The Borough of Bloomsbury Environmental Commission is hereby
established.
The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the
Mayor, one of whom shall also be a member of the Planning Board and
all of whom shall be residents of the Borough of Bloomsbury. The members
shall serve without compensation, except as hereinafter provided.
The Mayor shall designate one of the members to serve as Chairman
and presiding officer of the Commission.
Terms of office of the first Commissioners shall be for one,
two or three years, to be designated by the Mayor in making his appointments,
and their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years and
until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
The Mayor or Borough Council may remove any member of the 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. A vacancy on the Commission occurring otherwise than
by expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in
the same manner as an original appointment.
The Environmental Commission may, subject to the approval of
the Borough Council, acquire property, both real and personal, in
the name of the Borough, by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, devise
or lease, for any of its purposes and shall administer the same for
such purposes subject to the terms of the conveyance or gift. Such
an acquisition may be to acquire the fee or any lesser interest, development
right, easement (including conservation easement), covenant or other
contractual right, including a conveyance on conditions or with limitations
or reversions, as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve,
protect, limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly
utilize open spaces and other land and water areas in the Borough.
The Environmental Commission shall keep records of its meetings
and activities and make an annual report to the Borough Council.
The Commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as
it may from time to time require, provided that the same shall be
within the limits of funds appropriated to it by the Borough Council.