[Adopted 8-25-2014 by Ord. No. 13-2014]
A. 
Establishment. There shall be by this article hereby established within the Township of Buena Vista, County of Atlantic, a Veterans' Advisory Board, which shall serve as an ad hoc advisory board to the Mayor and Township Committee for the purposes of keeping the Township Committee informed of developments regarding veterans, and which may respond to any ordinances introduced by the Township Committee that may have an impact upon veterans, and which shall otherwise advise the Township Committee with respect to pending legislation at the county or state level which may impact veterans.
B. 
Meetings. The Veterans' Advisory Board shall meet on multiple occasions per year to discuss matters of interest to veterans, current and pending Township ordinances, county or state laws affecting veterans and other issues of interest to veterans which may have an impact upon the Township as a whole. The Advisory Board shall report to the Township Committee as often as the Advisory Board believes it is necessary on activities and discussions and provide the Mayor and Township Committee with a summary of the issues it has discussed and the positions it believes should be advanced on behalf of veterans. The Advisory Board shall be strictly advisory, and its recommendations, decisions, comments or other observations shall not be binding in any way on the Township Committee or any other municipal body, board or agency.
C. 
Membership and terms. The Veterans' Advisory Board shall consist of no more than seven regular members who shall be appointed by the Mayor and Township Committee in the following manner and for the following terms:
(1) 
Each member shall be appointed to a three-year term.
(2) 
All terms shall expire on December 31 of the appropriate year and shall begin on January 1 of the appropriate year.
(3) 
The members of the Veterans' Advisory Board shall be residents of the Township of Buena Vista.