There is hereby created the Traffic Advisory
Committee of the Borough of Eatontown, hereinafter referred to as
the "Committee."
The purpose of the Committee is to promote the
planning of orderly traffic patterns and volume in surrounding vicinities.
[Amended 2-27-1974 by Ord. No. 3-74; 4-22-1981 by Ord. No. 5-81; 3-9-1994 by Ord. No. 3-94]
A. For the purpose of this article, the Borough is divided
into four quadrants designated as the Northeast Quadrant bounded on
the west by State Highway No. 35 and on the south by State Highway
No. 36; Southeast Quadrant bounded on the north by State Highway No.
36 and on the west by State Highway No. 35; Southwest Quadrant bounded
on the east by State Highway No. 35 and on the north by State Highway
No. 36; Northwest Quadrant bounded on the south by State Highway No.
36 and on the east by State Highway No. 35.
B. The Committee shall consist of seven voting members,
including one chosen from each of the four block quadrants, together
with three members at large from the Borough of Eatontown appointed
by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council; the Committee
shall also include one Council Liaison appointed by and representing
the governing body and one member of the Traffic Division of the Police
Department who do not vote. The Councilman and member of the Traffic
Division of the Police Department shall serve terms corresponding
with their respective terms of office. The seven voting members shall
serve terms as follows:
[Amended 4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 08-2010]
(1) The terms of the seven representing election districts
under the ordinance which has been rescinded by this article shall
expire on the date of the original appointment, and as each of those
original appointment dates arrives, that position will be filled for
a three-year term.
(2) New members shall be appointed respectively for three-year
terms expiring on December 31.
C. The Committee shall also have three associate members
to be chosen to fill the vacancies as they may occur, to be appointed
by the Mayor and Council for a term of one year expiring on the next
December 31. Such associate members shall participate fully in the
work of the Committee and shall be entitled to a vote only when they
are substituting for an absent appointed Committee member. Should
a question arise as to the eligibility of the associate member to
act in place of a Committee member, the Chairman shall designate the
member to vote in the place of the absent Committee member.
D. A quorum shall consist of no less than four voting
members and, as such, shall carry out the purpose of the Committee.
Those four members shall have the same effect as if the entire Committee
were present.
[Amended 4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 08-2010]
[Added 4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 08-2010]
The members of the Committee shall elect annually, from among
their number, a Chairman and a Vice Chairman. The elected officers
shall serve for terms of one year and shall be eligible for reelection
in successive years.
The Committee shall be responsible to the governing
body for conducting studies and investigations as requested by the
governing body and shall recommend proposals to the governing body
for lessening congestion and eliminating and reducing traffic hazards
within the Borough. In addition, the Committee shall be authorized
to initiate in its own motion studies and investigations for the purposes
specified herein.
[Amended 4-14-2010 by Ord. No. 08-2010]
The Committee shall meet at least bimonthly
(every other month) and shall provide the governing body with the
minutes of its meetings.
The Committee shall function without subsidy
or revenue-producing activities and shall rely solely upon the governing
body for the financing of its functions.