The Economic Development Commission of the Township of West
Milford is hereby established.
The Township Council finds and declares that the members appointed
to the Economic Development Commission shall serve as an advisory
body to the Township Council and strive to promote economic development
activities within the Township of West Milford.
[Amended 5-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-003; 10-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-017]
The Township of West Milford Economic Development Commission
(the "Commission") shall consist of 11 members and two alternate members.
The Mayor shall appoint his designee or serve in that capacity. The
Council shall appoint the Council liaison and a local business representative.
The Mayor shall appoint two citizen members. The Council shall appoint
six citizen members and two alternate members. The members shall serve
without compensation.
[Amended 5-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-003]
A. The members of the Commission shall have staggered terms as follows
for their initial appointments:
(1) The Mayor or Mayor's designee shall serve for the term of the Mayor.
(2) The Council liaison member shall be appointed for one year.
(3) The local business representative shall be appointed for one year.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-017]
(4) Citizen members No. 1 and No. 2 shall be appointed for the term of
the Mayor.
(5) Citizen members No. 3 and No. 4 shall be appointed for one year.
(6) Citizen members No. 5 and No. 6 shall be appointed for two years.
(7) Citizen members No. 7 and No. 8 shall be appointed for three years.
(8) Alternate member No. 1 shall be appointed for a two-year term.
(9) Alternate member No. 2 shall be appointed for a one-year term.
B. Thereafter, citizen members No. 3 through No. 8 shall be appointed
for three-year terms, and alternate members No. 1 and No. 2 shall
be appointed for two-year terms.
A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute
a quorum for the conduct of business. The Commission shall annually
establish a meeting schedule, and written notice of the time, date
and place of all meetings shall be publicly available sufficiently
in advance thereof. The schedule and notices shall be provided to
the office of the Township Clerk. The Commission shall be considered
a public body for the purpose of complying with the provisions of
the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. Minutes of each
meeting shall be produced and approved by the Commission at a subsequent
meeting. At the conclusion of each meeting, the Chairman (or Secretary
if one is appointed) shall in a timely manner forward to the Township
Clerk a copy of the approved minutes.
The members of the Commission shall annually choose a Chairperson
and such other officers as it may deem necessary from among its members.
All members shall have equal voting privileges.