[Adopted 2-21-2012 by Ord. No. 3-11; amended in its entirety 7-16-2012 by Ord. No.
8-12]
A.
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Brooklawn may receive
an annual salary as may be provided by way of the Salary Ordinance,
which may be passed by the Mayor and Borough Council.
B.
The members of the Brooklawn Planning Board and/or Brooklawn Board
of Health shall receive a stipend for attendance at the monthly meetings
of the Brooklawn Planning Board and/or Brooklawn Board of Health,
as may be provided by way of the Salary Ordinance[1] which may be passed by the Mayor and Borough Council of
the Borough of Brooklawn.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Brooklawn, by majority
vote, shall have the authority to grant excused absences from regular
meetings of the Borough Council to enable members of the Borough Council
to attend other municipal functions, or in the event of sickness and/or
death, or any other circumstance that in the judgment of the Borough
Council warrants an excused absence from a meeting of the Borough
Council. The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Brooklawn
shall, within three hours of the commencement of the meeting, communicate
with the Borough Clerk as to his/her intended absence from the meeting,
and the reason(s) therefor.
A.
All unexcused absences of the Mayor or members of Borough Council
shall be recorded by the Borough Clerk and transmitted to the Municipal
Finance Officer within five days of the unexcused absence for deduction
from the annual salary of the elected official as defined in the adopted
Salary Ordinance. For purposes of deductions from annual salary, the
Municipal Finance Officer will divide the number of public meetings
scheduled for the year into the annual salary to determine the amount
of deduction for each unexcused absence.
B.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:16-3 et seq., whenever the Mayor or a member
of the Borough Council of the Borough of Brooklawn fails to attend
and participate in any meetings of the Borough Council for a period
of eight consecutive weeks or four consecutive meetings, whichever
is greater, without being excused from attendance by a majority of
the members of Borough Council, the position of Mayor or member of
Borough Council shall be deemed vacant at the conclusion of such period;
provided, however, that the Borough Council may refuse to excuse only
with respect to those failures to attend and participate which are
not due to legitimate illness or upon a determination that the office
comes within the purview of N.J.S.A. 19:3-25.
C.
Whenever a Class II, III or IV member of the Planning Board of the
Borough of Brooklawn fails to attend and participate in four consecutive
meetings of the Planning Board, without being excused from attendance
by the Planning Board Chairman, the position of member of the Brooklawn
Planning Board shall be deemed vacant at the conclusion of such period.
The Planning Board Secretary shall, within five days of the conclusion
of this period, notify the Borough Clerk of this Planning Board vacancy.
D.
Whenever a member of the Board of Health of the Borough of Brooklawn
fails to attend and participate in four consecutive meetings of the
Board of Health, without being excused from attendance by the Board
of Health Chairman, the position of member of Brooklawn Board of Health
shall be deemed vacant at the conclusion of such period. The Board
of Health Secretary shall, within five days of the conclusion of this
period, notify the Borough Clerk of this Board of Health vacancy.
