The Richland Township Planning Commission is hereby increased in size
from five members to nine members. All members shall serve without compensation,
but may be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses. All members must
be residents of Richland Township, and at least six members shall not be officers
or employees of Richland Township.
All appointments to the Commission shall be made by the Richland Township
Supervisors. The term of each of the members of the Commission shall be for
four years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified; excepting,
however, that the terms of those members first appointed to said Commission
shall be such that, in any future calendar year, no more than three members
shall be reappointed or replaced. The Chairman of the Commission shall promptly
notify the Township Supervisors of any vacancy on the Commission and the Township
Supervisors shall fill said vacancy for the unexpired term.
Current lists of members are on file in the township offices.
The Commission shall elect its own Chairman and Vice Chairman and create
and fill such other offices as it may determine. Officers shall serve annual
terms and may succeed themselves. The Commission may make and alter bylaws
and rules and regulations to govern its procedures consistent with the ordinances
of the township and the laws of the commonwealth. The Commission shall keep
a full record of its business and shall annually make a written report by
March 1 of each year of its activities to the governing body. Interim reports
may be made as often as may be necessary, or as requested by the township
body.
All the authority, powers, duties, rights, responsibility and liability
vested in said Commission, and all authority, powers, duties and rights retained
by the Township Supervisors as provided for in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, 1968, July 31, P.L. No. 247, as amended, are hereby conferred on said Commission and are hereby reserved
in said Township Supervisors.