Pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities Law, constituting Chapter
138 of the Laws of New Jersey 1946 (Chapter 14A of Title 40 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated) there is hereby jointly created and established a public body corporate and politic, as an agency and instrumentality of the City of Hoboken, the City of Union City and the Township of Weehawken (the "municipalities"), under the corporate name and title of "The North Hudson Sewerage Authority" (the "Authority"). The Authority shall, within the territorial boundaries of the municipalities and the Town of West New York, have and may exercise all of the powers provided for in the Sewerage Authorities Law, together with any other powers which may hereafter be conferred upon Sewerage Authorities by law, and by any other statute pertinent to a sewerage authority or sewerage utility. Territory of the Town of West New York shall be a part of the territory of the Authority pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:14A-4(m).
Nine members of the Authority shall be appointed by resolution
of the governing bodies in the manner provided in the Sewerage Authorities
Law, three of whom shall be appointed by the governing body of the
City of Hoboken, two of whom shall be appointed by the governing body
of the City of Union City, two of whom shall be appointed by the governing
body of the Township of Weehawken, and two of whom shall be appointed
by the governing body of the Town of West New York. It shall be a
condition of continued membership on the Authority that members be
and remain residents within the district of the Authority. If a member
ceases to be a resident of the district, his or her membership on
the Authority shall thereupon cease and the appropriate municipality
shall appoint another person to complete the term to which he or she
had been appointed. Each such member shall receive such compensation
for the services as such member, not in excess of $5,000 in any one
year, as shall hereafter be determined by resolution of the Authority,
provided that any member of the Authority may also be reimbursed for
necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of such member's
duties as a member of the Authority.
All action to be taken by the Authority shall be by the affirmative
vote of not less than seven members of the Authority, and this voting
requirement shall be and hereby is made a part of the bylaws of the
Authority.
This chapter may only be amended by parallel ordinances duly
adopted by the governing bodies of the City of Hoboken, the City of
Union City, the Township of Weehawken and the Town of West New York.