Board of Health

Meetings

  • 5:15 pm
  • Pennsauken Township Municipal Building
    5605 N Crescent Boulevard
    Pennsauken, NJ 08110
  • Meetings take place on the second floor unless otherwise posted and notification given by the Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act.

Members

Committee to serve a coextensive term; Others to a three-year term; Alternate Number 1 to serve a two-year term; Alternate Number 2 to serve a two-year term.

  • Regular Member Committeeman Marco DiBattista 
    Term Expires:  December 2021
  • Regular Member Committeewoman Jessica Rafeh 
    Term Expires:  December 2021
  • Regular Member Committeeman Vincent Martinez 
    Term Expires: December 2023
  • Regular Member Tax Assessor John Dymond 
    Term Expires:  December 2021
  • Regular Member Amanda Hershey 
    Term Expires: December 2021
  • Alternate Number 1 Pamela Scott-Forman 
    Term Expires: December 2022
  • Alternate Number 2 Ana Matos 
    Term Expires: December 2021

Overview

The Department of Health and Human Services was created by the Camden County Board of Freeholders to provide residents throughout Camden County access to quality health services and programs that are cost-effective and responsive to local needs. While this department provides a wide variety of services, there is also a need on a more basic level to address the health issues of specific communities. That's why Pennsauken Township, under a mandate by the State of New Jersey, has created a local Board of Health.

The Township's Board of Health will provide a variety of functions, including identifying community health problems; informing and educating residents about health issues; and developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. The Board of Health will also coordinate efforts with the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services, as well as issue licenses to Pennsauken-based restaurants, caterers, food purveyors, etc., contingent that these businesses have already passed inspection by Camden County health officials.

Pennsauken's Board of Health consists of the members of the Township Committee, the Township Assessor, and two alternate members. A physician or nurse will be appointed by the Township Committee to provide professional expertise. No members of Pennsauken's Board of Health receive any form of compensation or salary for their services.

The local Board of Health will meet every quarter. The meeting schedule will be advertised by the Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act.

Please accept this as a notification by the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act" that the meetings of the Pennsauken Board of Health will resume in-person sessions beginning Thursday, June 17, 2021. The meetings on June 17, 2021, will be held at 4:30 pm; the remaining meetings for 2021 will be at 5:45 pm. 

Ordinance No. 2015:13

An Ordinance of the Township of Pennsauken Establishing a Board of Health

Be it ordained by the Township Committee of the Township of Pennsauken in the County of Camden and the State of New Jersey as follows:

§ 25-1. Establishment

There is hereby established within the Township of Pennsauken a local Board of Health which shall have all of the powers, rights, duties, and entitlements conferred upon it by NJ.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq. and NJ.S.A. 26:3-10 et seq., as amended.

§ 25-2. Rules & Regulations

The Board of Health may adopt rules, regulations, or ordinances for its government and that of its officers and employees not inconsistent with law or the state sanitary code. (B). The Board of Health shall elect a President from among its members and a Secretary of the Board, who need not be a member thereof.

§ 25-3. Membership

The local Board of Health shall consist of the five members of the Township Committee, the Township Assessor and one physician or one nurse to be appointed by the Township Committee. Additionally, there shall be two alternate members designated as "Alternate Number 1" and "Alternate Number 2."

§ 25-4. Terms of Office

  • The members of the Board of Health who are also members of the Township Committee shall serve on the Board of Health in terms coextensive with their terms on the Township Committee.
  • The physician or nurse to be appointed by the Township Committee shall serve for a term of three years from the time of his or her appointment until his or her successor is appointed.
  • The terms of the alternate members shall be for two years, except that of the first two alternate members appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year so that the term of not more than one alternate member shall expire in any one-year. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of the term shall be filled by the Township Committee for the unexpired term only.
    • An alternate member shall not be permitted to act on any matter in which he has either directly or indirectly any personal or financial interest. An alternate member may, after a public hearing if he requests one, be removed by the governing body for cause.
    • An alternate member may participate in discussions of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member. A vote shall not be delayed so that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. If a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate Number 1 shall vote first.

§ 25-5. Organization

The Board of Health shall appoint, on the date of its organization, a place, day, and hour for the regular meeting of the Board for the conduct of its regular business and shall cause to be published in a newspaper circulating in the Township notice of said list of meetings. At least one regular meeting shall be held in each quarter of the calendar year, but special meetings may be called at any time by the President to conduct necessary business.

§ 25-6. Limits of Debt

The Board of Health shall not contract any debt or debts of any kind beyond the amount or amounts of the appropriation or appropriations made for its use by the Township Committee.

§ 26-7. Uncompensated service

The members of the Board of Health shall receive no salary or compensation for their services.

§ 26-8. Enactment Provisions

  • Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
  • Severability. If any section of this ordinance is held illegal or unconstitutional by a court of the State of New Jersey or of the United States, such a determination shall not affect the legality of the remaining portion of this ordinance.
    • First Reading: August 26, 2015
    • Second Reading; October 7, 2015
    • Adoption: October 7, 2015
    • Eugene Padalino
    • Township Clerk