Township of Vernon, NJ General Administration

The Township shall have a Department of Administration and such other departments, not less than two (2) and not exceeding nine (9) in number, as the Council may establish by ordinance. All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the Township, other than those vested in the offices of the Township clerk and the Township tax assessor, shall be allocated and assigned among and within such departments.

The offices of the Township Clerk and the Township Tax Assessor shall be subject to such general administrative procedures and requirements as are departments of the Township government, including, but not limited to, the preparation and submission of an annual budget and of such periodic budget reports as are generally required of departments, and such accounting controls, central purchasing practices, personnel procedures and regulations, and central data processing services as are generally required of departments.

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. The Mayor shall, with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint the Township Assessor and all other Township officers not assigned within Township departments, subject to the terms of any general law providing for these offices, unless a different appointment procedure is clearly required by this plan of government or by general law.

The Mayor may in the Mayor's discretion remove any department head and, subject to any general provisions of law concerning term of office or tenure, any other Township executive officer who is not a subordinate departmental officer or employee, after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removal the Mayor shall first file written notice of his intention with the Council, and such removal shall become effective on the 20th day after the filing of such notice unless the Council shall prior thereto have adopted a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the whole number of the Council, disapproving the removal.

In the event of the removal or failure of reappointment of a Business Administrator, that Administrator may, upon the enactment of an ordinance, be entitled to a three-months' written notice of the removal or non-reappointment, or if the Mayor determines that the removal shall be immediate, then the Administrator may, upon the enactment of an ordinance, be paid any unpaid balance of his salary plus his salary for a maximum of the next three calendar months following the effective date of the mayor's action unless the removal is for good cause. For the purposes of this subsection, "good cause" shall mean conviction of a crime or offense involving moral turpitude, the violation of the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-163 through 40:69A-167 or the violation of any code of ethics in effect within the municipality.

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 Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, where that Title is effective in the Township, or other general law.

Departments and offices established within the Township are as follows:

(1)

Department of Administration;

(2)

Department of Building;

[Amended 4-26-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]

(3)

Department of Finance and Tax Collection;

[Amended 4-26-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]

(4)

Department of Public Works;

(5)