There is hereby established a Commission to
be known as the Lake Topanemus Commission.
[Amended 12-27-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-47; 12-27-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-48; 5-23-2006 by Ord. No. O-06-19]
The Commission shall consist of eight Commissioners;
four resident voters from the Borough of Freehold and four resident
voters from the Township of Freehold. A Chairperson shall not vote
except in the case of a tie. In January of each year, the Chairperson
shall be appointed for a period of one year. The terms of office of
the members of the Commission from each respective municipality first
appointed shall be one, two and three years. Thereafter, the term
of each member shall be three years. All members of the Commission
shall be appointed by the governing body of their respective municipality
according to law, which appointment shall commence January 1 and continue
thereafter for the proper tenure. There shall be no prohibition against
any member of either governing body serving as a Commissioner. All
members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. Each Commissioner
may be removed or suspended from office as provided by ordinance of
the municipality from which he shall be appointed.
[Amended 12-27-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-48; 2-27-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-3]
The Commission shall have no authority or power
to borrow any monies either permanent or temporary and it shall be
limited in its expenditures in an amount not to exceed by 5% the preceding
annual budget, without prior written approval of the two municipalities.
The Township and the borough obligate themselves to appropriate equal
contributions annually to be determined by the Township Committee
and Borough Council as municipal contributions to meet all expenditures
of the Commission during the year of operation. In lieu of the Borough
Council making a contribution, it will provide in-kind services in
an amount equal to the agreed upon contribution.
The Commission created herein may be dissolved
by parallel ordinances duly adopted by each municipality within any
single year on condition that the Commission by resolution consents
to such dissolution, and the Commission has no debts or obligations
outstanding.