The Commission shall adopt procedural rules governing the transaction
of its business. The rules shall include provision for the date, time
and place of regular meetings of the Commission. Provisions shall
be made for maintaining minutes of Commission meetings and records
of all Commission reports, conclusions and recommendations. The rules
of procedures shall provide for election of Commission Officers, which
shall include a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson who shall serve for
at least one year. The rules of the Commission shall provide that
all Commission meetings shall be open to the public and that notice
of meetings shall comply with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings
Act, to the extent proceedings of the Commission are governed by such
Act. The procedures shall address receipt and processing of citizen
proposals and requests.
The Arts and Culture Commission is authorized to take the following
actions:
A. On
behalf of the Borough of Dunellen, to encourage, conduct, sponsor
or cosponsor public programs to further the development and public
awareness of, and interest in, the fine and performing arts and cultural
experiences of Dunellen;
B. To
provide recommendations to the Mayor and Borough Council for possible
Borough-sponsored cultural, historical and artistic endeavors and
projects and to act as a representative to the community in such matters;
C. To
encourage donations, grants and other support to further expand the
arts, culture and historical services and programs available to citizens
of Dunellen and members of the Dunellen community;
D. To
take such other actions as the Borough Mayor and Council may direct
from time to time.
The Dunellen Arts and Culture Commission programs and operating
expenses shall be funded from the Borough of Dunellen general fund,
grants, donations and admission charges. The Director of Parks and
Recreation shall be responsible, with advisement from the Commission,
for submitting the annual operating budget to the Mayor and Council.
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter should
be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect
the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this chapter.
This chapter, being an administrative action, is not subject
to referendum and shall take effect five days after publication.