[HISTORY: 1984 Code §§ 5-54.1—5-54.4
as amended through December 31, 2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
In accordance with the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law,
P.L. 1992, c. 79, (N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.) there is hereby continued
a body corporate and politic to be known as the "City of South Amboy
Redevelopment Agency" (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency"), which
is an instrumentality of the City of South Amboy. The Agency shall
act pursuant to the procedures of the Local Authorities Fiscal Control
Law, P.L. 1983, c. 313 (N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-1 et seq.), as amended and
supplemented.
A.
The Agency shall consist of seven Commissioners. No more than two
Commissioners shall be officers or employees of the municipality.
Each Commissioner shall hold office for the term of his or her appointment
and until his or her 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 Commissioner who is a member of the governing
body shall serve for a term of one year.
B.
The five Commissioners currently serving on the established City
of South Amboy Redevelopment Agency and appointed by the Council of
the City of South Amboy shall continue in office until the terms for
which they were appointed expire and their successors are appointed
and qualified. The terms of those Agency Commissioners who were appointed
by the Mayor or the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs
shall cease and terminate 90 days after the effective date of the
Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, P.L. 1992, c. 79 (N.J.S.A. 40A:
12A-1 et seq.).
C.
A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of each Commissioner
shall be filed with the City Clerk, and that certificate shall be
conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of that Commissioner.
A Commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services but
shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily
incurred in the discharge of the duties of a Commissioner, including
travel expenses.
D.
The powers of the Agency shall be vested in the Commissioners thereon
in office from time to time. Four Commissioners shall constitute a
quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising powers
and all other purposes. Action may be taken by the Agency upon the
affirmative vote of the majority, but not fewer than four of the Commissioners
present, unless in any case by bylaws of the Agency shall require
a larger number. The Agency shall select a Chairperson and a Vice
Chairperson from among the Commissioners, and it shall employ an Executive
Director, who shall be its secretary.
E.
No Commissioner or employee of the 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 be or she
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 the Agency owns
or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included
or planned to be included in a project, he or she shall immediately
disclose the same in writing to the Agency, and the disclosure shall
be entered upon the minutes of the 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 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 Council of the City of South Amboy. A Commissioner may be removed
only after he or she has been given a copy of the charges at least
10 days prior to the hearing thereon and has had an 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 City Clerk.
A.
The Executive Director of the Agency shall be qualified in accordance
with the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, P.L. 1992, c. 79 (N.J.S.A.
40A:12A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented.
B.
The Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioners
of the Agency and may be relieved of his duties only after 120 days'
notice.
C.
The Agency may provide that the Executive Director be the appointing
authority for all or any portion of the employees of the Agency.
D.
The Executive Director shall assign and supervise employees in the
performance of their duties.
E.
The Executive Director shall be in the unclassified service of civil
service, and all other employees shall be in the classified service
of civil service, except as may be otherwise provided by Title 11A
of the New Jersey Statutes.
The Agency shall have all the powers, rights, duties and obligations
as set forth in the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, P.L. 1992,
c. 79 (N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.), and as now are and may be hereafter
granted and imposed by law.
