[1967 Code § 2-1-1; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3]
The Township Committee shall consist of five (5) members elected at large for staggered three (3)-year terms by a plurality of the votes cast at the general election. (The general election shall be held on the next Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each year.) Each member shall hold office for a term of three (3) years, commencing at 12:00 noon on January 1 next succeeding his/her election. Vacancies in the Township Committee shall be filled as provided by law.
[1967 Code § 2-1-2; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3]
The Township Committee shall exercise all legislative powers of the Township and such other powers as are invested in the Committee pursuant to law.
[1967 Code § 2-1-3; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3; Ord. No. 2453-16]
a. 
Annual Meeting. The Township Committee shall hold its annual meeting in accordance with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A:63-3, at 12 o'clock noon on January 1, or at some other hour on any day during the first week in January.
b. 
Regular Meetings. The Committee shall meet regularly thereafter on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Town Hall, except as the Township Committee may, by resolution, change the time, date or place of such regular meeting, or dispense of the same.
[Amended 12-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2623-22]
c. 
Special Meetings. A special meeting may be called upon written request by a majority of the members of the Committee or by the Mayor. The call for a special meeting shall be filed with the Township Clerk and served upon each Committee Member. The request and call for a special meeting shall specify the purpose of the meeting and no business shall be transacted at any special meeting other than that specified.
d. 
Conference Meetings. The Committee may hold conference meetings on such date, time and place as may be determined by a majority vote of the Committee.
e. 
Open Public Meetings Act. All meetings of the Township Committee shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Law.
[1967 Code § 2-1-4; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3]
A majority of the entire number of members of the Township Committee shall constitute a quorum, and no action shall be taken or ordinance adopted by the Committee without the affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum of the Committee, unless otherwise provided by law. If a quorum is not present one-half (1/2) hour after the appointed time for any meeting, or at any time during the course of a meeting, the Mayor, Acting Mayor, Presiding Officer, or the Clerk may declare the meeting adjourned.
[1967 Code § 2-1-5; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3]
The vote upon every motion, resolution or ordinance shall, when requested, be taken by roll call and the yeas and nays shall be entered on the minutes. The Township Clerk shall record and keep the minutes of each meeting of the Township Committee.
[1967 Code § 2-1-6; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3]
Matters of procedure not covered in this Code or Statute shall be governed by the rules and order of business of the Township Committee as the same have been adopted or modified by resolution.
[1967 Code § 2-1-7; Ord. No. 8-88 § 3]
a. 
Election. At its annual meeting the Township Committee shall elect by majority vote of the full membership of the Committee one (1) of its members as Chairperson of the Committee, who shall be known as Mayor, but who shall have no additional authority by virtue of such designation except as may be otherwise provided by applicable law. The Committee shall also have the power and authority to elect one (1) of its members as Vice-chairperson of the Committee, who shall be known as Deputy Mayor.
b. 
Powers and Duties. The Mayor shall preside at all the meetings of the Township Committee. The Mayor shall have the power to make proclamations concerning holidays or events of interest to the Township. The Mayor may, with the approval of the Township Committee, appoint citizens' committees to inquire into matters that are of interest to the Township. The Mayor shall have such other appointment powers as are conferred upon the Mayor by law or the Township Committee. The Mayor shall have and exercise the ceremonial power of the Township. In addition to the foregoing powers and duties, the Mayor shall exercise every other power and duty conferred upon the Mayor by law or the Township Committee; in the absence or disability of the Mayor, either the Deputy Mayor or, in the latter's absence, a temporary presiding officer, elected by the Committee from among its members, shall have all the powers and duties of the Mayor and shall serve and be known while so serving as the Acting Mayor of the Township.