Township of Hazlet, NJ Article II Departments, Boards and Commissions

[Adopted 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 555-82 as Sec. 2-5 of the 1982 Revised General Ordinances (Ch. 5 of the 1993 Code); amended 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. 814-90; 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 923-93]

§ 5-9 Listing of departments, officers, boards and commissions.

There shall be the following departments, officers, boards and commissions in the Township of Hazlet:

A. Departments:

(1) Department of Finance.

[Amended 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 1511-12]

(2) Department of Public Works.

(3) Police Department.

(4) Fire Department, First Aid and Rescue Squad.

(5) Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency.

(6) Administrative.

[Amended 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 1511-12]

(7) Department of Zoning.

[Added 4-1-2014 by Ord. No. 1534-14]

(8) Department of Recreation.

[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 1544A-14]

B. Separate officers not under departments:

(1) Township Attorney.

(2) Township Engineer.

(3) Township Physician.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(4), Zoning Officer, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 4-1-2014 by Ord. No. 1534-14.

C. Boards and commissions:

(1) Planning Board.[2]

[2] Editor's Note: Original Subsection C(1), Municipal Court, which preceded this subsection, was deleted 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 1511-12.

(2) Zoning Board of Adjustment.[3]

[3] Editor's Note: Original Subsection C(4), Board of Assistance and C(5), Board of Health, which immediately followed this subsection, were deleted 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 1511-12.

(3) Office of Emergency Management.

(4) Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority.

(5) Hazlet Township Sewerage Authority.

(6) Library Commission.[4]

[4] Editor's Note: Original Subsection C(10), Rent Control Board, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted 9-4-2012 by Ord. No. 1511-12.

(7) (Reserved)[5]

[5] Editor's Note: Former Subsection C(7), Board of Recreation Commissioners, was repealed 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 1544A-14.

(8) Environmental Commission.

§ 5-10 Powers and duties of department heads.

The head of a department, subject to the code and the approval or direction of the Municipal Administrator or the Township Committee, shall:

A. Prescribe the internal organization of the work of his or her department.

B. Direct and supervise subordinate officers and employees of the department and make, alter and enforce individual work assignments.

C. Approve or disapprove employee time sheets, bills and claims chargeable to departmental appropriations.

D. Maintain such records of work performance and unit costs thereof as may be approved or required by the Municipal Administrator or the Township Committee.

E. Provide such information and reports on the work of the department as may from time to time be required by the Municipal Administrator or the Township Committee.

F. Exercise such other or different powers of administrative supervision and direction as the Municipal Administrator or the Township Committee may delegate to him or her.