[Adopted 5-17-1973 as Art. 1 of Ch. 2 of the Revised Ordinances]
A.
The Township Clerk shall act as Clerk of the Township
Committee and shall keep correct minutes of the proceedings thereof
and record the same in separate books to be kept in his office, furnishing
copies of said minutes to the members of the Township Committee or
to such persons as the Township Committee shall designate. He shall
cause the township seal to be affixed to instruments and writings
when authorized so to do by any ordinance or resolution of the Township
Committee or when necessary to exemplify any documents or records
in his office or to certify any act or paper which, from the records
in his office, shall appear to have been a public act of the township
or a public document. He shall not affix the said seal or cause or
permit it to be affixed to any instrument or writing or other paper
except as herein provided unless required to so do by some state statute.
B.
He shall engross in an ordinance book all ordinances
passed by the Township Committee, and each of said ordinances shall
be signed in the book by the Chairman of the Township Committee and
the Clerk of the Township. He shall have the custody and charge of
and shall safely keep all records, documents, reports, papers and
maps in proper files in his office, including the corporate seal.
C.
He shall have the custody and charge of the warrant
book and shall draw warrants upon the Township Treasurer for all bills
and claims approved by the Township Committee, all specific appropriations
of money made by it and for the payment of salaries of township officers
or employees as fixed by ordinance or resolution of the Township Committee
and not otherwise provided for. He shall keep an accurate account
in the margin of said warrant book of all warrants drawn by him, showing
the date, amount and number of each and in whose favor the same was
drawn, the object thereof, the appropriation to which it is to be
charged and the date of the resolution or order authorizing it to
be drawn.
D.
He shall countersign all licenses and permits granted
by the Township Committee and receive all moneys paid for the same.
E.
He shall enter in a book provided for that purpose
the names of all persons from whom he may receive moneys for the township,
the date when received, the amounts so received and the objects thereof,
and shall render a faithful and distinct account of all such moneys
to the Township Committee monthly and pay over the same to the Township
Treasurer.
F.
He shall act as purchasing agent and, as such, shall
have the duty and authority of purchasing any and all furniture, equipment,
materials, supplies, printing and stationery of whatever kind or description
(hereinafter referred to as "articles") used or needed for use by
any and all officers or departments of the Township, excepting such
articles as the Township Committee shall, from time to time, purchase
after having received bids therefor. None of such articles shall,
however, be purchased by him without the authority, in writing, of
the Township Committee or one of the members thereof.
G.
He shall, before purchasing any articles, prepare
requisitions in triplicate, indicating thereon the appropriation or
appropriations against which the proposed purchase is to be charged,
one of which said requisitions shall be given to the officer or department
requiring such articles, one of which shall be given to the vendor
of the same and the third retained by the Clerk until the article
so purchased shall have been delivered. The same shall then be annexed
to the verified bill of the vendor.
H.
He shall do and perform all acts and duties required
of him of every kind which may be now or hereafter prescribed by law
or by the Township Committee.
I.
He shall devote his full time to the performance of
his duties and maintain his office at such place as shall be designated
by the Township Committee, keeping the said office open for the transaction
of public business during such hours and on such days as the Township
Committee shall, from time to time, determine.
J.
He shall do and perform all clerical work, as directed
by the Township Committee, for any of the Township boards.
K.
He shall be a member of the Board of Health of the
Township, as provided by N.J.S.A. 26:3-9, and shall perform all of
the duties as such member and shall act as the Secretary of the Board
of Health.
The Township Clerk shall receive such salary
as the Township Committee may fix from time to time by ordinance.[1]
The Township Clerk shall give a good and sufficient
bond for the faithful Performance of the duties of his office in such
sum as the Township Committee shall direct, which bond shall be approved
by the Township Committee as to form and sufficiency.
