[Adopted 1-3-83 as Ord. No. 2-83[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was not signed or returned by
the Mayor within the required ten-day period and thus took effect
as if it had been signed. This ordinance also superseded former Art.
IV, Fire District No. 3, adopted 12-7-81 as Ord. No. 34-81.
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70 et seq.,
there is hereby established within the Township of Monroe, County
of Middlesex, a fire district, to be known as "Fire District No. 3"
whose territorial boundary shall be as set forth on Schedule A.[1]
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Editor's Note: Schedule A is on file in the office of the
Township Clerk.
A Board of Fire Commissioners, which shall have the powers,
duties and functions within said fire district to the same extent
as in the case of municipalities, such powers, duties and functions
relating to the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and the regulation
of fire hazards, to consist of five persons, residents therein, shall
be elected at an election to be conducted by the Township Clerk.
Candidates for membership on the Board of Fire Commissioners
shall be nominated by verified petitions. Each petition shall be signed
by not less than 10 qualified voters and shall be filed at least 28
days before the date of the election.
At the first meeting of a newly elected Board of Fire Commissioners
of a district, the Board shall choose a Chairman and fix the time
and place for the annual election. The members of the Board shall
divide themselves by lot into three classes, the first to consist
of two members to be elected for terms of one year; the second, two
members for terms of two years; and the third, one member for a term
of three years. Upon the expiration of said terms, their successors
shall be elected for terms of three years.
Any vacancy in the membership shall be filled by the remaining
members until the next succeeding annual election, at which time a
resident of the district shall be elected for the unexpired term.
