There is hereby established in the government of the City of
Hoboken a department that shall be known as the "Department of Administration."
[Amended 3-1-2006 by Ord. No. DR-243; 3-4-2009 by Ord. No.
DR-391; 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. Z-43; 1-22-2014 by Ord. No. Z-273; 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. B-623]
The Department shall embrace and there is hereby allocated and
assigned thereto the Office of the Business Administrator, the Division
of Personnel and Health Benefits, the Division of Purchasing, the
Division of Constituent Services, the Corporation Counsel,[1] the Construction Code Official, the Board of Alcoholic
Beverage Control,[2] the Office of Licensing and Inspections, the Division
of Senior Citizens, the Division of Cultural Affairs, and all of the
administrative functions, powers and duties relating thereto.
There is hereby assigned and transferred to the Department all of the subordinate officers and employees in the City of Hoboken holding their offices and positions under tenure of office under any law of this state or Title 11A, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey and now exercising and performing any of the functions, powers and duties in the offices and divisions enumerated in § 4-2.
There is hereby transferred and assigned to the Department all
of the property, books, papers and records relating to any of the
offices and other governmental agencies hereinabove allocated and
assigned to said Department, except such books, papers, and records
as are now required by law or the ordinances of the City of Hoboken
to be kept in the office of some other officer or department of the
City government.
There is hereby created the Office of the Business Administrator.
The Business Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the Council and shall serve during the term
of the Mayor appointing him and until the appointment and qualification
of his/her successor and shall be subject to removal as provided by
law. Vacancies in the office of the Business Administrator shall be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the
unexpired term only.
The Business Administrator shall be the Director of the Department
of Administration and the Chief Administrative Officer of the City
and, in addition to the functions, powers and duties that are hereby
or may hereafter be conferred and imposed upon him/her by law and
the ordinances of the City, shall, under the direction and supervision
of the Mayor:
C.
Develop
and administer a sound personnel system.
D.
Formulate
and adopt, subject to the approval of the Mayor, rules and regulations
for the efficient conduct of the work and general administration of
the Department, the officers and employees thereof.
E.
Supervise
the organization of the Department and changes in the organization
thereof, and to the extent to which the organization of the Department
is not prescribed by law, may additionally organize his Department
into such divisions or bureaus and make such assignment of powers
and duties among them and, from time to time, change such organization
or assignment as he may deem advisable.
F.
Make
periodic reports with such recommendations as he deems appropriate
to the Mayor and to the Council concerning the affairs of the Department
under his jurisdiction.
G.
Perform
such other duties as may be prescribed.
The personnel staff in the Office of the Business Administrator
may include clerical, operational, supervisory and managerial positions
as deemed necessary within the budgetary limits established by the
Council.
All appropriations available or to become available to any department,
office or other governmental agency, the functions, powers and duties
of which are hereby assigned and transferred to the Department, are
hereby transferred to the Department established hereby, and shall
be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated.
