An Environmental Advisory Council is hereby established for the Township
of Kidder, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
The purposes of the Environmental Advisory Council shall be to advise
local governmental agencies, including but not limited to the Board of Supervisors,
the Planning Commission and the Zoning Hearing Board on matters dealing with
the protection, conservation, management, promotion, acquisition and use of
natural resources, including air, land, water and open space resources located
within or affecting the Township of Kidder.
Members of the Council shall receive no compensation for their services,
but they may be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred
by them in the performance of their duties, provided that the expenses have
the prior approval of the Board of Supervisors.
The Environmental Advisory Council shall have the following powers:
A. To identify environmental problems and recommend plans
and programs to the Board of Supervisors for the promotion and conservation
of the natural resources and for the protection and improvement of the quality
of the environment within the Township of Kidder.
B. To make recommendations as to the possible use of open
land areas within the Township of Kidder.
C. To promote a community environmental program.
D. To advise the Board of Supervisors and other Township
agencies as to the acquisition of property, both real and personal, and rights
thereto, by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, easement, devise or lease in matters
consistent with the purpose of the Council.
E. To consult with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Unites
States Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Advisory Councils in
neighboring municipalities and any other appropriate county, state and federal
agencies and nongovernmental organizations on environmental issues affecting
the Township of Kidder and its neighbors.
F. To perform any other duties assigned to it by the Board
of Supervisors but not to exercise any powers or perform any duties which
by law are conferred or imposed upon a state agency.
G. May keep an index of all open areas, publicly or privately owned,
including floodprone areas, swamps and other unique natural areas, for the
purpose of obtaining information on the proper use of those areas.
The Board of Supervisors may appropriate funds for the expenses incurred
by the Council in accordance with an annual budget. Appropriations may be
expended for such administrative, clerical, printing and legal services as
may from time to time be required and approved by the Board of Supervisors
and shall be within the limits of the annual budget.