[Added 5-15-1996 by Ord. No. 14-1996]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. XIII, Department
of Communications, was deleted pursuant to Ord. No. 4-1989, adopted
3-8-1989, which provided for the deletion of the Department of Communications
as a separate department and the incorporation of said Department
under the Police Department.
There is hereby created in the Township of Egg
Harbor, County of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, the position of
Local Historian.
The Local Historian shall be appointed by the
Township Committee at its reorganization meeting in January or at
such later date as may be convenient. The Local Historian shall serve
at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be removed upon
a majority vote of the Township Committee.
The individual appointed Local Historian shall
hold office from the date of appointment to December 31 of that year.
The Local Historian shall serve without compensation,
but the Township Committee may annually appropriate such funds as
may be necessary to reimburse the Local Historian for expenses incurred
in the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the position.
A.
The Local Historian shall be responsible for developing
and carrying out an historical program for the Township, including
but not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available
materials relating to the history of Egg Harbor Township, the municipal
governing body or any of its political subdivisions.
B.
The Local Historian shall make an annual report to
the Township Committee stating all the work performed and accomplished
during the year. The Local Historian shall transmit a copy of the
report to the New Jersey Historical Commission.
C.
Within the limits of the budget as appropriated by
the Township Committee, the Local Historian may research, write and
cause to have published a municipal history and may recommend appropriate
historical materials for publication.
D.
The Local Historian shall advise the Township Committee
concerning the acquisition, administration, use and disposition of
any landmark or historic site, including such places in the Township
of Egg Harbor included on the New Jersey Register of Historical Places.
E.
Within the limits of the budget as appropriated by
the Township Committee, the Local Historian shall assist in projects
of commemoration, including the erection of monuments, historic markers
and guide signs.
F.
Within the limits of such funds as may be made available
by the Township Committee for the particular purpose, the Local Historian
may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary in order to
carry out the duties and responsibilities of the position.
The Local Historian shall be responsible for
the care and custody of such documents and historical materials as
shall come into his/her possession. The materials shall be stored
securely in the municipal building or such other place designated
and approved by the Township Committee. The Local Historian shall
store the materials in such a manner as to ensure their preservation.
Upon leaving the position, the Local Historian shall be responsible
for turning over all materials, records and reports to his/her successor.
An annual inventory and report of materials in the possession of the
Local Historian shall be provided to the Township Committee.
