[Adopted 7-10-1975 by Ord. No. 8-75 (Ch. 2,
Art. II, of the 1971 Code of Ordinances)]
The office of Municipal Administrator is hereby
created.
The term of office of the Municipal Administrator
shall be at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
The appointment of a Municipal Administrator
to fill said office shall be made by the Mayor with the advice and
consent of the Council.
Said Administrator may be removed by a resolution
adopted by a 2/3 vote of the Council, said resolution to become
effective three months after its adoption unless it shall specifically
provide that it shall take effect immediately, in which case said
Administrator shall forthwith be paid any unpaid balance of his salary,
together with his salary for the next three calendar months following
adoption of the resolution.
The compensation of the Municipal Administrator
shall from time to time be fixed by the Mayor and Council by ordinance
or, if a salary guide has been adopted by ordinance, then by a resolution
regularly adopted. Said compensation may be inclusive of any other
salaries or remuneration for any other official duties performed by
the same person.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2-18, entitled
"Administrator to reside in Borough," which immediately followed this
section, was deleted 2-22-1979 by Ord. No. 4-79.
[Amended 10-24-2019 by Ord. No. 20-19]
The Borough Administrator shall act as the chief administrative
officer of the Borough. The Borough Administrator's duties shall include,
with the advice and consent of the Mayor and Council and under their
direction, the development of rules and regulations for administrative
procedures governing purchasing practices, operations of all departments,
personnel management and general coordination of departments, offices,
boards, and agencies of the Borough, all for the purpose of increasing
the effectiveness and efficiency of the Borough government and promoting
its economic operation. The Borough Administrator shall perform the
duties hereinafter enumerated and such other duties as may be assigned
to the Administrator by the Mayor with the consent of the Borough
Council:
A.
The Borough Administrator shall act as the Administrator for the
Mayor and the Council of the Borough and, as such, will supervise
all other salaried personnel of the Borough through the respective
department heads unless otherwise provided for by law or by this chapter.
The Borough Administrator shall devote his/her entire time and effort
to the performance of the Borough Administrator's duties and functions.
The Borough Administrator shall not engage in any other occupation
or employment while employed by the Borough except as assigned by
the Mayor and Council.
B.
The Borough Administrator shall integrate and coordinate the functions
of all departments, boards, agencies, offices, officials and employees
of the Borough and shall maintain liaison with the Boards of Education
of the Borough, authorities and commissions.
C.
The Borough Administrator shall require the various departments of
the Borough to furnish annually an adequate inventory of all equipment,
materials and supplies in stock and recommend the sale of any surplus,
obsolete equipment, materials and supplies.
D.
The Borough Administrator shall prepare and have custody of all municipal
records not required by law to be kept by another officer of the Borough
and establish and keep up-to-date a coordinated filing system for
all Borough departments, offices, boards and agencies.
E.
The Borough Administrator shall keep the Mayor and Council currently
informed on all matters within the Administrator's jurisdiction by
submitting such reports as the Administrator deems advisable or as
requested by the Mayor and Council and prepare and present to the
Mayor and Council an annual report on Borough matters and make such
other reports as from time to time the Mayor and Council may require.
F.
The Borough Administrator shall advise the Mayor and Borough Council
on all matters of administration, organization and personnel and assign
office personnel to the performance of various duties in various departments
and study, recommend, implement and enforce personnel organization
and policy of the Borough and implement vacation policy as established
by the Borough Council for all departments except as otherwise provided
by statute for Police and Fire Departments.
G.
The Borough Administrator shall study, recommend, implement and enforce
procedures and policy of the Borough and its departments for receipt,
dissemination and collation of and responses to communications and
requests for information after consultation with department heads
and receive, distribute and follow up requests for information and
complaints from citizens and keep the Mayor and Council informed on
such matters.
H.
The Borough Administrator shall prepare an agenda for and arrange
meetings and conferences of the Mayor and Council and other agencies
of the Borough, when so requested by the Mayor and Council.
I.
The Borough Administrator shall attend all meetings of the Mayor
and Council, unless excused by that body.
The Borough Clerk may be appointed to the additional
office of Municipal Administrator, in which case the Mayor and Council
may establish a compensation or salary inclusive of all of the duties
performed in both said offices as well as any other official duties
performed by the same person.
The Municipal Administrator shall be the chief
administrative officer of the Borough of Rockaway under the supervision
of the Mayor and shall be responsible to the Mayor and Council for
all action relevant to the duties and responsibilities of said office.
During the absence or disability of the Municipal
Administrator, the Mayor and Council may, by resolution, determine
that an absence exists or that said Administrator is suffering a disability
and in said resolution appoint an officer of the Borough or any other
person deemed qualified to perform the duties of said Administrator
during the term of his absence or disability.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
authorize the performance of or interference in any way with the duties
and functions of any other elected or appointed official or any other
employee.
