City of Camden, NJ
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2023-11-16
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 283 Anti-Bullying
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Article III Establishment of the Anti-Bullying Advisory Board
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Affirmative Action
- Ch 19 Ambulance Services
- Ch 26 Boards, Committees, Commissions and Councils
- Ch 33 Contracts
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 44 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Empowerment Zone Corporation
- Ch 59 Fire Department
- Ch 63 Flag; Coat of Arms; Colors
- Ch 74 Living Wage
- Ch 80 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Insurance Fund
- Ch 89 Municipal Property
- Ch 97 Parking Enforcement Officers
- Ch 103 Personnel Policies
- Ch 110 Police Department
- Ch 118 Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 120 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 122 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 128 Seal, Official
- Ch 136 Training Requirements
- Ch 141 Urban Enterprise Zones
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 160 Adopt a Park Program
- Ch 164 Adopt-A-Street and -Lot Program
- Ch 169 Advertising Materials
- Ch 177 Alarm Systems
- Ch 181 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 188 Animals
- Ch 193 Arcades and Amusement Devices
- Ch 198 Asbestos Removal
- Ch 204 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 209 Autocabs
- Ch 217 Billiard and Pool Rooms
- Ch 225 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 232 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 240 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 246 Cannabis
- Ch 248 Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds
- Ch 253 Cemeteries
- Ch 264 Circuses and Exhibitions
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 277 Criminal History Background Check
- Ch 282 Curfew
- Ch 283 Anti-Bullying
- Ch 283 Art III Establishment of the Anti-Bullying Advisory Board
- § 283-6 Creation of Board.
- § 283-7 Advisory capacity.
- § 283-8 Purpose and duties.
- § 283-9 Membership.
- § 283-10 Terms; vacancies; removals.
- § 283-11 Quorum.
- § 283-12 Meetings and reports.
- § 283-13 Bylaws.
- § 283-14 Robert's Rules.
- § 283-15 Open Public Meetings Act.
- § 283-16 Compensation of Board.
- Ch 286 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 291 Development Plans
- Ch 303 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 309 Dumpsters
- Ch 314 Elevators
- Ch 320 Emergencies
- Ch 323 Employee Residency Reports
- Ch 325 Entertainers, Models and Dancers
- Ch 329 Entertainment, Places of Public
- Ch 340 Fees and Costs
- Ch 348 Filming
- Ch 352 Firearms
- Ch 357 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 363 Fire Prevention and Protection and Emergency Services Mitigation
- Ch 369 Fireworks
- Ch 374 Flags
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- Ch 383 Florists
- Ch 390 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 394 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 400 Food Service Entities
- Ch 410 Games of Chance
- Ch 416 Gasoline and Vehicle Repair Stations
- Ch 420 Gasoline Tanks, Abandonment of
- Ch 428 Graffiti
- Ch 434 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 439 Health Clubs
- Ch 445 Horse-Drawn and Animal-Drawn Vehicles
- Ch 450 Housing Standards
- Ch 456 Ice Dealers and Vending Machines
- Ch 461 Improvement Districts
- Ch 467 Junkyards
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- Ch 485 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 492 Map, Drawings and Other Documents, Electronic Submission of
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- Ch 507 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 508 Commercial and Other Large Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 512 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 518 Noise
- Ch 523 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 534 Parades
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Parking Lots, Commercial
- Ch 550 Parking Permit Program, Residential
- Ch 556 Parking, Resident Handicapped On-Street
- Ch 562 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 567 Pay Telephones, Outdoor
- Ch 573 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 578 Peddlers and Vending Units
- Ch 582 Pedicabs
- Ch 587 Photographers, Street
- Ch 594 Picketing
- Ch 600 Poles, Wires and Underground Conduits
- Ch 601 Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 608 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 615 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 620 Property Maintenance
- Ch 627 Public Utilities
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- Ch 644 Rental Property
- Ch 650 Rent Control
- Ch 656 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 661 Sales, Special
- Ch 667 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 675 Sewers
- Ch 679 (Reserved)
- Ch 684 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 688 Signs
- Ch 700 Snow, Ice and Debris Removal
- Ch 705 Soft Drinks, Wholesale
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- Ch 729 Street Closings
- Ch 735 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 739 Sustainability Requirements
- Ch 742 Swimming Pools
- Ch 747 Tattooing and Tattooists
- Ch 753 Taxation
- Ch 758 Taxicabs
- Ch 766 Theaters
- Ch 771 Tires, Used
- Ch 776 Tobacco
- Ch 780 Toilet Facilities, Portable
- Ch 785 Towing Services
- Ch 791 Transient Merchants
- Ch 796 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 803 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 808 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 815 Vehicles, Immobilization and Impoundment of
- Ch 822 Vehicles, Sale of
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- Ch 840 Water
- Ch 847 Weapons-Free Zones
- Ch 852 Weights and Measures
- Ch 870 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A900 Cable Television and Communications Franchise Agreements
- Ch A910 Historic Districts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There is hereby created and established an organization known
as the "Anti-Bullying Advisory Board."
The Anti-Bullying Advisory Board shall function solely in an
advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council with regard to examining
and gathering valuable input in determining the best means to offer
awareness or possible training concerning the harassment, intimidation
or bullying of minors in the City of Camden.
A.
The role of the Anti-Bullying Advisory Board shall be to examine
and offer insight which shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(1)
To examine the best means to assist minors who are facing or have
faced bullying in their neighborhoods.
(2)
To examine the types of bullying, which may include making threats,
spreading rumors, conducting verbal attacks, making physical contact
or other forms of verbal bullying, social bullying, cyberbullying
and physical bullying, and the best means to address such bullying
so that all our children can live safely and without fear within the
City and its neighborhoods.
(3)
To possibly offer City programs for those minors who are facing bullying
in their neighborhoods.
(4)
To examine the best means to disseminate pertinent information on
bullying.
(5)
To make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council with regard
to the Board's role and obligations pursuant to this section.
Membership on the Anti-Bullying Advisory Board shall consist
of 12 members appointed by City Council as follows:
A.
Four members shall consist of student members, one student member
from each ward.
B.
Five members shall be adults who shall be members in one of the following
fields: Mental health provider, social worker, behavioral health therapist,
administrator-education, community stakeholder, business owner or
operator, juvenile officer, members of the faith-based community or
those participating in mentorship programs.
C.
One member of Council to act as an advisor, who shall be a nonvoting
member.
D.
One member of the Mayor's Office designated by the Mayor to act as
an advisor, who shall be a nonvoting member.
E.
One member of the Camden County Police Department designated by the
Chief of Police to act as an advisor, who shall be a nonvoting member.
F.
By majority vote and on an annual basis, the Board shall appoint
a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.
A.
The first term of the five members of the Advisory Board as provided for in § 283-9B, above, shall be staggered with three members serving for three years and two members serving for two years. Thereafter, subsequent terms of the Advisory Board as provided for in § 283-9B, above, shall be for three years. All other members of the Advisory Board as provided for in § 283-9A, C, D and E shall be for one year.
[Amended 9-13-2022 by Ord. No. MC-5405]
B.
Vacancies arising from causes other than by expiration of the term
shall be filled for the unexpired term, if any, remaining.
C.
An adult Board member shall continue to hold office at the expiration
of a term until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
D.
Members may be removed for nonperformance or neglect of duties or
for other good cause by a recommendation of a majority of the Board
with the concurrence of City Council.
A quorum shall consist of a majority of the Board members. A
quorum shall be necessary to conduct Board business.
A.
The Board shall meet monthly at a time and place established by the
Chairperson in public meeting rooms in City Hall or other appropriate
locations, including virtual meetings, as determined necessary by
the Chairperson.
B.
The Board shall prepare an annual report for the Mayor and City Council
on its activities, goals, accomplishments and recommendations and
shall submit the report for review on or before December 31 of each
year.
The Board may promulgate bylaws governing the procedure of the
Board.
Board meetings shall be conducted in accordance with Robert's
Rules unless such rules are otherwise inconsistent with state law
or the Camden City Code.
Board meetings shall be subject to the Open Public Meetings
Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. § 10:4-6 et seq.
Members of the Anti-Bullying Advisory Board shall serve without
compensation.
