The Township, acting in concert with and upon the consideration
of the adoption of parallel ordinances by the governing bodies of
Garwood, Kenilworth and Roselle Park, Rahway, Springfield, Westfield,
Cranford and Woodbridge, respectively, all being municipal corporations
of New Jersey and all being situated in the County of Union, except
Woodbridge, which is situated in the County of Middlesex, shall join
with such municipal corporations in the formation of a Sewerage Authority.
The Sewerage Authority shall consist of nine members. One shall be appointed by the Township Council and one by the governing body of each of the other municipal corporations named in §
57-1. The members shall serve for terms of five years, as provided by the Sewerage Authorities Law.
The following limitations shall be placed upon the compensation
of members, to comply with the requirements of the statute in that
respect:
A. No member shall receive greater compensation than at the rate of
$100 per meeting for his or her attendance at regular or special meetings
of the Sewerage Authority or committees thereof, and not more than
$2,000 in any calendar year, except that the Chairman shall receive
such compensation as the Sewerage Authority shall fix, not to exceed
$3,000 during his or her one-year term of office.
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 Springfield, Cranford and Woodbridge, municipal corporations of
the State of New Jersey, all situated in the County of Union, except
Woodbridge, which is situated in the County of Middlesex, superseding
the present contracts therewith providing for the maintenance and
operation of the Rahway Valley Joint Meeting Trunk and Sewage 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 such
Sewerage Authority, when formed, of the right, title and interest
of this Township in and to certain real personal property now under
the control of the Rahway Valley Joint Meeting.
Upon notification by the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority, the
Township shall assess industrial user charges upon those entities
which generate the user charges. If the user charges are not paid
within 60 days of receipt of the Township's notice of same, such
charges shall become a lien against the property, collectible as provided
by law. A copy of the resolution approving the industrial user charges
shall be certified by the Township Clerk and filed with the Tax Collector
of the Township, who shall be responsible for the collection thereof,
and a copy of the resolution shall be sent by certified mail to the
owner.