There is hereby created the Bethlehem Township Public Information Office.
[Amended 9-3-1998 by Ord. No. 311-98]
A. There shall be five members of the Public Information
Office who shall serve for terms of one year until a successor is appointed
and qualified. Said appointments shall be made by the Township Committee and
shall be made up of the following categories:
(1) One member of the Township Committee.
(2) One member of the township administrative staff who shall
be the Township Clerk.
(3) Three members of the public (preferably with experience
in communications and/or media relations).
B. In addition, there shall be one alternate who shall also
be a member of the public. The Township Attorney shall sit as an ex-officio
member of the Office.
The Township Committee is hereby granted the powers to establish policy
and procedure and review content of any material disseminated by the Public
Information Office on behalf of the township. The Township Committee shall
have final authority to review content, subject to rules and regulations.
It shall be the responsibility of the Office to carry out said policies and
procedures in order to effectuate the maximum dissemination of information
from the township. The Township Committee, through the auspicies of the Public
Information Office, shall have an Official Township Web Site and may also
contract with any individual(s) or group(s) to disseminate township information,
upon input from the Public Information Office, in accordance with said policies
and procedures and subject to the availability of funds.
The Public Information Office shall be authorized to take the necessary
action to carry out the policies and procedures of the township in order to
disseminate township information to the public. The Office shall also be authorized
to seek, subject to Township Committee approval, funding or other assistance
to carry out its mission of public information access/dissemination.