All legislative power of the Township shall
be exercised by the Township Committee pursuant to law.
The Township Committee shall organize annually
on the first day of January, or during the first seven days of January,
at which time it will elect from among its members a Chairman who
shall be known as "Mayor" and a Vice Chairman who, in the absence
or disability of the Chairman, shall have the powers and duties of
the Chairman and shall be known as the "Acting Mayor." The Mayor shall
preside at meetings of the Township Committee and perform such other
duties as the Township Committee may prescribe. In the absence of
the Mayor or Acting Mayor, the Committee shall elect a temporary presiding
officer.
The Mayor shall have the power to make proclamations
concerning holidays and events of interest to the Township. He may
from time to time appoint citizens' committees to inquire into matters
that are of interest to the Township, and he shall have such other
appointive powers as are conferred upon him by law. He shall have
and exercise the ceremonial power of the Township and he shall exercise
every other power usually exercised by Township Mayors and conferred
upon him by law.
A.
Regular meetings. The Township Committee shall meet
annually on the first day of January or during the first seven days
of January in any year, and such other meetings or adjourned meetings
at such time and place as it may direct by resolution. All regular
meetings shall be held within the Township.
B.
Special meetings. A special meeting may be called
at any time upon request of a majority of the members of the Township
Committee. The request for a special meeting shall specify the purpose
of the meeting, and no business shall be transacted at any special
meeting other than that specified. The call for a special meeting
shall be filed with the Clerk and served upon each Committee member,
as hereinafter provided, at least 24 hours prior to the time for which
the meeting is called. The Police Department shall cooperate with
the Clerk in effectuating service of notices. Upon waiver of notice
by all members of the Township Committee, a special meeting may be
held without prior notice notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection.
All regular and special meetings of the Township
Committee shall be open to the public. The rules of procedure to be
followed for the conduct of business of the Committee shall be provided
by resolution. Where not otherwise provided, Roberts Rules of Order,
revised, shall govern, and the Township Attorney shall be parliamentarian
ex officio.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2-4.6, Township
Committee Conferences, which immediately followed this section, was
deleted 12-27-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-48.
A majority of the whole number of members of
the Township Committee shall constitute a quorum, and no ordinance
shall be adopted by the Township Committee without the affirmative
vote of a majority of the quorum of the Committee. If a quorum is
not present one hour after the appointed time for any meeting, those
members present may declare the meeting adjourned.
The vote upon every resolution or ordinance
shall be taken by roll call and the yeas and nays shall be entered
in the minutes. All ordinances shall be introduced, considered, published,
reconsidered and enacted in the manner provided by general law.
A.
Items of business, excluding ordinances and as otherwise
provided by law, which the Township Committee, at a pre-meeting conference
or workshop, has determined to be routine and which do not require
discussion shall be included under a single section of the agenda
known as the "consent agenda." Such items may be adopted or approved,
as the case may be, upon motion and approval thereof by vote of a
simple majority of the Township Committee.
B.
The "consent agenda" section of the meeting agenda
shall be preceded by an explanatory note substantially set forth as
follows:
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"All matters listed under item "Consent Agenda"
are considered routine by the Township Committee and will be enacted
by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate
discussion of these items. If discussion is desired of any item, that
item will be considered separately."
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