It is hereby created a Senior Citizens Commission in the Borough
of Haddonfield, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, which shall
be administered by a Board of Trustees as recited herein.
The Senior Citizens Commission is created to provide programs
and services for the senior citizens of the Borough of Haddonfield.
The programs and services provided by the Senior Citizens Commission
may be utilized by senior citizens from the surrounding communities;
however, the primary purpose of the Senior Citizens Commission is
to provide programs and services for the senior citizens of the Borough
of Haddonfield to cater to the needs of the senior citizens of Haddonfield.
The Senior Citizens Commission shall be composed of the following:
A. The Senior Citizens Coordinator shall function as an ex-officio member
of the Senior Citizens Commission Board of Trustees. The Senior Citizens
Coordinator shall be a nonvoting member, who shall have the right
to participate in discussions regarding all matters that come before
the Board of Trustees of the Senior Citizens Commission. The term
of the Senior Citizens Coordinator shall be for that time period that
the Senior Citizens Coordinator serves as the Senior Citizens Coordinator.
B. The Mayor shall appoint one Haddonfield resident to the Senior Citizens
Commission Board of Trustees who shall serve at the pleasure of the
Mayor, and shall be a voting member.
C. The Commissioner of Public Works or his/her designee shall be a voting
member of the Board of Trustees of the Senior Citizens Commission
and shall serve as long as he/she is Commissioner of Public Works.
D. The Commissioners of the Borough of Haddonfield shall appoint three
voting members, two of whom must be Haddonfield residents, to the
Senior Citizens Commission Board of Trustees. Two of the three Commissioner
appointments shall be representatives of charitable, housing, or service
organizations serving the needs of senior citizens, unless there is
no individual who satisfies this requirement, then in such an event
this requirement shall not apply. The Borough Commissioners'
appointments shall serve for a term of three years commencing on June
1 of each year, except that the initial appointments shall be for
terms of one, two and three years. A vacancy shall be filled for the
unexpired term. The Board of Trustees may recommend individuals to
fill vacancies.
E. The Commissioners of the Borough of Haddonfield shall appoint Alternate
No. 1 and Alternate No. 2, to the Board of Trustees, each for a term
of one year. When a member of the Board of Trustees fails to appear
for a meeting, Alternate No. 1 shall take the place of the nonappearing
member. Alternate No. 2 shall take the place of a second member who
fails to appear at the meeting. The two alternates are nonvoting members,
except when replacing a nonappearing voting member. The two alternates
can participate in discussions at meetings regarding all matters before
the Board of Trustees.
F. If a Mayor's appointment or a Borough Commissioner's appointment
has three consecutive unexcused meeting absences, or has 25% of meeting
absences that are unexcused in a year, that member automatically forfeits
his/her membership on the Senior Citizens Commission Board of Trustees.
G. The Board of Trustees of the Senior Citizens Commission has the authority
to appoint or remove nonvoting members to represent charitable, housing,
or service organizations serving the needs of senior citizens, and
such appointments serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees.
These nonvoting appointments can participate in discussions at meetings
regarding all matters before the Board of Trustees.