[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now the Council) of the City of Perth Amboy 10-18-67 as Ord. No. C-796. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of the Consolidated Municipal Service Act, P.L. 1952, Chapter 72, as amended and supplemented (N.J.S.A. 40:48B-1 through 48B-13[1]), the Mayor and other appropriate public officials are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a joint contract on behalf of this municipality with the governing bodies of the Borough of Carteret, City of Rahway and Township of Woodbridge, or such of them or such other adjacent municipalities as may, by adoption of substantially similar ordinances, be authorized to and which enter into a joint contract with the City of Perth Amboy.
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Editor's Note: For related legislation, see the Interlocal Services Act, N.J.S.A. 40:8A-1 et seq.
The joint contract to be entered into shall provide for the formation of a joint meeting to be known as the "Central Jersey Regional Air Pollution Control Joint Meeting," to establish, maintain, enforce and operate an air pollution control program for the use of the member municipalities of the joint meeting and for such other municipalities and persons as may be authorized by the Joint Meeting.
The air pollution control program of the Joint Meeting shall be jointly operated by a management committee, as provided in the aforesaid Consolidated Municipal Service Act, and such management committee shall be authorized and empowered by the terms and provisions of the joint contract to have and exercise all of the powers and authority of the Joint Meeting as provided in said statute, except as may be otherwise provided in the said joint contract.
The costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial and further operation of the air pollution control program shall be apportioned among the municipalities entering into the joint contract, taking into consideration population, geographical size and area, number of industries and other factors to be set forth in the said joint contract.
The joint contract shall provide for a term not to exceed forty (40) years, unless terminated sooner as provided in the Consolidated Municipal Service Act and in the said joint agreement, and shall provide for discontinuance of participation of one or more municipalities on such terms and conditions as may be provided therein.
The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable, and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance, but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.