A Planning Commission consisting of five members is hereby created and
established for Middlesex Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, pursuant
to the provisions of Article II, Section 201, of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code (53 P.S. § 10201), as established by the Act of July 31,
1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended and reenacted.
The Planning Commission shall be comprised of five members who shall
be appointed for terms of office of four years, except that the terms of the
members first appointed pursuant to this chapter shall be so fixed that no
more than two shall be reappointed or replaced during any future calendar
year.
Except for elected or appointed officers or employees of the Township,
members of the Commission may receive compensation in an amount fixed by the
Board of Supervisors. Compensation shall not exceed the rate of compensation
authorized to be paid to members of the Board of Supervisors. Without exception,
members of the Planning Commission may be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable
expenses. However, elected or appointed officers or employees of the Township
shall not, by reason of membership thereon, forfeit the right to exercise
the powers, perform the duties or receive the compensations of the municipal
offices held by them during such membership.
The Planning Commission shall have all the powers and duties conferred
and imposed upon it as set forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code, established by the Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended
and reenacted.