The number of Board members, their qualifications, terms, election, removal, compensation and the filling of Board vacancies shall be as provided in §§
2.01 through
2.06 of the Charter. The powers and duties of the Board shall be as provided by the Charter or by ordinances adopted pursuant thereto. The annual compensation of each Board member shall be paid in equal quarterly installments.
In addition to those duties provided for in §
2.08 of the Charter and elsewhere in the Charter, the President of the Board and, in his absence, the Vice President shall have the authority to administer the oath of office to newly appointed Township officials and police officers. In the case of investigations or hearings conducted by the Board, the President may administer oaths to witnesses and rule on the admissibility of evidence and the qualifications of expert witnesses.
Only Township Commissioners shall be eligible
to serve as members of the standing committees of the Board. All standing
committees of the Board, except any committee dealing with finances
and taxation, shall be composed of a Chairman and two members, all
of whom shall be appointed by the President. All members of the Board
shall be members of any committee on finances and taxation, and the
President shall serve as Chairman of any such committee. The President
shall be a member ex officio of all standing committees. Standing
committees of the Board may make policy recommendations to the Board
regarding departments or other matters within their purview. They
may provide Board liaison with appropriate boards, commissions and
authorities of the Township. When authorized by resolution of the
Board, committees may act as the hearing body for proposals, requests,
complaints and appeals of individual citizens or groups of citizens.
Such hearings shall be open to the public with notices posted on the
bulletin board. In so doing, the committee shall develop facts and
make recommendations to the Board for formal action. The Board may
establish, by resolution, such advisory committees as it may require.
At regular or special meetings of the Board, individual citizens shall have the right to speak on agenda items under discussion prior to formal action by the Board and as provided in §
2.09 of the Charter. To ensure inclusion in the agenda and the opportunity to speak on subjects not scheduled for discussion by the Board, individual citizens may so inform the Secretary prior to 12:00 noon of the working day which precedes by two working days the day of the regular Board meeting. The President may limit the time each person shall speak, giving equal time to all. When a group of citizens wishes to address the Board on the same subject matter, the President may request that a spokesman be chosen by the group to address the Board and to limit the number of persons addressing the Board on the same subject matter in order to avoid unnecessary repetition. The President may exclude from participation any person for disorderly conduct or disruption of the meeting.