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Township of Upper Allen, PA
Cumberland County
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Citizen advisory committees are sometimes useful in keeping the Board informed with regard to community opinion and in representing the community in the study of specified township problems.
A. 
In creating a new advisory committee, the Board shall define the committee assignment and shall:
(1) 
Appoint members who are interested and can make some special contribution to the committee's function and who reside in the township.
(2) 
Seek the widest range of community interest and background.
(3) 
Appoint the President and Secretary/Manager or other township official as ex officio members of all advisory committees.
B. 
In charging a new advisory committee, the Board shall:
(1) 
Set a date for a preliminary and final report.
(2) 
Establish a budget, if necessary, but expenditures of township funds by advisory committees shall be made only upon approval of the Board.
C. 
Recommendations of all advisory committees shall not reduce the responsibility of the Board, which shall be free to accept or reject the recommendations as it sees fit. Meetings of an advisory committee are not regular meetings of the Board and shall not be open to the public.