There is hereby established a Transportation
Advisory Committee.
Said Committee shall be known as
the "Transportation Advisory Committee."
The Transportation Advisory Committee's
primary purpose is to explore, study, and make advisory recommendations
to the Township Committee ways to improve travel and transportation
modes to include walking, biking, driving and parking in Morris Township.
In making recommendations, the Transportation Advisory Committee will
consider such factors as safety, convenience, accessibility and connectivity
within Morris Township and the surrounding entities. A secondary purpose
is to provide cost analysis and potential funding sources for any
recommendations.
[Amended 8-18-2021 by Ord. No. 23-21]
The Transportation Advisory Committee
of the Township of Morris shall be composed of 11 voting members,
Class I, Class II and Class III to be appointed as follows:
A. The Township Committee shall appoint nine
regular members; said terms to commence January 1 of the year of appointment.
Within this class of appointees, there exist two groups, having staggered
anniversary dates:
(1) Class I: Group 1 consists of members who
are Township residents appointed or their successors for a term designated
as two years and shall be constituted with four members.
(2) Class I: Group II consists of members who
are Township residents appointed or their successors for an initial
term of one year and each successive term designated as two years
and shall be constituted with four members.
(3) Class II: Consists of a member, being an
individual who is knowledgeable in transportation and circulation
and/or traffic engineering and who may reside outside the Township
for a term designated as two years and shall be constituted with one
member.
(4) Class III: Consists of the Chairman of
the Transportation and Circulation Standing Committee of the Township
Committee, and the Deputy Chairperson of Transportation and Circulation
Standing Committee of the Township Committee. Each of their terms
shall be for the calendar year, expiring December 31.
(5) Ex officio members. The four ex officio
nonvoting members shall consist of the Township Administrator, or
his or her designee, the Township Chief of Police, or his or her designee,
the Township Engineer, or his or her designee, and the Township Director
of Parks and Recreation, or his or her designee. Each of their terms
shall be for the calendar year, expiring December 31.
In the event that any member of the Transportation Advisory Committee of the Township of Morris shall resign or be unable to serve for any reason as a member of said Committee, the vacancy created thereby shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the manner provided for appointments under §
9-50 above.
The Transportation Advisory Committee
shall have no authority to expend any money or incur any expense or
commit the Township of Morris to the expenditure of any money unless
and until the same shall have been specifically authorized and approved
by the Township Committee of the Township of Morris.