This Township, acting in concert with and upon the consideration of the adoption of parallel ordinances by the Boroughs of Garwood, Kenilworth and Roselle Park, the City of Rahway, the Town of Westfield and the Townships of Clark, Springfield and Woodbridge, municipal corporations of the State of New Jersey, all situate in the County of Union, except the Township of Woodbridge, which is situate in the County of Middlesex, shall join with said municipal corporations in the formation of a sewerage authority.
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the Sewerage Authorities Law (N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.) of the State of New Jersey, there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of the "Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority." The district of the Sewerage Authority, as defined in said Sewerage Authorities Law, shall consist of the area within the territorial boundaries of this Township and the other municipal corporations named in § 6-23.
B. 
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority hereby created is a sewerage authority as contemplated and provided for by said Sewerage Authorities Law and shall have and exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties provided for by said Sewerage Authorities Law and any other statutes heretofore or hereafter enacted and applicable thereto.
The Sewerage Authority shall consist of nine members. One shall be appointed by the governing body of the Township of Cranford and one by the governing body of each of the other municipal corporations named in § 6-23. The members shall serve for terms as provided by the Sewerage Authorities Law.
A. 
Members of the Sewerage Authority, other than the Chairperson, may receive from the Sewerage Authority compensation for their services as members, but at no greater rate than $30 per meeting for attendance at regular or special meetings of the Sewerage Authority or committees thereof, and not more than $600 in any calendar year.
B. 
The Chairperson shall receive such compensation as the Sewerage Authority shall fix, not to exceed $2,000 in any calendar year. If, however, the Chairperson of the Sewerage Authority shall be a licensed professional engineer of five years' standing, the Sewerage Authority may, notwithstanding that he shall be a member of the same, pay such reasonable compensation as may be agreed, not to exceed $2,000 per year, for any extra and professional duties which may be assigned to such Chairperson by the Sewerage Authority.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
This Township shall, and is hereby authorized to, enter into an agreement with the Boroughs of Garwood, Kenilworth and Roselle Park, the City of Rahway, the Town of Westfield and the Townships of Clark, Springfield and Woodbridge, municipal corporations of the State of New Jersey, all situate in the County of Union, except the Township of Woodbridge, which is situate in the County of Middlesex, superseding the present contracts therewith providing for the maintenance and operation of the Rahway Valley Joint Meeting Trunk Sewer and Sewerage Treatment Plant and providing, among other things, for the formation of a Sewerage Authority pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities Law of the State of New Jersey and, on certain terms, the conveyance and transfer to said Sewerage Authority, when formed, of the right, title and interest of this Township in and to certain real and personal property now under the control of said Rahway Valley Joint Meeting.
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Editor's Note: The agreement referred to in this section was duly executed and delivered by the Township. Copies are on file in the office of the Township Clerk.