[Ord. No. 11-04-04, Preamble]
Ordinance No. 11-04-04 ratified the voters' approval for
reclassification from a Type II School District to a Type I School
District effective February 1, 2005. The Mayor and Borough Council
have taken the necessary action to properly terminate and cease all
functions of the existing Type II School District and create a newly
constituted Type I School District in accordance with the New Jersey
school laws.
[Ord. No. 11-04-04 §§ 1—8]
a.
The reclassification of the School District to a Type I School District
became effective as of February 1, 2005, in accordance with N.J.S.A.
18A:9-8.
b.
The Board of Education operating as a Type I School District will
consist of five (5) members, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:12-6,
and such members will be appointed by the Mayor.
c.
The Board of Education members shall be appointed by the Mayor between
April 1 and April 15 of each year, and the term of office for that
appointed member shall begin on May 16, next succeeding.
d.
A Board of School Estimate shall be established pursuant to N.J.S.A.
18A:22-1 et seq. The Board of School Estimate shall consist of five
(5) members: two (2) members from the Type I Board of Education, two
(2) members from the Borough Council and the Mayor. Except for the
Mayor, members of the Board of School Estimate will be selected by
their respective governing bodies. The members of the Board of School
Estimate are to be selected in December of each year.
e.
The terms of members of the previous Type II Board of Education ceased
at midnight on January 31, 2005. All obligations and responsibilities
of the Type II School District shall accrue to the new constituted
Type I School District as of February 1, 2005.
f.
The Mayor and other authorized representatives shall be authorized
to take all necessary steps to implement the reclassification of the
school district.
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Editor's Note: See also the Board of Health Code containing
legislation adopted by the Board of Health.
[1973 Code § 22-1]
There shall be established in the Borough of Rockleigh a Board
of Health in accordance with "An Act to Establish, in This State,
Boards of Health, and a Bureau of Vital Statistics, to Define Their
Respective Powers and Duties," approved March 31, 1887, and the several
supplements thereto and amendments thereof.
[1973 Code § 22-2]
The Board of Health shall consist of five (5) members, to be
appointed by the Mayor and Borough Council in accordance with the
New Jersey State Statutes. All members of the Board, except when appointed
to fill vacancies, shall hold office for a term of three (3) years
and until their successors have been qualified.
[1973 Code § 22-3]
The Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations for its
government and shall elect a President from its members. The Board
of Health may appoint a Clerk, Health Officer, Sanitary Inspectors
and such other officers and assistants as the Board of Health shall
deem necessary, and shall appoint a Registrar of Vital Statistics.
Subordinate officers of this Board, receiving salaries by motion of
the Board of Health, may not be selected from the personnel of the
Board. All officers shall hold office until their successors have
been appointed.
[1973 Code § 22-4]
The Board of Health shall not contract any debts of any kind
beyond the amount of the appropriation made for its use by the Mayor
and Council, except in emergencies or epidemics as required by law
for such boards.
[1973 Code § 27-1]
There is hereby created the Rockleigh Park Commission, consisting
of five (5) members, each appointed by the Mayor with the consent
of the Council for a three-year term. The appointment of members of
the Commission shall be for three (3) years. There shall also be appointed
annually two (2) alternate members who shall be designated as "Alternate
No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2," to serve for one (1) year.
[1973 Code § 27-2]
The Commission shall elect one of its number as Chairman and
one as Secretary. The Commission shall keep a correct record of its
proceedings and shall meet at such times as it may determine.
[1973 Code § 27-3]
The Commission shall have control, superintendence and charge
of all public parks and any lands or lots heretofore or hereafter
devised and bequeathed to the Borough for park purposes and shall
direct the ornamenting, adorning, laying out and improving of the
grounds of these parks and for that purpose may employ such workmen
and purchase or contract for material as they may deem necessary,
provided that such contracts and purchases are approved by the Mayor
and Council in advance of their execution and provided that in no
case shall the amount paid for the workmen or to be paid for such
purchases or contracts exceed the amount of money appropriated for
this purpose. The Park Commission shall have general supervision and
control over the maintenance, operation and regulation of all forms
of recreation and playground and public entertainment activities carried
on in connection therewith.
[1973 Code § 27-4]
The members of such Commission shall serve without compensation,
but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid by the Borough.
The Commission shall collect all rents from any such park use and
shall deposit it with the Municipal Clerk.
[1973 Code § 27-5]
The Commission may employ competent persons as Park Custodians
and define their duties. The salary of such custodian(s) shall be
set by the Mayor and Council.
[1973 Code § 27-6]
All receipts on account of the parks, whether arising from rentals,
donation or sale of any part thereof, or of any lands so willed and
devised by any person to the Borough, shall be exclusively expended
and applied under the direction and control of the Mayor and Council.
[Ord. No. 09-03-04 § A]
There is hereby established a Wildlife Management Commission ("RWMC") of the Borough of Rockleigh which shall develop and recommend to the Borough Council, on an annual basis, a Borough Wildlife Management Program in accordance with the terms hereinafter set forth in Chapter 5, Animal Control, Article IV and shall monitor and report on the program after its adoption by the Borough Council.
[Ord. No. 09-03-04 § B]
a.
The RWMC shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Mayor
with the advice and consent of the Borough Council by resolution at
the Annual Reorganization Meeting. The members shall be:
b.
The Mayor and the Police Director shall serve during the term of
their offices. All others will be appointed for terms of three (3)
years, staggered as evenly as possible by reason of the original appointments.
All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same as
set forth above.
c.
The Borough Council may remove any member of the RWMC for cause.
Cause for removal may be found where:
[Ord. No. 09-03-04 § C]
a.
The RWMC shall organize within thirty (30) days after the appointment
of its total membership, and thereafter each January, by the election
by its membership of one of its members as Chairman, and one as Secretary.
b.
The RWMC shall meet at least four (4) times per year and may choose
to meet more often as necessary to perform its duties.
[Ord. No. 09-03-04 § D]
a.
b.
The Borough Council shall consider the program that is proposed to
it by the RWMC and/or appropriate Borough staff officials, but it
maintains full authority to adopt a program of its choice or not adopt
a program at all.
c.
The RWMC shall monitor the adopted program, and in May of each year,
shall briefly report to the Borough Council on the conduct and outcome
of the past year's program.
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