[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Laurel: Art. I, 12-6-1965 as Ord. No. 1965-9;
Art. II, 3-19-1979 as Ord. No. 1979-7.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-6-1965 as Ord. No. 1965-9]
Pursuant to the Municipal Utilities Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1
et seq., there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic, as an
agency and instrumentality of the Township of Mount Laurel, in the County
of Burlington and State of New Jersey, under the name and style of the "Mount
Laurel Township Municipal Utilities Authority."
The Mount Laurel Township Municipal Utilities Authority hereby created
is a utilities authority as contemplated and provided for by said Municipal
Utilities Authorities Law and shall have and exercise all of the powers and
perform all of the duties provided for by said Municipal Utilities Authorities
Law and any other statutes heretofore enacted and applicable thereto and all
amendments and supplements hereafter enacted thereto.
The Mount Laurel Township Municipal Utilities Authority shall consist
of five members, who shall be appointed by resolution of the Township Council
of the Township of Mount Laurel in the manner provided by law. The members
first appointed shall, by the resolution of appointment, be designated to
serve for terms respectively expiring on the first days of the first, second,
third, fourth and fifth Februarys next ensuing after the date of their appointment.
On or after January 1 in each year after such first appointments, one person
shall be appointed as a member of the Municipal Authority to serve for a term
commencing on February 1 in such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth
year after such year. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the Municipal
Authority occurring during an unexpired term of office, a person shall be
appointed as a member of the Municipal Authority to serve for such unexpired
term. The members of the Mount Laurel Township Utilities Authority shall receive
such compensation for their services as shall hereafter be established by
ordinance by the Township Council of Mount Laurel Township.
After adoption, a copy of this ordinance, duly certified by the Township
Clerk of said Mount Laurel Township, shall be filed forthwith by said Township
Clerk in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey.
[Adopted 3-19-1979 as Ord. No. 1979-7]
Pursuant to the Municipal Utilities Authorities Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1
et seq., there is hereby created a maximum compensation to be paid to the
members of the Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority, as follows:
A.Â
Each member of the Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority,
other than the Chairman of such Authority, shall receive an annual compensation
not to exceed $720 per year.
B.Â
The Chairman of the Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities
Authority shall receive an annual compensation not to exceed the sum of $820
per year.
The compensation allowed herein is contingent upon each member's
and the Chairman's attendance at all regular and special meetings of
the Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority. No additional compensation
shall be given for attendance at special meetings of the Municipal Utilities
Authority.
[Added 2-20-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-5]
The compensation allowed herein may be increased in any given year,
said increase not to exceed the increase established for the Township Council
in said year.
