[Ord. #2005-01, § 1; Ord. #2006-04, § 1]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Local Redevelopment Law, there is hereby created a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the Township of Plumsted known as the Plumsted Township Redevelopment Agency (the "Redevelopment Agency"). Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-4(c), the Township may, by resolution of the Township Committee, designate the Redevelopment Agency as the "redevelopment entity" responsible for implementing a particular redevelopment plan and carrying out a particular redevelopment project pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. Absent such designation, the authority to act as the redevelopment entity for a particular redevelopment project is retained by the Township.
[Ord. #2005-01, § 2]
The Redevelopment Agency shall consist of seven (7) Commissioners, consisting of two (2) Class A Commissioners and five (5) Class B Commissioners. The Class A Commissioners shall be appointed by resolution of the Township Committee from among the membership of the Township Committee. Each Class A Commissioner shall serve an initial term ending on January 1, 2006, and all subsequent terms shall be for one (1) year. The Class B Commissioners shall be appointed by resolution of the Township Committee from among Township residents who are not officers or employees of the Township and will serve initial terms as follows: (i) one (1) Class B Commissioner shall serve for an initial term ending on January 1, 2006; (ii) one (1) Class B Commissioner shall serve for an initial term ending on January 1, 2007; (iii) one (1) Class B Commissioner shall serve for an initial term ending on January 1, 2008; (iv) one (1) Class B Commissioner shall serve for an initial term ending on January 1, 2009; and (v) one (1) Class B Commissioner shall serve for an initial term ending on January 1, 2010. All subsequent terms of Class B Commissioners shall be for five (5) years and shall be staggered in accordance with the above-referenced schedule. All terms shall begin and end on January 1, except that (A) the terms of office of the initial Class A Commissioners and Class B Commissioners shall begin on the date(s) such Commissioners are appointed and qualified, (B) the term of office of any Class A Commissioner shall terminate if such Commissioner is no longer a member of the Township Committee, (C) the term of office any Class B Commissioner shall terminate if such Commissioner shall thereafter become an officer or employee of the Township. Each Commissioner shall hold office for a term of his/her appointment and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the office of Commissioner, from any cause, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term.
A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of each Commissioner shall be filed with the Clerk, and that certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of that Commissioner. A Commissioner shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Redevelopment Agency for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of the duties of Commissioner. The powers of the Redevelopment Agency shall be vested in the Commissioners thereof in office from time to time. Four (4) Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising powers and all other purposes. Action may be taken by the Redevelopment Agency upon the affirmative vote of the majority, but not less than four (4) of the Commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the Redevelopment Agency shall require a larger number. The Redevelopment Agency shall select a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from among the Commissioners, and it shall employ an Executive Director, who shall be its Secretary.
No Commissioner or employee of the Redevelopment Agency shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in a redevelopment project or in any property included or planned to be included in a project, nor shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials and services to be furnished or used in connection with a project. If any Commissioner or employee of an agency owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in a project, such Commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the Redevelopment Agency and the disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Redevelopment Agency. Failure so to disclose such an interest shall constitute misconduct in office. A Commissioner or employee required by this section to make a disclosure shall not participate in any action by the Redevelopment Agency affecting the property with respect to which disclosure is required. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office a Commissioner may be removed by the Township Committee; but a Commissioner may be removed only after being given a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing thereon and the opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of a removal of a Commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Township. Each Commissioner of the Redevelopment Agency, and the Executive Director thereof, shall comply with such education and training requirements as provided by law.
[Ord. #2005-01, § 3]
The Redevelopment Agency shall not incur any indebtedness, including (but not limited to) loans, bonds or bond anticipation notes, nor shall the Redevelopment Agency pledge any payments in lieu of taxes, service charges or other revenues, without the consent of the Township, which consent shall be given by resolution of the Township Committee.
[Ord. #2005-01, § 4]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-8(f), the Redevelopment Agency is authorized to collect revenue from redevelopers, and the Redevelopment Agency is not precluded from receiving public and private financial assistance in support of redevelopment projects. The Redevelopment Agency may, from time to time, enter into interlocal services agreements with the Township in connection with redevelopment projects.
The Redevelopment Agency may, in addition to implementing the Redevelopment Plan, be authorized by resolution of the Township Committee to administer, manage and supervise various Township programs designed to promote and foster redevelopment and economic revitalization within the Township, including specifically the designated Town Center of New Egypt. Such Township programs may include, but shall not be limited to: the Main Streets Program, the Neighborhood Preservation Program, the Small Cities Program, the Special Business Improvement District Program and the Downtown Business Improvement Zone Project. The Redevelopment Agency may serve as the single entity to consolidate such programs for purposes of efficiency, cost-effectiveness and utilization of managerial expertise. To the extent practicable, the Redevelopment Agency shall share office space, supplies, equipment and office support staff to achieve economies of scale.