[Amended 3-13-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-06]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq., there
is hereby created a commission which shall be known as the "Bordentown
City Environmental Commission." The mission statement of the Commission
shall be as follows:
A. It is the fundamental purpose and mission of the Bordentown City
Environmental Commission to educate the residents of the City as well
as plan and maintain the environmental assets of the City of Bordentown.
It is the obligation and responsibility of the Environmental Commission
to be responsive to the Mayor, City Commissioners and the residents
of Bordentown on issues that directly impact the environmental welfare,
safety, sustainability and the general environs of the City of Bordentown.
The Bordentown City Environmental Commission
hereby created is a municipal environmental commission as contemplated
and provided for by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq., as amended, and shall
have and exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties
provided for by said statute and any other statutes heretofore enacted
and applicable thereto.
[Amended 7-8-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
The Bordentown City Environmental Commission
is hereby composed of nine members and two alternate members to be
appointed by the Mayor of the City of Bordentown, in accordance with
N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1, one of whom shall also be a member of the Bordentown
City Planning Board and all of whom shall be residents of the City
of Bordentown. All members shall serve without compensation and the
Mayor shall designate one of the members of said body as the Chairperson
thereof. The Mayor or Board of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown
may remove any member of the Environmental Commission 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, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1. A vacancy on the Commission
occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the
unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
The first three members appointed to said body
shall be for terms of three years from the date of appointment. The
next two members appointed shall be for terms of two years from the
date of appointment. The next two members appointed to said body shall
be for a term of one year from the date of appointment. Their successors
shall be appointed for terms of three years and until the appointment
and qualification of their successors. In the case of the alternate
members, one alternate member shall be appointed for a term of one
year and the other alternate member shall be appointed for a term
of two years and until the appointment and qualification of their
successors.
The Environmental Commission shall keep records
of its meetings and activities and shall provide an annual report
to the Board of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:56A-4. The Board of Commissioners may provide, at
their discretion, the Environmental Commission with a secretary to
record the minutes of meetings and to assist in ministerial and administrative
functions. The salary of the secretary shall be fixed by the Board
of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown.