The Council shall hold an annual meeting during
the first seven days of January in every year, which meeting shall
be held within the Borough and at such time and place as the Council
may, by resolution, direct.
At its annual meeting, the Council shall, by
a vote of the majority of its members, elect from among its members
a President of the Council who shall hold office for one year and
until the next annual meeting. The President of the Council shall
preside at all its meetings when the Mayor does not preside. The President
shall have the right to debate and vote on all questions before the
Council. If the Council fails to elect a President at the annual meeting,
the Mayor shall appoint the President from the Council and, in that
case, no confirmation by the Council shall be necessary.
At the aforesaid annual meeting the Council
shall fix the time and place for holding regular meetings during the
ensuing year, which time and place shall not be changed except by
resolution adopted at a regular meeting.
The Mayor shall, when necessary, call special
meetings of the Council. In case of his neglect or refusal, any four
members of the Council may call such meeting at such time and place
in the Borough as they may designate. In all cases of special meetings,
reasonable advance notice, considered to be of 48 hours, except in
case of emergency, shall be given in person to all members of the
Council or left at their places of residence.
All meetings of the Borough Council shall be
held in accordance with the applicable portions of the New Jersey
Open Public Meetings Act of 1975.[1]
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq.
Three Council members and the Mayor or, in the
absence of the Mayor, four Council members shall constitute a quorum
for transacting Council business. If no quorum is present at any meeting,
those elected officers assembled shall have the power and are hereby
authorized to set a new meeting date and then adjourn.
