[Adopted by Ord. No. 01-10 (Ch. 2, Sec. 2-34, of the 1978 Revised General Ordinances)]
There is hereby created and established a Green Sustainable Committee to assist the Township in providing guidance on ways to improve municipal operations with green initiatives which are economically and environmentally sound through research and evaluation.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-10]
A. 
The Green Sustainable Committee shall consist of 13 members, only seven members are appointed by the Mayor. The Council appoints the Council member. Four of the members are ex officio members, that is, they are full-time employees of Denville Township. Their term goes with their term of employment. Those four ex officio members are the Township Facilities Manager, the Director of Health, the Township Engineer and the Director of Public Works. Four other members are appointed by the Mayor to be liaisons to each ex officio member. These four shall be Denville residents and are alternates to represent each ex officio member and are obligated to keep the ex officio member informed of all activities of the Committee. These four alternate members have voting rights only in the ex officio members absence except in the cases described in Subsection D below. These liaison members will in effect be alternates to the ex officio members. These four alternates are named according to the department they represent. Including these alternates, there are in effect 13 members of the Committee. The Mayor and Councilperson's term goes with their term of office. One appointed member will be from the Economic Development Committee. One member shall be from the Board of Education and shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Education. One additional member shall be a resident.
B. 
Of the nine members and four alternates, one shall be the Mayor, one shall be a Township Councilperson, a Board of Education member, a member of the Economic Development Committee, the four ex officio members as described in Subsection A above, (the Township Facilities Manager, the Township Engineer, the Director of Public Works and the Director of Health), the four alternates also described in Subsection A above and the one additional resident, who will be the liaison to the Environmental Commission.
C. 
The members shall serve without compensation.
D. 
There shall be nine members of the Committee who shall have voting rights. The 13 members shall be all members with the exception that either the ex officio members shall vote or their respective named alternate, but not both. The exception being where one of the alternate members is selected as Chairperson, Vice Chairperson or Secretary, in that case, that alternate shall have voting rights. The Mayor shall decide all tie votes.
E. 
The Committee shall elect by a majority of a quorum of its membership a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson and a Secretary. They shall be elected during the first regularly scheduled meeting of any given year and shall serve in such capacity for that year. For purposes of this section, a quorum shall consist of five members. The Secretary must be selected from one of the five resident members.
F. 
The terms of the first appointed Committee shall be as follows: two members shall be appointed for one year, two members shall be appointed for two years, and three members shall be appointed for three years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years or until the end of the term of appointment of their predecessor in the case of a resignation of vacancy. These appointments shall only apply to the five residents, the Councilperson and the member of the Economic Development Committee.
G. 
The Mayor or Municipal Council may remove any member of the Committee for cause, on written charges served upon the member and after a hearing thereon by the Municipal Council, at which the member shall be entitled to be heard in person or by counsel. Any appointed member who misses three consecutive unexcused meetings, is automatically removed from the Committee.
H. 
A vacancy on the Committee occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
I. 
The memberships are summarized in the table below.
Member
Voting Rights
Term
Eligible to be Chair, Vice Chair or Secretary?
Mayor
Yes
Coincides with election
No
Council member
Yes
Appointed by Council
Yes
Member of Economic Development Committee
Yes
Appointed by Mayor
Yes
Member of Board of Education
Yes
Appointed by President of the Board
Yes
4 ex officio members
Yes
Term of employment
No
4 resident alternates to ex officio members
In ex officio member's absence or as in § 18-17D
Appointed by Mayor
Yes
1 additional resident
Yes
Appointed by Mayor
Yes
The Green Sustainable Committee shall have the following powers and duties, which shall be exercised within the limits of funds appropriated to the Committee:
A. 
Collaborate with Township employees, service providers and other governmental agencies to share resource information and ideas consistent with the mission of the GSC.
B. 
Encourage participation of all employees to solicit ideas on green initiatives.
C. 
Research and analyze green initiatives which make practical environmental and financial sense.
D. 
Develop strategies for sustainable green initiatives in municipal operations.
A. 
Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held at the call of the Chairperson, or, in his absence or disability, at the call of the Vice Chairperson.
B. 
At all meetings, a quorum shall consist of a majority of the voting members (five) of the Committee.
C. 
The Committee shall keep records of its meetings and activities and shall make an annual report to the governing body of the Township on or before the 15th day of December in each and every year.