[Ord. #984, § 1]
The Township has an obligation to present and
future generations to encourage its citizens to appreciate and understand
its cultural, historic and architectural heritage. The fulfillment
of this obligation requires the creation of a position which will
increase the education, appreciation and communication of the Township's
heritage.
[Ord. #984, § 1]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:10A-1 et seq., there
is hereby created the position of Local Historian.
[Ord. #984, § 1; Ord. #1155]
The Local Historian shall be appointed by the
majority vote of the Township Committee and shall hold office for
a one-year term ending December 31 annually. The Local Historian shall
serve without compensation, but the Township Committee may annually
appropriate such funds as it deems necessary to reimburse the Local
Historian for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties and
responsibilities of the position as established by law.
[Ord. #984, § 1]
The Local Historian shall have the following
duties and responsibilities:
a.
To carry out an historical program, including but
not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available materials
relating to the history of the Township. The Historian shall store
such materials in such manner as to insure their preservation and
shall notify the State Archivist, New Jersey Historical Commission,
County Local Historian and Township Committee of any materials which
should be acquired for preservation. Upon leaving the position, the
Local Historian shall turn over all materials and records and reports
into the possession of the successor, if then appointed, or to the
Township Committee until a successor shall be appointed;
b.
The Local Historian shall make an annual report to
the Township Administrator and Township Committee stating all the
work performed and accomplished during that year. The Local Historian
shall transmit a copy of such report to the New Jersey Historical
Commission;
c.
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 may assist a Landmark Commission,
as well as advise the Township Committee, concerning the acquisition,
administration, use and disposition of any landmark or historic site,
including such places in his jurisdiction included on the New Jersey
Register of Historic Places. Such advice may be furnished to the Historic
Sites Section, Department of Environmental Protection;
e.
The Local Historian shall assist in projects of commemoration,
including the erection of monuments, historic markers and guide signs.
[Ord. #984, § 1]
The Local Historian may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary in order to carry out the duties and responsibilities set forth in Subsection 2-26.4, within the limits of such funds as may be made available by the Township Committee for such purposes in the Township's annual budget.
