The legislative power of the municipality shall be exercised
by the Municipal Council, except as may be otherwise provided by general
law.
The Council, in addition to such other powers and duties as
may be conferred upon it by this Charter or otherwise by general law,
may:
A.
Require
any municipal officer, in its discretion, to prepare and submit sworn
statements regarding his official duties in the performance thereof,
and otherwise to investigate the conduct of any department, office
or agency of the municipal government.
B.
Remove
any municipal officer, other than the Mayor or a member of Council,
for cause, upon notice and an opportunity to be heard.
The compensation of each member of the Township Council and
the Mayor shall be fixed, from time to time, by a general Salary Ordinance[1] until further change by ordinance.
All regular and special meetings of the Council shall be opened
to the public. The Township Attorney, Clerk and Engineer and such
other municipal officers and employees as may be required shall attend
regular and special meetings of the Council. The Mayor may attend
such meetings and may take part in discussions of Council, but shall
have no vote except in the case of a tie on the question of filling
a Council vacancy.
The order of business, conduct of meetings, procedures, decorum
and any and all matters pertaining to the functions of the Council
and the carrying out of Township business at regular and special meetings
of the Council shall be as determined and prescribed, from time to
time, by resolution or ordinance of the Council.
Council may reduce any item or items in the Mayor's budget by
a vote of a majority of the Council, but an increase in any item or
items therein shall become effective only upon an affirmative vote
of 2/3 of the members of Council.
