[Amended 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. B-623[1]]
There is hereby established in the government of the City of
Hoboken a Department that shall be known as the Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Public Works.
[Amended 6-20-2012 by Ord. No. Z-188; 12-18-2019 by Ord. No. B-213; 2-1-2023 by Ord. No. B-529; 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. B-623]
Said Department shall embrace and there is hereby allocated
and assigned thereto the Office of the Director, Division of Infrastructure,
Division of Sanitation, Division of Parks, Recreation, and Public
Property, and the Division of Vehicle Maintenance and Repair.
There is hereby assigned and transferred to said Department all 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 § 58-2.
There is hereby transferred and assigned to said 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.
[Amended 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. B-623]
There is hereby created the office of Director of the Department
of Parks, Recreation, and Public Works. The Director 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/her 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 Director
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but
for the unexpired term only.
[Amended 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. B-623]
The Director shall be head of the Department and, in addition
to the functions, powers and duties that are hereby or may hereafter
be conferred and imposed upon him by law and the ordinances of the
City, shall:
A.Â
Exercise supervision and have general responsibility for the operations
of said Department and of the personnel employed therein.
B.Â
Supervise the organization of the Department and changes in the organization
thereof, and to the extent to which the organization of this Department
is not prescribed by law, may additionally organize his/her Department
into such divisions or bureaus and make assignment of powers and duties
among them and, from time to time, change such organization or assignment
as he/she may deem advisable.
C.Â
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.
D.Â
Make periodic reports with such recommendations as he/she deems appropriate
to the Mayor and to the Council concerning the affairs of the Department
under his/her jurisdiction.
The personnel staff in the Office of the Director 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 said Department are
hereby transferred to the Department established hereby, and shall
be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated.
