[Adopted 10-14-2014 by Ord. No. 14-32]
The criteria for membership in CERT shall be as follows:
A. Citizen or legal resident of the United States.
B. Resident of the Borough of Westwood (or business owner or employee
of a business within the Borough).
C. Eighteen years of age or older.
D. Subject to background check.
E. Successful completion of FEMA/New Jersey State Police approved CERT
training.
F. Members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation
by the Council, and shall serve indefinitely unless or until their
resignation, ineligibility, removal or inability to serve for any
other reason.
G. Participation in at least 50% of Westwood CERT training events each
calendar year.
H. Completion of any future required training for CERT volunteers.
Westwood CERT will be managed by the OEM Coordinator or his
designee. It shall be the responsibility of the CERT Coordinator,
either OEM Coordinator or his designee, to maintain membership certification,
training and attendance records for all CERT members.
If staffing permits, the Westwood CERT shall be comprised of
the following:
B. CERT Squad Leader(s), each squad being comprised, ideally, of six
persons in addition to the Squad Leader. In the event membership doesn't
match that squad size the CERT Coordinator may vary the size of the
squad or squads to best utilize members with as few as four members
or as many as eight in a squad plus the Squad Leader.
CERT Members shall serve without compensation for their services;
provided, however, that it shall be lawful if the municipality in
its discretion chooses to reimburse certain members for certain out-of-pocket
expenditures.