40A:62-6 Powers of the Council.
a. The council shall be the legislative body of the municipality.
b. The council may subject to general law and the provisions of this act:
(1) Pass, adopt, amend and repeal any ordinance or, where permitted, any resolution for any purpose required for the government of the municipality or for the accomplishment of any public purpose for which the municipality is authorized to act under general law;
(2) Control and regulate the finances of the municipality and raise money by borrowing and taxation;
(3) Create such offices and positions as it may deem necessary. The officers appointed thereto shall perform the duties required by law and the ordinances of the council. Other than the town attorney, engineer , building inspector, clerk, tax collector and tax assessor, these officers shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The town attorney, engineer, clerk, tax collector and tax assessor shall serve for terms as provided in chapter 9 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes;
(4) Investigate any activity of the municipality;
(5) Remove any officer of the municipality, other than those officers excepted by law, for cause; and
(6) Override a veto of the mayor by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the council.
c. The council shall have all the executive responsibilities of the municipality not placed, by general law or this act, in the office of the mayor.
d. The council may, by ordinance, appoint such subordinate officers as it may deem necessary, except that the clerk, the tax assessor and the tax collector shall be appointed by the mayor and council.
e. Every officer appointed pursuant to this section shall hold office during his official term and until his successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified. (Source: R. S. 40:125-3, R. S. 40:125-37, R. S. 40:133-3 and New.)
L. 1988, c. 7, s. 1.
Structure New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties
Section 40A:1-1 - Definitions.
Section 40A:1-2 - Citation of revision
Section 40A:1-3 - Effective repealers
Section 40A:1-4 - Revision of common law
Section 40A:1-5 - Construction with prior law
Section 40A:1-6 - Classification and arrangement
Section 40A:1-7 - Construction of outline and analysis
Section 40A:1-8 - Invalidity of sections
Section 40A:1-9 - Applicability of R.S. 1:1 et seq.
Section 40A:2-3 - Power to incur indebtedness, borrow money, issue bonds.
Section 40A:2-3.1 - Local governments, funding of animal shelter operated by nonprofit organization.
Section 40A:2-4 - Payment of obligations
Section 40A:2-5 - Authorization as appropriation
Section 40A:2-6 - Debt limitation
Section 40A:2-7 - Exceptions to debt limitation
Section 40A:2-8.1 - Issuance of bond anticipation note; rules, regulations.
Section 40A:2-9 - Interim obligations
Section 40A:2-10 - Filing of supplemental debt statement required.
Section 40A:2-11 - Down payment.
Section 40A:2-12 - Bond ordinance; contents
Section 40A:2-13 - Multipurpose bond ordinances
Section 40A:2-14 - Local improvement obligations
Section 40A:2-15 - Power to make special covenants in bond
Section 40A:2-16 - Matters not in bond ordinance
Section 40A:2-17 - Adoption of bond ordinance, procedures.
Section 40A:2-18 - Bond ordinance, effective date.
Section 40A:2-19 - Publications
Section 40A:2-20 - Expenses included in cost
Section 40A:2-21 - Minimum period of usefulness
Section 40A:2-22 - Maximum bond terms.
Section 40A:2-22.1 - Request for determination of period of usefulness.
Section 40A:2-24 - Form of obligations
Section 40A:2-24.1 - Submission of financial cost estimate for projects not funded by trust.
Section 40A:2-25 - Execution and delivery of obligations
Section 40A:2-26 - Maturities of bonds.
Section 40A:2-27 - Sale of bonds, methods.
Section 40A:2-28 - Sale of bond anticipation notes or capital notes
Section 40A:2-29 - Minimum price for obligations.
Section 40A:2-30 - Advertisement of public sale of bonds.
Section 40A:2-31 - Contents of notice.
Section 40A:2-32 - Sale of bonds; bidding requirements.
Section 40A:2-33 - Sale of bonds at 1 time or in installments
Section 40A:2-34 - Power of financial officer to sell bonds
Section 40A:2-35 - Conversion, reconversion and reissuance of bonds
Section 40A:2-36 - Lost, destroyed or defaced obligations
Section 40A:2-37 - Contracts to be financed by obligations
Section 40A:2-38 - Prohibited agreements
Section 40A:2-38.1 - Attorneys; compensation; services on issuance of bonds
Section 40A:2-39 - Application of proceeds
Section 40A:2-40 - Annual debt statement
Section 40A:2-41 - Contents of annual debt statement
Section 40A:2-42 - Supplemental debt statement
Section 40A:2-44 - Deductions from gross debts
Section 40A:2-45 - Self-liquidating purposes.
Section 40A:2-46 - Self-liquidating purposes during construction
Section 40A:2-47 - Self-liquidating improvements and extensions
Section 40A:2-48 - Self-liquidating utility deficits
Section 40A:2-49 - Conclusiveness of authorization of obligations
Section 40A:2-50 - Conclusiveness of validity of obligations
Section 40A:2-51 - Issuance of refunding bonds.
Section 40A:2-51.1 - Issuance of refunding bonds
Section 40A:2-51.2 - Local unit authorized to issue bonds
Section 40A:2-52 - Authorization of refunding bonds.
Section 40A:2-53 - Contents of refunding bond ordinance
Section 40A:2-54 - Special refunding program
Section 40A:2-55 - Filing and effective date of refunding bond ordinance
Section 40A:2-56 - Powers of local government board
Section 40A:2-57 - Standards for action by local government board
Section 40A:2-58 - Details of refunding bonds
Section 40A:2-59 - Sale of refunding bonds
Section 40A:2-60 - Sinking or reserve fund; disposition; deposits; investment
Section 40A:2-61 - Validity of obligations
Section 40A:2-62 - Debt service reserve fund
Section 40A:2-63 - Application of chapter
Section 40A:3-2 - Findings, declarations.
Section 40A:3-3 - Definitions.
Section 40A:3-4 - Issuance of qualified bonds.
Section 40A:3-5 - Recitals in bonds; authorization; issuance; maturity.
Section 40A:3-6 - Bond anticipation notes
Section 40A:3-7 - Certification, withholding; lien; covenants.
Section 40A:3-9 - Application to projects commenced prior to effective date of act
Section 40A:3-10 - Severability
Section 40A:4-3 - Annual budget
Section 40A:4-3.1 - Municipalities, operation under State, calendar fiscal year.
Section 40A:4-3.2 - Adoption of State, calendar fiscal year by ordinance.
Section 40A:4-3.3 - Assistance provided to municipalities in which fiscal year has been changed
Section 40A:4-3.4 - Report to Legislature on which municipalities have adopted State fiscal year
Section 40A:4-3.5 - Actions by director.
Section 40A:4-4 - Procedures for adoption of budget
Section 40A:4-5 - Introduction and approval of annual budget.
Section 40A:4-5.1 - Local budget date extension.
Section 40A:4-6 - Advertisement of budget
Section 40A:4-6.1 - Satisfaction of advertisement of budget requirements
Section 40A:4-7 - Time of public hearing
Section 40A:4-8 - Public hearing; time and place.
Section 40A:4-9 - Amendments to budget
Section 40A:4-10 - Adoption of budget; public inspection.
Section 40A:4-11 - Budget to be transmitted to county board
Section 40A:4-12 - Amount to be raised by taxation for local purposes
Section 40A:4-12.1 - Certification of preliminary municipal tax levy under State fiscal year
Section 40A:4-13 - Inclusion of amount required for school purposes
Section 40A:4-14 - School items; separate certification
Section 40A:4-15 - Late approval of budget
Section 40A:4-16 - County board to advise director of failure to receive budget
Section 40A:4-17 - Director's certificate to the county board
Section 40A:4-18 - Table of aggregates for late budgets
Section 40A:4-19 - Temporary appropriations
Section 40A:4-20 - Emergency temporary appropriations
Section 40A:4-21 - Separate sections required
Section 40A:4-22 - Form and content of current budget
Section 40A:4-22.2 - "Attorney Identification Card Program."
Section 40A:4-23 - Arrangement of revenues; current fund
Section 40A:4-25 - Miscellaneous revenues
Section 40A:4-25.1 - Use of library monies transferred to municipality.
Section 40A:4-26 - Miscellaneous, anticipated revenues.
Section 40A:4-27 - Miscellaneous revenues; sale of property.
Section 40A:4-27.1 - Anticipation in budget
Section 40A:4-27.2 - Municipal "cap" exemption
Section 40A:4-28 - Miscellaneous revenues; sinking fund surplus
Section 40A:4-29 - Receipts from delinquent taxes
Section 40A:4-30 - Amount to be raised by taxes to support municipal budget
Section 40A:4-31 - Arrangement of appropriations
Section 40A:4-32 - Separate items of appropriations
Section 40A:4-33 - Operation of utility or enterprise
Section 40A:4-34 - Appropriations for utility or enterprise
Section 40A:4-35 - Utility operations; surplus; deficit
Section 40A:4-35.1 - Transfer of surplus revenue.
Section 40A:4-35.2 - Periodic study of adequacy, reasonableness of certain charges for water system.
Section 40A:4-36 - Dedicated revenues; general definition
Section 40A:4-37 - Dedicated assessment budget
Section 40A:4-38 - Appropriation in dedicated assessment budget
Section 40A:4-39 - Anticipation of dedicated revenues.
Section 40A:4-40 - Reserve for uncollected taxes; appropriation
Section 40A:4-40.1 - Reduction of reserve for uncollected taxes by sale of total property tax levy
Section 40A:4-40.3 - Fiscal analysis prior to sale of total property tax levy
Section 40A:4-41 - Computation of reserve for uncollected taxes.
Section 40A:4-42 - Required appropriation for cash deficit
Section 40A:4-43 - Capital budgets; definition.
Section 40A:4-44 - Form, arrangement and detail of capital budgets.
Section 40A:4-45 - Separate capital budgets
Section 40A:4-45.1 - Legislative policy
Section 40A:4-45.1a - "Cost-of-living adjustment" defined.
Section 40A:4-45.2 - Limitation on increase of appropriations.
Section 40A:4-45.2b - Deduction from county appropriation for services assumed by State
Section 40A:4-45.3 - Municipalities; budget limitation exceptions.
Section 40A:4-45.3a - Referendum; when held, applicability.
Section 40A:4-45.3a1 - Provision of polling places; election worker compensation.
Section 40A:4-45.3d - Local Finance Board authorized to grant additional exceptions
Section 40A:4-45.4 - Limitation on increase in county tax levies over previous year; exceptions.
Section 40A:4-45.4b - Budget cap exception for solid waste reclamation utility.
Section 40A:4-45.12 - Annual variable percentage limitation on increases in expenditures
Section 40A:4-45.14 - Permissible increase in appropriations.
Section 40A:4-45.15a - Municipality permitted certain final appropriations.
Section 40A:4-45.15b - County permitted certain final appropriations, county tax levy.
Section 40A:4-45.15c - Amount of difference, certain; available for appropriation.
Section 40A:4-45.16 - Referendum; increase in final appropriations
Section 40A:4-45.38 - Transfer of funds from appropriation subject to limitation
Section 40A:4-45.39 - Reduction for unrealized municipal revenues
Section 40A:4-45.40 - Transfer of services, deduction from county appropriation
Section 40A:4-45.41 - Appropriation included in spending limitation
Section 40A:4-45.42 - Annual report to Governor, Legislature
Section 40A:4-45.43a - Additional exceptions to limits on increases to appropriations.
Section 40A:4-45.44 - Definitions relative to property tax levy cap concerning local units.
Section 40A:4-45.45 - Cap on calculation of adjusted tax levy by local unit; exclusions.
Section 40A:4-45.45b - Parts of budget request; exemptions.
Section 40A:4-45.45c - Rules, regulations.
Section 40A:4-45.47 - Actions taken by director.
Section 40A:4-46 - Emergency appropriations
Section 40A:4-47 - Emergency appropriations provided for in next budget
Section 40A:4-50 - Emergencies financed from surplus
Section 40A:4-51 - Emergency notes authorized
Section 40A:4-52 - Conclusiveness of emergency appropriations upon affidavit of finance officer
Section 40A:4-53 - Special emergency appropriations.
Section 40A:4-54 - Authorization of special emergency appropriations.
Section 40A:4-54.1 - Emergency funding for certain employee group insurance programs.
Section 40A:4-54.2 - Certified copy of resolution, submission.
Section 40A:4-54.3 - Notice provided to members.
Section 40A:4-55 - Special emergency notes.
Section 40A:4-55.1 - Special emergency appropriations; adoption of ordinance
Section 40A:4-55.2 - Financing appropriation
Section 40A:4-55.3 - Manner of financing appropriation from surplus funds
Section 40A:4-55.4 - Manner of financing appropriation by borrowing money
Section 40A:4-55.5 - Approval and filing of ordinance or resolution
Section 40A:4-55.6 - Rules and regulations; proof of emergency and need for appropriation
Section 40A:4-55.7 - Effect of revision of Title 40
Section 40A:4-55.8 - County colleges; special emergency appropriation; resolution; contents
Section 40A:4-55.9 - Financing; reduction of appropriation; resolution
Section 40A:4-55.10 - Exclusion from next succeeding budget; limitation on period of appropriation
Section 40A:4-55.12 - Applicability of provisions relating to tax anticipation notes
Section 40A:4-55.14 - Financing; surplus funds; borrowing
Section 40A:4-55.15 - Surplus funds; inclusion in annual budget
Section 40A:4-55.16 - Borrowing money; resolution
Section 40A:4-55.18 - Distressed municipality defined
Section 40A:4-55.19 - Judgments; payment; appropriation; resolution; notes; conditions
Section 40A:4-55.20 - Approval of resolution
Section 40A:4-55.21 - Powers and obligations of municipality; ad valorem taxes; levy
Section 40A:4-56 - Contracts of special or technical nature
Section 40A:4-57 - Expenditures void without appropriations
Section 40A:4-58 - Appropriation transfers during last 2 months of fiscal year
Section 40A:4-59 - Appropriation transfers during first 3 months of succeeding year
Section 40A:4-60 - Unexpended balances canceled by resolution
Section 40A:4-61 - Assessment revenue fund
Section 40A:4-62 - Public utility funds
Section 40A:4-62.1 - Storm recovery reserves; permitted, rules, regulations.
Section 40A:4-62.2 - Establishment of mosquito control reserve fund.
Section 40A:4-63 - Money in separate funds treated as trust funds
Section 40A:4-64 - Tax anticipation notes
Section 40A:4-65 - Application of proceeds
Section 40A:4-66 - Limitation of amount
Section 40A:4-67 - Limitation of maturity and renewals
Section 40A:4-68 - Interest rate
Section 40A:4-69 - Form, registration and redemption
Section 40A:4-70 - Recital of borrowing power; authorization
Section 40A:4-71 - Execution of notes or coupons
Section 40A:4-72 - Sale and report of sale
Section 40A:4-73 - Conclusive presumption of validity of proceedings and notes
Section 40A:4-74 - Utility anticipation notes
Section 40A:4-75 - Liability on notes
Section 40A:4-76 - Examination of budget
Section 40A:4-77 - Scope of examination
Section 40A:4-78 - Approval of budget, exemptions.
Section 40A:4-79 - Certification of director
Section 40A:4-80 - Action on disapproved budget
Section 40A:4-81 - Amendment of disapproved budget
Section 40A:4-82 - Judicial review of local government board's determination
Section 40A:4-83 - Regulations by the local government board and director
Section 40A:4-84 - Orders of director binding
Section 40A:4-85 - Power to change title or text of appropriation
Section 40A:4-86 - Correction of revenue item
Section 40A:4-87 - Special items of revenue and appropriations
Section 40A:4-88 - Filing of amendment, correction in local budget
Section 40A:4-89 - Issuance of notes.
Section 40A:5-4 - Annual audit required; extensions
Section 40A:5-5 - Scope of audit
Section 40A:5-6 - Report of audit
Section 40A:5-7 - Publication of report and recommendations
Section 40A:5-8 - Audit by director
Section 40A:5-9 - Audit by registered municipal accountant
Section 40A:5-10 - Revocation or cancellation of license
Section 40A:5-11 - Advertising for bids unnecessary
Section 40A:5-12 - Annual financial statement and reports of local unit
Section 40A:5-13 - Annual financial statements by boards, committees and commissions of a local unit
Section 40A:5-14 - Adoption of cash management plan.
Section 40A:5-14.1 - Rules and regulations
Section 40A:5-14.2 - Findings, declarations relative to investment of certain municipal funds.
Section 40A:5-14.4 - Application for approval of plan relative to disposition of certain assets.
Section 40A:5-14.5 - Dedicated trust fund, investment oversight board.
Section 40A:5-14.6 - Duties of investment oversight board.
Section 40A:5-14.7 - Responsibilities of investment oversight board relative to reports.
Section 40A:5-14.8 - Annual audit of dedicated trust funds.
Section 40A:5-14.9 - Rules, regulations.
Section 40A:5-14.10 - Effective date.
Section 40A:5-15 - Deposit of funds paid to the local unit
Section 40A:5-15.1 - Securities which may be purchased by local units.
Section 40A:5-15.2 - Record and report of securities received
Section 40A:5-15.3 - Securities of local unit purchased by it not to be canceled; sale thereafter
Section 40A:5-16 - - Local unit, requirements for paying out moneys.
Section 40A:5-16.3 - Payment in advance
Section 40A:5-16.4 - Issuance, acceptance of purchase order for license or permit fee
Section 40A:5-17 - Approval and payment of claims and required general books of account
Section 40A:5-17.1 - Refund, delinquency of less than $10.00
Section 40A:5-18 - Public recording of approved claims
Section 40A:5-19 - Payment of salaries and wages
Section 40A:5-20 - Officers to deliver funds and records when term expires
Section 40A:5-21 - Petty cash fund of local unit
Section 40A:5-22 - Investigation of expenditures of local unit
Section 40A:5-23 - Costs, taxation and payment bond
Section 40A:5-24 - Filing and publication of report of investigation
Section 40A:5-25 - Attorney of local unit may appear on its behalf
Section 40A:5-26 - Subpoenas and testimony of witnesses
Section 40A:5-27 - Witness fees and mileage taxed as costs
Section 40A:5-28 - Duty of officers and employees of local unit
Section 40A:5-29 - Acceptance of bequests, legacies, gifts
Section 40A:5-30 - Acceptance of Federal grants
Section 40A:5-30.1 - Findings, declarations relative to the "1033 program."
Section 40A:5-30.2 - Approval of application for enrollment in program.
Section 40A:5-31 - Award programs for local units
Section 40A:5-32 - Reimbursement
Section 40A:5-33 - Oath taken before assuming office
Section 40A:5-34 - Bonds of officials and employees
Section 40A:5-34.1 - Blanket bond coverage provided for certain local officers, employees; evidence.
Section 40A:5-35 - Recording of bonds
Section 40A:5-36 - Protection to be afforded by bond.
Section 40A:5-37 - Condition of bond broken
Section 40A:5-38 - Rules and regulations.
Section 40A:5-39 - Fixing of bond in excess of minimum amount.
Section 40A:5-41 - Classification system for purpose of determining amount of bond; minimum amount
Section 40A:5-43 - Short title
Section 40A:5-44 - Definitions relative to card or other electronic based payments.
Section 40A:5-45.Electronic - payment systems established by resolution of governing body
Section 40A:5-46 - Service charges; collection, assessment
Section 40A:5-47 - Rules, regulations
Section 40A:5-48 - "User-friendly," plain language budget summary forms.
Section 40A:5-50 - Rules, regulations.
Section 40A:5A-1 - Short title
Section 40A:5A-2 - Legislative findings and declarations
Section 40A:5A-3 - Definitions
Section 40A:5A-4 - Local authorities; creation; application for approval
Section 40A:5A-5 - Approval or disapproval of application
Section 40A:5A-6 - Review of financing.
Section 40A:5A-6.1 - Financing cost estimate submitted by authority.
Section 40A:5A-7 - Hearings; findings
Section 40A:5A-8 - Recommendations
Section 40A:5A-9 - Authorization for local units to incur indebtedness and issue obligations
Section 40A:5A-10 - Submission of budget.
Section 40A:5A-10.1 - Periodic study of adequacy, reasonableness for certain charges.
Section 40A:5A-11 - Approval of budget.
Section 40A:5A-11.1 - "Local authority."
Section 40A:5A-12 - Funding of deficit
Section 40A:5A-13 - Authority temporary funding notes
Section 40A:5A-14 - Deficit funding notes
Section 40A:5A-15 - Annual audit
Section 40A:5A-16 - Synopsis of audit; publication
Section 40A:5A-17 - Certification of review of audit.
Section 40A:5A-17.1 - Authority, certain, maintenance of Internet website, webpage; contents.
Section 40A:5A-18 - Financial difficulty of authority; hearing; audit or investigation
Section 40A:5A-19 - Order implementing financial plan to alleviate financial difficulties
Section 40A:5A-20 - Dissolution of authority by local unit
Section 40A:5A-20.1 - Appropriation of certain funds.
Section 40A:5A-21 - Ordering of dissolution
Section 40A:5A-22 - Papers connected with, used or filed with authority considered public records
Section 40A:5A-23 - Examination of accounts and books by state auditor
Section 40A:5A-24 - Temporary obligations
Section 40A:5A-25 - Increases in charges of utility when faced with financial difficulties; hearing
Section 40A:5A-27 - Actions to be consistent with bond resolution, service contract
Section 40A:5A-28 - Definitions relative to public utilities.
Section 40A:5A-29 - Winter Termination Program, established.
Section 40A:5A-30 - Rules, regulations.
Section 40A:6-1 - Classification of counties for legislative purposes
Section 40A:6-2 - When change in classification effective
Section 40A:6-3 - Governing bodies unaffected
Section 40A:6-4 - Classification of cities for legislative purposes
Section 40A:6-5 - Reference in laws to designated classes; notice to courts
Section 40A:6-6 - Time when census shall affect classification
Section 40A:6-8 - Statutes repealed
Section 40A:7-1 - Law applicable in annexed territory
Section 40A:7-2 - Rights of citizens
Section 40A:7-3 - Liability for indebtedness
Section 40A:7-4 - Joint committee of the governing body members to ascertain indebtedness
Section 40A:7-5 - Committee to ascertain and report amount of indebtedness paid by annexing county
Section 40A:7-6 - Making and filing report; effect
Section 40A:7-7 - Decision of majority final; members present to act; adjournments
Section 40A:7-9 - Continuation of officers
Section 40A:7-10 - Collection of unpaid taxes
Section 40A:7-11 - Suits and other legal proceedings unaffected
Section 40A:7-12 - Annexation; petition and contents
Section 40A:7-12.1 - Refusal to annex; judicial review; burden of proof
Section 40A:7-13 - Ordinance of annexing municipality; wards; limitation on municipal boundaries
Section 40A:7-14 - Law applicable; copy of ordinance filed
Section 40A:7-15 - Land plotted on municipal map
Section 40A:7-16 - Rights of residents after annexation
Section 40A:7-17 - Indebtedness of annexed municipality apportioned
Section 40A:7-18 - Joint committee to apportion property and indebtedness
Section 40A:7-19 - Payment of indebtedness
Section 40A:7-20 - Decision of majority final; members present to act; adjournments
Section 40A:7-21 - Joint committee report filed; compensation of committeemen
Section 40A:7-23 - Effect on constables
Section 40A:7-24 - Annexation of adjacent municipally-owned unoccupied land
Section 40A:7-25 - Actions pending unaffected; collection of unpaid taxes
Section 40A:7-27 - Recording copy of proceedings
Section 40A:7-28 - Statutes repealed
Section 40A:9-1.1 - Director of safety; appointment of non-resident; ordinance
Section 40A:9-1.2 - Municipal treasurer; appointment of nonresident; ordinance
Section 40A:9-1.4 - Eligibility of applicants in local units subject to civil service
Section 40A:9-1.8 - Preference in promotion
Section 40A:9-1.9 - Application of act on and after effective date
Section 40A:9-1.11 - Definitions
Section 40A:9-1.13 - Eligibility for candidacy or appointment to local elective office
Section 40A:9-1.14 - Inapplicability of s. 40A:9-1.13 to special municipal charters
Section 40A:9-1.15 - Residency requirement waiver.
Section 40A:9-1.16 - Hiring preferences for veterans.
Section 40A:9-3 - Discrimination by reason of age; exceptions