WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 10, issued on July 13, 1982, established the Vacancy Review
Board, consisting of the Commissioner of the Department of Personnel,
the State Treasurer, and a representative from the Governor's Office;
and
WHEREAS, in
light of budgetary constraints, it is necessary to fully inventory
and review all vacancies, including those created by resignation,
transfer and disciplinary removal as well as retirement; and
WHEREAS, a
more informed determination regarding the continued usefulness of
a particular position can be made by the department in which the
position has become available;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. The Vacancy
Review Board is hereby eliminated.
2. Executive
Order No. 10 (1982) is rescinded.
3. Each
department shall assume the functions previously performed by
the Vacancy Review Board, including a review of all positions
that become available in that department to determine whether
the positions should be refilled at the current level, downgraded,
or left vacant.
4. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal this
day of in the Year of Our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety
Five, and of the Independence of the
United States, the Two Hundred and
Nineteenth.
/s/
Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
Attest:
/s/ Peter Verniero
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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