[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Harrison
3-17-1975 by Ord. No. 1-1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created and established by virtue of the provisions
of this chapter a sewer utility within the Township of Harrison, in the County
of Gloucester, to be known as the "Harrison Township Sewer Utility."
The Sewer Utility shall be publicly owned, and it shall for the purpose
of accounting be considered a separate entity having its own separate borrowing
capacity, its own separate property, both real and personal, and its own separate
books and accounts, but shall be subject to and governed by rules, resolutions
and ordinances adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Harrison.
It shall be the function and duty of the Sewer Utility and it shall
have authority to operate all sewer facilities, including but not limited
to disposal plants, lines and equipment, used in connection with the collection,
handling, treatment and disposal of sewerage in and for the Township of Harrison.
It shall for the purpose of performing said functions and duties be considered
as owner of all of said sewer facilities, but shall in the performance thereof
be subject to and act in accordance with the rules, resolutions and ordinances
adopted by the Township Committee.
It shall also be the function and duty of the Sewer Utility, and it
shall have authority to levy and collect sewer service charges from the owners
of and against the properties connected to the sewer facilities in the Township
of Harrison, to provide for all necessary administrative managerial and mechanical
services and labor and procure all supplies, materials and equipment, purchase
all property, both real and personal, and borrow all money required or necessary
for the proper and successful operation of the sewer facilities in the Township
of Harrison, and also to keep all records, collect all accounts receivable,
pay all expenses and accounts payable incident to said operation of said sewer
facilities, all in accordance with the rules, resolutions and ordinances adopted
by the Township Committee.
The appointment and employment of all employees of the Sewer Utility
shall be in accordance with the rules, resolutions and ordinances adopted
by the Township Committee.
The business operation and financial affairs of the Sewer Utility shall
be administered and managed in accordance with the rules, resolutions and
ordinance adopted by the Township Committee.
Any arrangements, working agreements or contracts made by the Sewer
Utility with adjoining municipalities for the treatment, transmittal or disposal
of sewerage and waste must be first approved by the Township Committee and
shall be in accordance with the rules, resolutions and ordinances adopted
by the Township Committee.
The Sewer Utility shall at all times function and operate all sewer
facilities in the Township of Harrison in accordance with the rules, resolutions
and ordinances adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Harrison,
the laws of the State of New Jersey, the rules, regulations and directives
of the New Jersey Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection
and any and all other state departments, bureaus and agencies authorized or
empowered to regulate the collection, treatment and disposal of sewerage.
