[Amended 6-19-2018 by Ord. No. 2913-18; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2947-19; 8-4-2020 by Ord. No. 3003-20]
The Board will be comprised of nine voting members. Voting members will be: one Maplewood resident who is a designee from SOMA Justice; one Maplewood resident who is a designee from SOMA Action; one Maplewood resident who is a designee from the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race; and six Maplewood residents selected from the Maplewood community. Additionally, there shall be one Maplewood resident who is between the ages of 16 and 21 at the time of appointment (this individual shall be a non-voting member); their term on the Board shall be for 12 months, after which this member shall leave the Board. This Board member may be recommended by the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education. Ex-officio members without a vote will be two members of the Township Committee, the Township Administrator and/or a designee of the Township Administrator, and a designee of the Police Department.
All individuals seeking nomination to the Board shall submit: a) a completed application as detailed in Appendix I attached hereto; b) a current resume detailing professional, educational, and civic involvement; and c) a completed conflict of interest form. The application materials detailed in § 19-4 shall be submitted to the Township Committee by any individual being considered for voting seats.
SOMA Justice, SOMA Action, and the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race (together the "charter organizations") shall each submit to the Township Clerk a slate of three to five individuals together with the application materials detailed in § 19-4 for selection by the Township Committee pursuant to § 19-6. The charter organizations are charged with ensuring their nominees are both reflective of the Maplewood community and committed to the purpose and time commitment of the Board. Should the charter organizations decide not to nominate a slate of designees, the Township Committee may fill those seat(s) with an at-large designee. Nominees for the three community seats and the one sixteen- to twenty-one-year-old seat as detailed in § 19-3 shall submit the application materials detailed in § 19-4 to the Township Clerk for selection pursuant to § 19-6. Maplewood, together with the charter organizations, shall work to ensure promotion of the opportunity to join the Board reaches a wide range of Maplewood residents.
Each nominee for a voting member seat on the Board will be reviewed and considered by the Township Committee. Each nominee will be examined for his or her a) demonstrated commitment to the matters addressed by the Board; b) ability to be fair and thoughtful; c) overall integrity; d) engagement in community affairs; e) skill set to help complete the work of the Board; f) conflicts of interest; and g) agreement to sign and adhere to a nondisclosure/confidentiality policy. Each voting member will be selected by at least a majority vote of the Township Committee to fill the Board seats outlined in § 19-3. The Township Committee will strive to ensure the Board is reflective of the Maplewood community.
Should a vacancy arise on the Board, the Township Committee shall promptly act to fill the seat by advertising the opening to the Maplewood community. In the event the vacancy is from one of the charter organizations, the Township Committee will work with the organization with the vacancy to fill the seat. Nominations and selections shall follow §§ 19-5 and 19-6 to fill a vacancy.