[Amended 9-5-1990 by Ord. No. 64-1990; 10-26-1990 by Ord. No. 77-1990]
There shall be the following administrative departments in the government of the City of Atlantic City:
A. 
Administration.
B. 
Revenue and Finance.
C. 
Human Resources.
[Amended 1-11-2006 by Ord. No. 111-2005]
D. 
Public Works.
E. 
Public Safety.
F. 
Health and Human Services.
G. 
Licensing and Inspections.
[Added 11-18-1998 by Ord. No. 64-1998; amended 1-27-2010 by Ord. No. 03-2010]
H. 
Department of Planning and Development.[1]
[Added 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 41-2010]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection H, Law, was repealed 9-19-2007 by Ord. No. 68-2007. Said Ord. No. 68-2007 was vetoed by the Mayor 10-1-2007 and passed on reconsideration by the Council 12-28-2007.
Each Department shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. Each department head shall serve during the term of office of the Mayor appointing him and until the appointment and qualification of his successor.
Department heads shall appoint subordinate officers and employees within their respective departments and may, with approval of the Mayor, remove such officers and employees, subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Revised Statutes, Title 11, Civil Service, or other general law.
A. 
The head of each department shall, subject to the supervision of the Business Administrator, the Charter and ordinances of the City:
(1) 
Devote full time as required for the proper and efficient discharge of the duties of his respective office.
(2) 
Have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of the department.
(3) 
Prescribe the internal organization of the department and the duties of the subordinates and assistants, subject to approval of the Business Administrator and Mayor.
(4) 
Administer the work of the department through the divisions and subdivisions and such other units of administration as he may find necessary or desirable.
(5) 
Appoint officers and employees employed within the department and, upon the basis of a written job description, assign functions, powers and duties to them, subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
(6) 
Delegate such of his powers as he may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the department to be exercised under his direction and supervision by department heads.
(7) 
Report at least annually to the Mayor and Council, in such form as shall be approved by the Business Administrator, on the work of the department during the previous year.
B. 
Internal organization. The internal organization of each department shall be determined by the Director of the department and the Business Administrator. Whenever an activity or functional duty shall, by ordinance, be transferred from one department to another department of the government, all the functions, powers and duties thereof shall be and are transferred as of the effective date of the ordinance.
Whenever a vacancy exists, by resignation, removal, unfilled or otherwise, in the office of a director of any City department, the Mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy by appointing the Business Administrator as Acting Director, who shall perform all the duties and functions of such department head until the office shall be filled permanently within 90 days.