40:55B-6. Employees; offices

In so far as may be practicable, the employees and assistants required by the commission shall be recruited from the public officers and employees of the municipality served by the commission. The municipal counsel shall be the counsel to the commission; the municipal engineer shall be the engineer of the commission; and the several departments of the municipal government shall be available to the commission for the purposes of the commission's business. Municipal employees serving the commission shall do so without compensation other than their regular compensation as employees of the municipality. The commission shall, from time to time, make known to the mayor of the municipality served by it, its wants in the nature of services by employees of the municipality, and the mayor shall designate which of the municipality's employees, if any, shall render such services.

To the extent that the commission shall deem it necessary to carry on its function, and to the extent that it shall consider the services of existing employees of the municipality insufficient for its purposes, it may employ such additional employees or services and at such compensation as may be approved by resolution of the governing body of the municipality. Its requirements in this direction shall be submitted from time to time in writing to such governing body.

The civil service laws, rules and regulations of the state, applicable to the municipality served by the commission, shall govern the appointment of employees of the commission. Such laws, rules and regulations shall not be deemed to prevent the use of services of existing employees, without extra compensation therefor, nor shall the use of such services operate to enlarge the civil service rights or the status of the municipal employee rendering the same.

The commission shall have an maintain a suitable office, where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection during reasonable business hours of the commission. If practicable, existing office facilities of the municipality served by the commission shall be used without charge by the municipality, and the office and similar equipment of the municipality shall, wherever possible, be used by and be made available for the use of the commission, without charge.

Amended by L.1984, c. 196, s. 2, eff. Nov. 27, 1984.