There is hereby created and established the
Environmental Advisory Council of the Township of Upper Southampton
for the purpose of advising the Board of Supervisors regarding ways
and means of promoting the orderly development, utilization and conservation
of the natural resources of Upper Southampton Township.
[Amended 10-4-2016 by Ord. No. 443]
The said Environmental Advisory Council shall consist of seven
members appointed by the Board of Supervisors for a term of three
years, or until their successors are appointed, except that the members
of said Board first appointed shall be appointed for such term so
that the terms of no more than three members shall expire annually
thereafter.
All members of the Environmental Advisory Council
shall be residents of Upper Southampton Township and shall serve without
compensation other than for such expenses in connection with their
duties on said Council as the Board of Supervisors may approve in
advance.
The Environmental Advisory Council shall elect
from among its members, at the first meeting thereof, and at the annual
meeting in January of each and every year thereafter, a Chairman,
Secretary and such other officers as the said Council may deem necessary,
by a majority vote of the members present at such meeting. Written
notice of the annual meeting shall be mailed to each member by the
Secretary at least 10 days prior to said meeting; regular or special
meetings shall be convened at the call of the Chairman, or in such
other manner as the members may, by a majority vote, designate.