[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of River
Edge 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 1453. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created and established the Borough of River Edge Traffic
and Safety Committee. The Committee shall consist of seven members who are
citizens and residents of the Borough of River Edge and shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, with the exception
of one member who shall be appointed by the Chief of the Fire Department.
The Council shall also appoint one of its own members as a nonvoting liaison
to the Committee, and the Police Chief shall appoint one member of the Police
Department as a nonvoting liaison to the Committee.
Terms of office of the first members of the Committee shall be for one,
two or three years to be designated by the Mayor and Council in making the
appointments. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years
and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. Members of
the Committee shall be appointed for the following terms: two members for
the term expiring December 31 of the year of the appointment; two members
for a term expiring December 31 of the year following the appointment; and
three members for the term expiring December 31 two years from the date of
the appointment. A vacancy on the Committee occurring otherwise than by expiration
of the term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the said manner as an
original appointment.
The Borough Council may remove any member of the Committee for cause,
on written charges served upon the member and after a hearing thereon at which
the member shall be entitled to be heard in person or by counsel.
Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation.
A.
It is the responsibility of the Committee to advise the
Mayor and Council as to issues involving the flow of traffic, public safety,
parking, limits of speed and other issues concerning vehicle traffic and pedestrian
traffic in the Borough.
B.
B. The Committee shall hold meetings on an as-needed
basis as determined by the Mayor or Council or Police Chief. The meetings
shall be held in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6
et seq., will keep records of its meeting and activities and keep minutes
of its meetings and make same available to the Borough Clerk in a timely manner.
A majority of the voting members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
[Amended 2-21-2006 by Ord. No. 1528]
C.
When requested by the River Edge Traffic
and Safety Committee, the Mayor and Council shall consider, investigate and
make findings and findings of fact and make recommendations upon any matter
or question coming within the scope of the duties of the River Edge Traffic
and Safety Committee.
D.
The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to
the Mayor and Council with reference to recommendations made in accordance
with the duties and responsibilities of the Committee.
The Committee shall choose from among its voting members a Chairman,
Vice Chairman and Secretary at the annual reorganization of the Committee.
By February 1 of the year next, the Committee shall make an annual report
to the Mayor and Council including all activities of the Committee in the
preceding year.
