There is hereby established in the Township of East Amwell a
Website and Resident Communication Committee.
The Website and Resident Communication Committee will consist
of the following members, each of whom will be appointed by the Mayor:
A. Seven regular members, each of whom will be a voting member.
B. Up to three youth members, who must be between 12 and 18 years old
at the time of their appointment, each of whom will be a nonvoting
member.
At each annual reorganization meeting of the Website and Resident
Communication Committee, the regular members of the Committee will
elect, by a majority vote, a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson. There
will be no limit on the number of times, consecutively or nonconsecutively,
that a person may serve as Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson.
The Website and Resident Communication Committee will hold public
meetings on a regular basis.
A majority of the regular members will constitute a quorum.
Approval of any matter will require the affirmative vote of a majority
of a quorum.
The Mayor will have the right, in the Mayor's sole discretion,
to remove any regular member or youth member. It is expected that
each regular member will regularly attend the meetings of the Website
and Resident Communication Committee. Unexcused absence from three
or more of the regularly scheduled meetings in any calendar year will
be grounds for removal and replacement by the Mayor.
Each year, the Website and Resident Communication Committee
will prepare an annual budget, and will submit that budget to the
Township Committee for its approval. Approval of any such budget will
be in the sole discretion of the Township Committee.
No member of the Website and Resident Communication Committee
will receive any compensation for serving on the Committee.
Each committee and board in the Township will have a liaison
to the Website and Resident Communication Committee. Those liaisons
will be responsible for providing updates with respect to their respective
committees/boards to the Website and Resident Communication Committee
for inclusion on the Township's webpage.
The duties of the Website and Resident Communication Committee
will be as follows:
A. To manage and oversee the operation and maintenance of the Township's
webpage, with the goal of making the Township's webpage informative
and user-friendly.
B. If the Township decides to have a Facebook page or other form of
social media, to manage and oversee the operation and maintenance
of that page or other form of social media.
C. To facilitate, through the Township's webpage, social media,
email and texting, efficient, user-friendly and cost-effective communication
to the residents of East Amwell of the following:
(1) Information regarding significant actions taken or proposed to be
taken by the Township Committee or other Township boards or committees.
(2) Nonpartisan community events.
(3) "Real-time" information during and/or regarding:
(a)
Township-wide disasters, such as Superstorm Sandy;
(b)
Other emergency events in or near the Township, such as significant,
prolonged power or cable outages;
(c)
Township road closures; and
The Website and Resident Communication Committee will report
directly to the Township Committee.