A.
There shall be a Department of Health and Human Services,
the head of which shall be the Board of Health and Welfare. The Board
shall consist of the members of the Board of Health and the members
of the Local Assistance Board, ex officio.
B.
The Board of Health and Welfare shall appoint the
Local Health Officer as chief executive officer of the Department.
[Amended 12-16-1963]
A.
There shall be two divisions within the Department
of Health and Welfare, as follows:
[Amended 2-1-1999; 6-27-2022 by Ord. No. 22-39]
(1)
Division of Health, which shall consist of a Board
of Health of seven members, to be appointed by the Township Council
of the Township of Bloomfield for the terms provided by the Charter,
this Code and other Township ordinances, and the Local Health Officer
and the officers and employees of the Division and a member of the
Township Council of the Township of Bloomfield; the municipal liaison
shall serve for a period of one year and shall not be entitled to
vote at any meeting of the Board.
(2)
Division of Welfare, which shall consist of a Local
Assistance Board of five members, to be appointed in the manner and
for the terms provided by N.J.S.A. 44:8-115 and 44:8-116, the Charter,
this Code and other Township ordinances, and the Director of Welfare
and other officers and employees of the Division.
B.
The Local Health Officer and the Director of Welfare
shall be appointed by the respective boards, subject to the approval
of the Council, for the terms prescribed by law and shall be removable
as provided by the Charter.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the
Division of Health shall have and perform all of the functions, powers
and duties vested in a Local Board of Health, Health Officer or Local
Health Department by state statutes, this Code and other ordinances
of the Township.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the
Division of Welfare shall perform all of the functions, powers and
duties of a Local Assistance Board and Director of Welfare as prescribed
by state statute, this Code or other ordinances of the Township.
