A.
Every officer or employee of the Township who, by
virtue of his office or position, is entrusted with the receipt, custody
or expenditure of public moneys or funds, and any other officer or
employee who may be required to do so by the Township Committee, shall,
before entering upon the duties of his office or position, execute
and deliver a surety bond in such amount as may be fixed by resolution
of the Township Committee, binding him to the Township in its corporate
name and conditioned upon the true and faithful performance of his
duty. Each officer or employee required by law to give bond shall
execute such bond with sufficient surety and deliver the same to the
Township Committee, except that the Clerk shall deliver his bond to
the Township Solicitor, before he enters upon the discharge of the
duties of his office or employment.
B.
If any officer or employee shall neglect to execute
and deliver his bond as herein required within 30 days after due notification
of his election or appointment, his office may be declared vacant
by the Township Committee.
C.
In every case in which any person is required by the
laws of the state or by any ordinance of the Township to give a bond
for the faithful performance of his duties, such bond shall be secured
by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state, and
the premium therefor shall be paid by the Township. Each such bond
shall be approved as to form and sufficiency by the Township Solicitor,
and nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the use
of one or more blanket bonds when so approved.
A.
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the
Township shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract
with the Township or in the compensation for work done or for materials
or supplies furnished to the Township or to any contractor or other
person furnishing the same to the Township, nor shall he participate
in any profits of such contractor or other person or receive any compensation,
commission, gift or other reward for his services except the salary
or fees established by law or ordinance or resolution of the Township
Committee.
B.
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the
Township shall accept or solicit anything of value as consideration
for or in connection with the discharge of his official duties other
than the fee or compensation prescribed pursuant to law.
C.
No officer or employee elected or appointed in the
Township shall represent private interests before the Township Committee
or before any board, commission or agency of the Township, or represent
private interests in any action or proceedings against the interest
of the Township in any litigation.
D.
No Township Committeeman or member of any Township
agency, board, commission or other body shall vote for the adoption
or defeat of any ordinance or resolution or for the payment or nonpayment
of any indebtedness owing or allegedly owing by the Township in which
he has any financial or other personal interest, directly or indirectly;
nor shall any official or employee recommend or lobby for the adoption
or defeat of any such measure or for the institution or defense of
any legal or quasi-legal action whatever in which he has or may have
a financial or other personal interest, direct or indirect. Any official
or employee who has or may have such interest in such measure, indebtedness
or action and who participates in discussion with or gives an official
opinion to the Township Committee or a Township Committeeman with
respect thereto shall disclose on the public records of the Township
Committee or agency the nature and extent of such interest.
E.
Any officer or employee who violates any provision
of this section or any statute or ordinance relating to conflict of
interest shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office and liable
to removal from office therefor. Any officer or employee who shall
knowingly permit any provision of this section to be violated by any
of his subordinates shall also be guilty of misconduct in office and
liable to removal thereof.
F.
Every officer or employee elected or appointed in
the Township shall avoid directly or indirectly influencing the hiring
or appointment of any close relative to any position or office of
the Township.
Whenever a vacancy exists in any position, office
or department by resignation, removal, disability or otherwise, the
Township Committee, upon recommendation by the department head, may
fill such vacancy by majority vote.
Each appointive officer and employee of the
Township, other than a nonpaid member of a purely advisory body, shall
retire upon attaining 70 years of age unless he shall have such unique
knowledge of his employment that the Township Committee declares by
resolution that he should be permitted to continue in his position,
provided that he is not required to retire by the provisions of any
statute of the State of New Jersey or ordinance of the Township. He
shall retain such pension and retirement benefits as may be permitted
or provided by statute or ordinance as aforesaid.
A.
All the books, maps, papers, accounts, statements,
vouchers and other documents whatsoever acquired or produced in any
Township department shall be carefully and conveniently filed, kept
and preserved and be and remain the sole property of the Township,
and shall not at any time be removed from the offices of such department
except when required for use in the official business of the Township
and shall then be returned to such office without delay. Each Township
Committeeman shall be responsible for assuring that the requirements
of this section are complied with in respect to his particular office.
This section shall be subject to the provisions of the Destruction
of Public Records Law (1953) (N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq.).
B.
All such documents and records of the Township shall,
during office hours, be open to public search, inspection and examination,
subject to and within the limitations prescribed by law, provided
that such search, inspection and examination shall not extend to work
papers of any department nor to materials prepared for the prosecution
or defense by the Township of any legal action or right, and provided
that such search, inspection and examination shall be made under such
regulations as the officer in whose custody such records, books and
documents may be shall establish for the safety and preservation thereof.
C.
Upon the termination of his term of office or the
employment of any officer or employee, he shall forthwith deliver
to his successor or, if there is no successor, to the Clerk or other
person who may be designated by the Township Committee to receive
the same, all moneys, papers, books, memorandums, accounts and data
of any nature whatever pertaining to his office.
