[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.