As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes "ordinance" and "resolution" as defined by N.J.S.A.
40:49-1 and duly enacted according to law.
[Amended 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 15-99; 5-16-2005 by Ord. No.
20-05]
All ordinances of the Borough of Mendham shall
be introduced, read, heard, published and enacted in the manner provided
by law. At introduction and at adoption, all ordinances shall be read
by title or by title and summary unless a majority of the Council
votes to have the ordinance read in full. Each ordinance passed by
the Council shall be returned by the Mayor to the Clerk after the
Mayor has signed or approved it. If the Mayor neither signs nor disapproves
the ordinance within 10 days from the date of its delivery to him
or her, it shall, as provided by N.J.S.A. 40A:60-5 and 40A:60-6, take
effect in like manner as if signed. The publication of ordinances
shall be governed by the provisions set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:49-2.
A.
The Council shall reconsider any ordinance returned
without approval by the Mayor within the time permitted by law, together
with a statement setting forth his or her objections thereto or to
any item or part thereof. Such reconsideration shall take place at
the next meeting of the Council. (N.J.S.A. 40A:60-5)
B.
Whenever an ordinance has been reconsidered by the
Council following a veto by the Mayor (N.J.S.A. 40A:60-5), the Clerk
shall append to such ordinance a certification of the action of the
Council upon such reconsideration, in substantially the following
form:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance adopted
by the Council of the Borough of Mendham on the ...... day of................,
19........ was delivered to me on the...... day of...................,
together with the Mayor's statement of the reasons for which he or
she was constrained to withhold his or her approval of such ordinance,
item or part thereof.
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On reconsideration thereof, on the........ day
of............., (the Council duly resolved by the affirmative vote
of 2/3 of its members to enact such ordinance, item or part thereof,
notwithstanding the Mayor's veto) or (the Mayor's veto was sustained).
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Dated:
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Borough Clerk
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[Amended 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 15-99]
Whenever an ordinance shall take effect without
the Mayor's signature by reason of his or her failure to return it
to the Council by filing it with the Clerk within 10 days after it
has been presented to him or her (N.J.S.A. 40A:60-5), the Clerk shall
append to such ordinance a certificate in substantially the following
form:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance was
adopted by the Borough Council on the...... day of ..........., 19....,
and was presented to the Mayor duly certified on the.......... day
of..................., 19......., and upon his or her failure to sign
it or return and file it with the Clerk within 10 days thereafter,
said ordinance took effect in like manner as if the Mayor had signed
it.
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Dated:
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Borough Clerk
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The Clerk shall record all ordinances and resolutions
in permanent books, which shall be provided for that purpose, and
shall cause the codification to be revised accordingly. After each
ordinance he or she shall also record and certify the proof of publication
thereof as required by law. Each ordinance recorded shall be signed
by the Mayor and Clerk, who shall attest that it was duly adopted
upon a date stated, and shall be deemed to be a public record of the
ordinance. (N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133)
