[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Coolbaugh 8-1-1966 by Ord. No. 25; amended in its entirety 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 134-2018. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A Township Planning Commission, to be composed of five members,
appointed as provided by law (P.S. 53 §§ 10202 and
10203), is hereby created in and for the Township of Coolbaugh. The
Planning Commission shall perform all duties and may exercise all
powers conferred by law upon Township planning agencies; provided,
the Planning Commission previously created in and for the Township
of Coolbaugh shall constitute the tenure of any of the members thereof,
but any and all vacancies in the Commission, hereafter occurring,
shall be filled in the manner and for the term provided in the law
governing second class township planning commissions in effect at
the time of the happening of the vacancy.
A.
The membership of the Coolbaugh Township Planning Commission shall
be governed by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code and,
in particular, 53 P.S. §§ 10203 and 10205.
B.
Any member of the Coolbaugh Township Planning Commission, once qualified
and appointed, may be removed from office for malfeasance, misfeasance
or nonfeasance in office or for other just cause by a majority vote
of the Coolbaugh Township Board of Supervisors, subject to the conditions
and requirements of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,
53 P.S. § 10206. Just cause warranting removal from membership
of the Coolbaugh Township Planning Commission shall include, but not
be limited to the following:
(1)
Malfeasance in office;
(2)
Misfeasance in office;
(3)
Nonfeasance in office;
(4)
Unexcused and repeated absenteeism (missing four or more Planning
Commission meetings in any calendar year);
(5)
Participating in unethical activities;
(6)
Conducting oneself in an unprofessional manner at Planning Commission
meetings; or
(7)
Other just cause as determined by the Board of Supervisors.
A.
Planning Commission members shall be compensated as follows:
(1)
$100 per Planning Commission Meeting attended.
B.
Planning Commission members shall only be compensated the above-referenced
amount per Planning Commission meeting actually attended. Members
shall not be compensated for meetings they did not attend and/or for
meetings that were canceled.
