§ 40a-63-7-1

40A:63-7.1. Assistant municipal administrator, office created by township 1. a. The governing body of any township, by ordinance, may create the office of assistant municipal administrator. The primary function of the assistant municipal administrator shall be to assist in the administration of the township under the direction of the municipal administrator. The position of assistant municipal administrator shall be an unclassified position in any township which has adopted the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes. b. During the absence or disability of the municipal administrator, the assistant municipal administrator shall have all the powers of the municipal administrator and shall perform the functions and duties of the municipal administrator. c. The assistant municipal administrator shall be appointed by the township governing body. The assistant municipal administrator may be removed by the township governing body. d. The assistant municipal administrator shall receive the compensation as may from time to time be directed by the governing body by ordinance.

strator may be removed by the township governing body. d. The assistant municipal administrator shall receive the compensation as may from time to time be directed by the governing body by ordinance. The ordinance may provide that a person appointed to the position of assistant municipal administrator need not be a resident of the township. L.1993,c.75,s.1.