[Amended 8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 10-2015; 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 3-2017]
An advisory Beautification Committee for the Township of Logan
is hereby established. The committee shall be composed of seven members
appointed by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Logan, all of
whom shall be residents of the Township or business owner executives
of businesses located in Logan township, except that no more than
one member shall be a nonresident. The Council shall also appoint
one of its own members as a nonvoting liaison to the Committee.
The Beautification Committee shall meet immediately
after January 1 of each year for the purpose of reorganization. The
agenda of this meeting shall include the election of officers, establishment
of dates and places of meetings, adoption of bylaws or rules of procedure
and such other business as it may properly come before the Beautification
Committee at the annual reorganization meeting.
Terms of office of the first members of the
Committee shall be three members appointed for one year, three members
for two years and three members for three years to be designated by
the Mayor and Council in making the appointments. Their successors
shall be appointed for terms of three years. A vacancy on the Committee
occurring otherwise than by expiration of the term shall be filled
for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
The Mayor and Council may remove any member
of the Committee for cause, on written charges served upon the member
and after a hearing thereon at which the member shall be entitled
to be heard in person or by Counsel.
The Township Committee may appropriate such
sum in each year's current fund budget as may be determined by the
governing body to be necessary for the purpose of the Beautification
Committee. Should the Beautification Committee receive any gifts,
donations or bequests, such funds shall be deposited in a trust fund
account and shall not be utilized for any horticultural or landscaping
projects without prior approval of the Mayor and Council of the Township
of Logan. Dedicated funds shall be spent for the purposes for which
the funds were received, in accordance with the Local Budget Law,
N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq.
The Committee shall chose from its members a
Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary at the annual reorganization
meeting of the Committee.
By February 1 of the year next, the Committee
shall make an annual report to the Mayor and Council including all
activities of the Committee in the proceeding year.