There shall be established an Environmental
Commission to be known as the Pennington Borough Environmental Commission.
The Commission shall consist of seven members
and two alternates appointed by the Mayor, one of whom shall be a
member of the Planning Board. The members shall serve without compensation,
except as hereafter provided. The Mayor shall designate one of the
members to serve as Chair and presiding officer of the Commission.
The two alternates shall be designated Alternate Number 1 and Alternate
Number 2. The alternates may participate in discussions of the proceedings,
but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular
member. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member
may vote instead of an alternate.
The terms of office of the first commissioners
shall be for one, two or three years, to be designated by the Mayor
at the time of appointment, so that the terms of approximately 1/3
of the members will expire each year and their successors shall, thereafter,
be appointed for terms of three years and until the appointment and
qualification of their successors. The alternates shall have a term
of two years, and shall also be appointed initially for staggered
terms with the first term of Alternate Number 1 for two years and
of Alternate Number 2 for one year.
The Environmental Commission may recommend the
acquisition of property, both real and personal, in the name of the
Borough of Pennington, by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, devise or
lease for any of its purposes and shall administer the same for such
purposes subject to the terms of the conveyance or gift. Such an acquisition
may be to acquire the fee or any lesser interest, development right,
easement (including conservation easement), covenant or other contractual
right (including a conveyance on conditions or with limitations or
reversions), as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect,
limit the future use of, or otherwise conserve and properly utilize
open spaces and other land areas in the municipality.