Township of Montville, NJ Article XVIII Local Historian

[Adopted by Ord. No. 1308 as Ch. 2.108 of the 1998 Code]

§ 4-69 Establishment; appointment; compensation.

There is hereby created the position of Local Historian of the Township of Montville, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:10A-1 et seq., as amended from time to time. The Local Historian shall be appointed by the Township Committee and shall serve at the pleasure of the Township Committee without compensation.

§ 4-70 Powers and responsibilities.

The Local Historian shall have the following powers and responsibilities:

A. To carry out an historical program, including but not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available materials relating to the history of the Township of Montville. The Local Historian shall store such materials in such manner as to insure their preservation and shall notify the State Archivist, New Jersey Historical Commission, County Historian and Township Committee of any materials which should be acquired for preservation. Upon leaving the position, the Local Historian shall turn over all materials and records and reports into the possession of the successor, if then appointed, or to the Township Committee until a successor shall be appointed;

B. The Local Historian shall make an annual report to the Township Administrator and Township Committee, stating all the work performed and accomplished during that year. The Local Historian shall transmit a copy of such report to the New Jersey Historical Commission. The New Jersey Historical Commission may advise each County Historian and Municipal Historian of general guidelines along which their historical program may be implemented;

C. The Local Historian may research, write and cause to have published a municipal history and may recommend appropriate historical materials for publication;

D. The Local Historian may assist a Landmark Commission, if any, as well as advise the Township Committee, concerning the acquisition, administration, use and disposition of any landmark or historic site, including such places in the Township included on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Such advice may be furnished to the Historic Sites Section, Department of Environmental Protection.

E. The Local Historian shall assist in projects of commemoration including the erection of monuments, historic markers and guide signs.

§ 4-71 Funds.

There may be appropriated annually such sum as may be determined by the Township Committee to be necessary to reimburse the Local Historian for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties and responsibilities set forth in this article.