A.
Pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities Law of New Jersey,[1] the Northeast Monmouth County Regional Sewerage Authority (the "Authority") was created by parallel ordinances duly adopted by the respective governing bodies of the Boroughs of Fair Haven, Little Silver, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Shrewsbury and West Long Branch, and the Authority is a political subdivision of the State of New Jersey established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare, with all necessary or proper powers to acquire, construct, maintain, operate and use sanitation facilities for the relief of waters in, bordering or entering the territory of the Authority from pollution or threatened pollution and for improvement of conditions affecting the public health.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.
B.
There are in the territory of the Borough of Red Bank waters bordering or entering the territory of the Authority polluted or subject to pollution by sewage and industrial and other wastes arising from causes within the territory of the Borough of Red Bank and which cause or may contribute to pollution of waters within or bordering the territory of the Authority.
C.
The Authority is now planning to undertake the construction of sewerage facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and other wastes from sources within the territory of the Authority and is willing to provide also for additional capacity in the facilities for use by or for the benefit of the Borough of Red Bank.
D.
It is advisable and in the best interests of the Borough of Red Bank to enter into an agreement with the Authority providing for and relating to the treatment and disposal by the Authority of sewage originating in the Borough of Red Bank and providing for payment of the cost and expense in connection therewith.