There is hereby established within the Township of Chesterfield an Agricultural Advisory Board, which will serve as an ad hoc advisory board to the Township Committee for the purposes of keeping the Township Committee informed of developments in the farming community and responding to any ordinances introduced by the Township Committee that may impact upon the farming community.
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Meetings. The Agricultural Advisory Board shall meet on no fewer than four occasions per year to discuss matters of interest to the farming community, current and pending township ordinances affecting the farming community and other issues of interest to the farming community which have an impact upon the township as a whole. The Agricultural Advisory Board shall report to the Township Committee, at least three times per year, on its activities and discussions and provide the Committee with a summary of the issues it has discussed and the positions it believes should be advanced on behalf of the farming community. The Agricultural Advisory Board shall be strictly advisory and its recommendations, decisions, comments or other observations shall not be binding in any way upon the Township Committee or any other municipal body, board or agency.
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Composition. The Agricultural Advisory Board shall consist of six members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and Township Committee in the following fashion: initially, two members shall be appointed for one year, two members shall be appointed for two years and two members shall be appointed for three years. Terms shall expire on February 1 of the appropriate year. Thereafter, each member shall serve a term of three years. The members of the Agricultural Advisory Board must be either active farmers, retired farmers or engaged in an agricultural-related business. The members shall choose a Chairman, who shall serve as liaison between the Board and the Township Committee. The Chairman shall keep notes of the meeting, which shall be deemed to be the property of the township. The Chairman shall serve as the spokesperson for the Board in discussions with the Township Committee. The Chairman shall only vote on matters where his vote is necessary to break a tie.
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It is the intent of this chapter that the Agricultural Advisory Board shall be solely an advisory board, consisting of volunteers appointed by the Township Committee. The Board shall have no authority to expend any public funds and no funds shall be appropriated in the annual budget for this Board. Moreover, because the Board merely serves in an advisory capacity and is not authorized to perform any governmental functions affecting the rights, duties, obligations, privileges, benefits or other legal relations of any person, it is the intent of this chapter that the Board not be considered a public body within the meaning and intent of the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. Accordingly, there shall be no obligation for the Board to provide any advance notice of its meetings, although nothing herein contained shall preclude it from doing so.
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Limitation on powers. It is expressly intended that the Agricultural Advisory Board is created as an ad hoc group to assist the Township Committee in addressing issues and problems facing the farming community. Nothing herein contained shall permit or be intended to permit the Agricultural Advisory Board to render suggestions, opinions, recommendations or in any other way communicate with any other agency, board or body of the Township of Chesterfield except for the Township Committee.