§ 60-2. Other qualified applicants.

A. 

Whenever the appointing authority shall determine that there cannot be recruited a sufficient number of qualified residents for available full-time specific positions or employment, the Township shall advertise for other qualified applicants who shall be classified and appointed according to the following preferences:

(1) 

Residents of the County of Sussex.

(2) 

Residents of counties contiguous to the County of Sussex.

(3) 

Residents of the State of New Jersey.

(4) 

All other qualified applicants.

B. 

The appointing authority shall first appoint all those in Subsection A(1) and then those in each succeeding class in the order above listed, and shall appoint a person or persons in any such class only to a position or positions, or employment or employments, remaining after all qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined an offer of employment.