[Amended 7-11-1991 by Ord. No. MC-2670; 4-28-2010 by Ord. No.
MC-4535]
A.
The proper officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed
to assist, prepare records for and provide for group hospital service,
medical, prescription and surgical insurance, covering all full-time
employees of the City, members of City Council, the Attorney to City
Council, Municipal Judges, part-time and full-time, and the Municipal
Personnel Defender, their husbands or wives, and all dependent children
under the age of 23. Effective December 1, 2010, pursuant to federal
law, all dependent children of full-time employees of the City under
the age of 26 who qualify for health-care benefits under this federal
law will be eligible.
B.
Commencing May 24, 2010, all employees identified in Subsection A above who receive health benefits from the City pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:10-17.1 shall contribute 1.5% of base salary, pursuant to P.L. 2010, c. 2, for such health-care benefits, through withholding from pay, salary or other compensation, notwithstanding any other amount that may be required additionally for such health benefit coverage in the Summary Plan Description and/or any collective bargaining agreement.
C.
Effective May 24, 2010, the City of Camden will no longer make opt-out
incentive payments to any employees, including current employees,
retired employees and employees on a disability pension (uniformed
or nonuniformed), who waive any health-care benefits coverage pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40A:10-17.1, notwithstanding any other provision in the
Camden Code and/or collective bargaining agreement to the contrary.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 5-101, Retirement age, which
previously preceded this section, was repealed 7-11-1991 by Ord. No.
MC-2670.
[Amended 7-23-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1760; 2-24-1994 by Ord. No.
MC-2978; 2-26-1998 by Ord. No. MC-3369]
A.
Any person who shall hereinafter become officers or employees of
the City, whether appointed through statute or ordinance, or shall
assume any employment of whatsoever nature are hereby required, as
a condition of their continued employment, to have their place of
abode in the City and to be bona fide residents thereof, except as
otherwise provided by this section. All officers and employees of
the City who are presently employed by the City and presently maintain
a bona fide residence within the City are also hereby required, as
a condition of their continued employment, to have a place of abode
in the City of Camden and to be bona fide residents therein, except
as otherwise provided by this section.
B.
As used in this section, a "bona fide resident" is a person having
a permanent domicile within the City of Camden and one which has not
been adopted with the intention of again taking up or claiming a previous
residence acquired outside of the City limits.
C.
The Mayor or Business Administrator is hereby authorized, in his/her
discretion, for good cause shown, to permit any officer or employee
of the City to remain in the employ of the City without complying
with the provisions hereof, where:
(1)
The officer or employee is exempted by regulation or statute of the
State of New Jersey.
(2)
The officer or employee is engaged in professional services. "Professional
services" means services rendered or performed by a person authorized
by law to practice a recognized profession, whose practice is regulated
by law, and the performance of which services requires knowledge of
an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal
course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished from
general academic instruction or apprenticeship and training. "Professional
services" may also mean services rendered in the performance of work
that is original and creative in character in a recognized field of
artistic endeavor.
D.
Failure of any officer or employee to comply with this section shall
be cause for his/her removal or discharge from service with the City
of Camden.
E.
The Business Administrator, or his designated representative, is
hereby directed to require all officers and employees of the City
of Camden to execute affidavits indicating their residence and the
residence of their wife and children and/or furnish such information
as may be necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this
section. The Business Administrator is directed that said affidavits
shall be executed on a yearly basis.
F.
Any person who is to be employed by the City of Camden shall be required to execute an affidavit setting forth the information required in Subsection E, supra.
G.
Any person, officer or employee who presently resides outside the
jurisdictional limits of the City of Camden shall be exempt from maintaining
a permanent domicile within the City of Camden.
H.
In the future event that any person shall qualify for employment
who is not presently a bona fide resident of the City of Camden, then
such person or employee shall be required to execute an affidavit
stating that he/she shall obtain or acquire bona fide residence, as
defined herein, within 180 days of the date of employment. The execution
of said affidavit and compliance with the terms stated herein are
a condition to employment, and the failure of any officer or employee
to comply with the requirements of this section shall be deemed to
be cause for not hiring said person or cause for his/her removal or
discharge from City service.
I.
Candidates for police officer, positions.
[Amended 7-28-2009 by Ord. No. MC-4487; 9-22-2009 by Ord. No.
MC-4499]
(1)
Classification of qualified applicants for police officer positions.
All qualified applicants for the position of City of Camden police
officer shall be classified by class as follows:
(2)
Order of appointment for police officer positions. Qualified Class
I applicants shall be appointed first, and then those in each succeeding
class shall be appointed to any vacancy or vacancies remaining after
all qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been
appointed or have declined an offer of employment. Within each classification,
duly qualified applicants who are veterans shall be accorded all such
veterans' preferences as are provided by law.
(3)
Residency determination for police officer positions. Residency shall
be determined as of the announced closing date of the civil service
examination and must be maintained continuously up to and including
the date of appointment to the position of police officer. For purposes
of this section, "resident" means a person having, within the territorial
limits of the City of Camden, a place of abode which has not been
adopted for any mere special or temporary purpose but is the person's
ordinary and permanent domicile.
J.
Candidates for firefighter positions.
[Added 9-22-2009 by Ord. No. MC-4499]
(1)
Appointees to firefighter positions must be residents of Camden City.
(2)
Candidates for open competitive examinations must be residents of
Camden City as of the announced closing date of the examination.
(3)
Such candidates must maintain continuous residency in Camden City
from the announced closing date up to and including the date of appointment.
