The Joint Land Use Board shall elect a Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson from its members. The Board shall also select
a Board Secretary, who may be a member of the Board, a municipal employee
or any other individual designated by the Board. If the person appointed
Secretary of the Board is a municipal employee, that person shall
not perform Board duties during the hours that person works for the
Township, unless the Township Administrator and/or Township Committee
orders otherwise. The Township Administrator and/or Township Committee
may appoint an Administrative Officer to the Board for all purposes
set forth in the Municipal Land Use Law.
There is hereby created the Joint Land Use Board
Attorney. The Board may annually appoint a Board Attorney who shall
be an attorney licensed in the State of New Jersey and who shall not
be the Township Attorney. Said attorney shall receive such compensation
as agreed upon by the attorney and the Board in an amount not exceeding
the amount appropriated by the Township Committee for such purpose
and/or an amount not exceeding moneys or deposits in escrow with respect
to applications, whichever the case may be. The Board Attorney shall
be the legal advisor of the Joint Land Use Board and shall prosecute
and defend actions by and against the Board.
The Chairperson, subject to this chapter, shall
decide all points of order and matters of procedure governing the
meeting unless otherwise directed by a majority of the Board in session
at the time. The Chairperson shall have, subject to this chapter and
governing statutes, all the powers and perform all the duties normally
appertaining to his/her office. The Chairperson or his/her designee
shall swear in all witnesses giving testimony before the Board.
The Vice Chairperson shall preside at all Board
meetings and hearings in the absence of the Chairperson.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions and purposes
of this chapter. In the issuance of subpoenas, administration of oaths
and taking of testimony, the provisions of the County and Municipal
Investigations Law of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 2A:67A-1 et seq.) shall apply.
No member of the Joint Land Use Board shall
act on any matter in which he or she has, either directly or indirectly,
any personal or financial interest. Whenever any such member shall
disqualify himself or herself from acting on a particular matter,
he or she shall not continue to sit with the Board on the hearing
of such matter nor participate in any discussion or decision relating
thereto.