There shall be by this chapter hereby established within the Township
of Hamilton, County of Atlantic, an Agricultural Advisory Board, which shall
serve as an ad hoc advisory board to the Township Committee for the purposes
of keeping the Township Committee informed of developments in the farming
community, and may respond to any ordinances introduced by the Township Committee
that may have an impact upon the farming community and shall otherwise advise
the Township Committee with respect to pending legislation at the county or
state level which may impact the farming community.
It is the intent of this chapter that the Agricultural Advisory Board
shall be solely an advisory board consisting of volunteers appointed by the
Township Committee. The Board shall have no authority to expend any public
funds, and no funds shall be appropriated in the annual budget for this Board.
Moreover, because this Board merely serves in an advisory capacity, and is
not authorized to perform any governmental functions affecting the rights,
duties, obligations, privileges, benefits or other legal relations of any
person, it is the intent of this chapter that this Board shall not be considered
a "public body" within the meaning and intent of the Open Public Meetings
Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. Accordingly, there shall be no obligation for
the Board to provide any advanced notices of its meetings, although nothing
contained herein shall preclude it from doing so.
It is expressly intended that the Agricultural Advisory Board is an
ad hoc group to assist the Township Committee in addressing issues and problems
facing the farming community. Nothing contained herein shall permit or be
intended to permit the Agricultural Advisory Board to render suggestions,
opinions, recommendations or in any other way communicate with any other agency,
board or body of the Township of Hamilton except for the Township Committee.