There is hereby established a Solid Waste Advisory Committee,
which Committee shall consist of 11 members.
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee, consisting of 11 members,
shall be comprised as follows:
A. The Mayor shall appoint two members from the administration, one
of whom shall be employed within the Sanitation Department and one
of whom shall be employed within the Department of Health, Welfare
and Sanitation or the Finance Department.
B. The Mayor shall appoint one member who shall also be a member of
the Township's Environmental Commission.
C. The Mayor shall appoint two citizens of the Township of Mount Olive
who shall be residents of the Township.
D. The Township Council shall appoint one member who shall act as liaison
to the Township Council, and when possible this appointment shall
be a member of the Board of Health.
E. The Township Council shall appoint five citizens of the Township
of Mount Olive who shall be residents of the Township.
The term of members to the Committee shall be as follows:
A. The appointments in §
15-35C and
E above shall be a period of two years. The expiration of the terms shall be staggered in alternate years so that, in one year, one mayoral and three Council appointments shall expire and, in the following year, one mayoral and two Council appointments shall expire.
B. The appointments in §
15-35A,
B and
D shall be a period of one year.
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee shall advise the Township
Council as to the various policy issues which arise in connection
with the field of solid waste and, in addition, shall advise the Township's
administration as to appropriate techniques in connection with the
implementation of the Township's policies relative to solid waste.
More specifically, the charge of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee
shall include the following functions:
A. To make appropriate recommendations to the Township Council as to
policy issues and to the administration as to the implementation of
policies established for solid waste within the Township.
B. To increase public awareness of the need for proper recycling of
resources and separation techniques, as well as the value to society
of utilizing recyclable materials.
C. To evaluate the feasibility of source separation in Mount Olive Township
by considering materials that should be separated and the markets
for these materials and their location from the point of view of a
self-sustaining-type program.
D. To recommend and/or to recommend changes, if necessary, to the municipal
program to achieve increased recovery of paper, glass and metal cans
from the municipal solid waste stream.
At the initial meeting of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee
and annually thereafter, the members of the Committee, as then constituted,
shall select a Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson and Secretary to
the Committee. The term of the Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson
and Secretary shall be for one calendar year.
A. The Chairperson shall have the responsibility for calling meetings
at appropriate times and advising both the Council and the administration
of the Committee's recommendations.
B. The Alternate Chairperson shall assume the duties of the Chairperson
in the absence of the Chairperson.
C. The Secretary shall have the responsibility for keeping an accurate
record of the proceedings of each meeting and publishing such record
for Committee review. The Secretary shall distribute the minutes of
the meeting at least seven days prior to the next scheduled meeting,
clearly labeled "draft - for review only," to all Committee members.
The Committee shall review, revise, if necessary, and approve the
minutes for general distribution at its next scheduled meeting.
This article shall take effect in accordance with law, and the
Council and the Mayor shall make their respective appointments to
the Solid Waste Advisory Committee within 30 days after final adoption
of this article. Upon the appointment of new members, the current
Solid Waste Advisory Committee shall be dissolved, and the Committee
created by this article shall commence its operations.