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Township of Jackson, NJ
Ocean County
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[Amended 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. 23-11; 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 37-09; 12-22-2015 by Ord. No. 33-15; 4-25-2017 by Ord. No. 07-17]
A. 
Departments:
(1) 
Department of Administration.
(2) 
Department of Law.
(3) 
Department of Public Safety.
(4) 
Department of Public Works.
B. 
Offices:
(1) 
Office of the Municipal Clerk.
(2) 
Office of the Tax Assessor.
(3) 
Municipal Court.
C. 
Statutory boards and commissions:
(1) 
Board of Adjustment.
(2) 
Environmental Commission.
(3) 
Historic Preservation Commission.
(4) 
Municipal Utilities Authority.
(5) 
Planning Board.
(6) 
Shade Tree Commission.
D. 
Advisory boards and commissions:
(1) 
Americans with Disabilities Advisory Board.
(2) 
Commission for the Disabled.
(3) 
Economic Development Advisory Committee.
(4) 
Information Technology and Telecommunications Advisory Board.
(5) 
Pathfinders.
(6) 
Private Residential Communities Advisory Board.
(7) 
Safety Committee.
(8) 
Senior Citizen Advisory Board.
(9) 
Veterans' Commission.
(10) 
Youth Advisory Council.
(11) 
Ethics Information Committee.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 09-15]
A. 
Each department shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
B. 
Each of those departments and heads of those departments provided for in this chapter shall report to the Business Administrator.
The term of a department head shall be for the term of the office of the Mayor appointing him or her, and until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor. Compensation paid to department heads shall be fixed by Township Council in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:69A-43a and N.J.S.A. 40:69A-180.
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 11 of the New Jersey statutes or other general law.
All department heads shall be full-time employees. A full-time employee shall be defined as an employee who regularly works a minimum of 35 hours per week. Department heads shall be exempt employees for purposes of the Federal Labor Standards Act. A department head shall not be employed outside of the Township, or in addition to the position(s) the employee holds with the Township without prior written permission of the Mayor.
No department head shall have any interest in any partnership, sole proprietorship, company, corporation or any other form of business organization, which has a current contractual relationship with the Township. A department head shall not enter into any contract individually with the Township. A violation of this section shall be deemed sufficient cause to seek removal under N.J.S.A. 40:69A-37.
The internal operation of each department shall be determined by the director of the department subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter. Whenever an activity or functional duty shall, by ordinance, be transferred from one department to another department of the Township, all the functions, powers and duties thereof shall be and are transferred as of the effective date of the ordinance.
Vacancies in the office of any department head due to resignation, removal, death or otherwise shall be filled in accordance with the procedures delineated within § 3-18 of this chapter.
In the appointing of any employee, officer or department head, preference may be given to residents of the Township of Jackson.
Any additional or amended qualifications for offices or positions, including department heads, shall be prospective only as applied to filling vacancies after the effective date of this chapter.