
vouchers and other documents whatsoever acquired or produced in any
department shall be carefully and conveniently filed, kept and preserved
and shall be and remain the sole property of the Township and shall
not at any time be removed from the offices of such department except
when required for use in official business and shall then be returned
to such office without delay. Each department head shall be responsible
for enforcing the requirements of this section in his/her department.
This section shall be subject to the provisions of Destruction of
Public Records Law (1953), N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq.
B.
All public documents and records shall, during office
hours, be opened to public search, inspection and examination, subject
to and within limitations prescribed by law, and provided that such
search, inspection and examination may be made under such regulations
as the officer having custody and of such records, books and documents
shall establish for the safety and preservation thereof.
Upon termination of the term of office of any
officer or the employment of any employee, that officer shall forthwith
deliver to his/her successor, or if there be no successor, to the
Municipal Clerk or other person who may be designated by the Council
to receive same, all moneys, papers, books, memoranda, accounts and
data of any nature whatever pertaining to his/her office or to his/her
employment.
The public, administrative and executive business
offices of the Township shall be open for the transaction of public
business on a regular schedule as prescribed by the Township Administrator
as approved by the Township Council, except as otherwise provided
by law. Notice of the regular office hours of all officials shall
be published annually in the same manner as prescribed for the publication
of ordinances, and the schedule shall be included in the annual Township
directory.
