[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Vineland 6-14-1983 by Ord. No. 83-12 (Ch.
66 of the 1990 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55B-1
et seq. (Chapter 154 of Laws of New Jersey 1936), a local industrial
commission, to be known as the "Industrial Commission of the City
of Vineland," is hereby created to consist of seven members, which
said Commission shall be a body corporate having the powers hereinafter
enumerated.
[Amended 12-27-1994 by Ord. No. 94-94]
A.
The members of such Commission shall be appointed
by the City Council. Each member shall be, for the last five years
preceding his appointment, a citizen of the United States and a qualified
voter of the State of New Jersey. One member shall be appointed for
one year, one member for two years, one member for three years, two
members for four years and two members for five years. At the expiration
of each of the above terms, the new member or members shall be appointed
for a term of five years. Vacancies in the membership of the Commission,
occurring for whatever cause, shall be promptly filled by appointment
by the City Council for the unexpired term thereof. Members shall
serve for their respective terms and until their successors are appointed
and qualify.
B.
Each member shall be chosen with a special view to
his qualifications and fitness for service on the Commission. He shall
have had experience in industry or commerce and shall be conversant
with the industrial needs and facilities of the City of Vineland and
shall be of known devotion to public service.
C.
There shall be appointed upon said Commission, unless local conditions
shall otherwise require, at least one thoroughly competent representative
of industry or commerce, a representative of labor, a representative
of the clearinghouse or banks of said municipality, a representative
of the Chamber of Commerce, a representative of the service clubs
of such municipality, a representative of the legal profession and
a representative of a recognized real estate dealers' association.
[Amended 11-27-2018 by Ord. No.
2018-71]
D.
No member, officer or employee of the Commission shall
be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contracts for work or
materials used by the Commission or in any sales, leases or agreements
in connection with lands, buildings or other property owned or controlled
by it or in any fees or compensation of any kind paid to any broker,
architect, engineer, merchant or other person doing business with
the Commission or in any other transaction of or with the Commission,
or the benefits or profits thereof.
E.
Each member and officer of the Commission shall, before
assuming office, take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully
and impartially discharge the duties of his office.
F.
The members and officers of the Commission shall serve
without compensation, but each shall receive his actual disbursements
for his expenses in performing his duties.
A.
The members of the Commission shall choose annually
from among their members a chairman or president and such other officers
as they may deem necessary. The Mayor of the City of Vineland shall
be ex officio a member thereof.
B.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum
of the Commission.
C.
The members and officers may be required to furnish
bonds to the Commission to secure the faithful discharge of their
duties, in form, amount and with such surety as may, from time to
time, be required by resolution of the governing body of the City
of Vineland.
A.
Insofar as may be practicable, the employees and assistants
required by the Commission shall be recruited from the public officers
and employees of the City of Vineland. The Municipal Counsel shall
be the counsel to the Commission; the Municipal Engineer shall be
the engineer of the Commission, and the several departments of the
City government shall be available to the Commission for the purposes
of the Commission's business. City employees serving the Commission
shall do so without compensation other than their regular compensation
as employees of the City of Vineland. The Commission shall, from time
to time, make known to the Mayor its wants in the nature of services
by employees of the City, and the Mayor shall designate which of the
City's employees, if any, shall render such services.
B.
To the extent that the Commission shall deem it necessary
to carry on its function and to the extent that it shall consider
the services of existing employees of the City insufficient for its
purposes, it may employ such additional employees or services and
at such compensation as may be approved by resolution of the governing
body of the City of Vineland. Its requirements in this direction shall
be submitted from time to time in writing to such governing body.
C.
The civil service laws, rules and regulations of the
state applicable to the City of Vineland shall govern the appointment
of employees of the Commission. Such laws, rules and regulations shall
not be deemed to prevent the use of services of existing employees
without extra compensation therefor, nor shall the use of such services
operate to enlarge the civil service rights or the status of the municipal
employee rendering the same.
D.
The Commission shall have and maintain a suitable
office, where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall
be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such
reasonable regulations as the Commission shall determine. If practicable,
existing office facilities of the City served by the Commission shall
be used without charge by the City, and the office and similar equipment
of the City shall, wherever possible, be used by and be made available
for the use of the Commission, without charge.
To effectuate its purposes, the Industrial Commission
shall have the following powers:
The Industrial Commission shall constitute the
corporate instrumentality of the City of Vineland for the following
purposes:
A.
To inquire into, survey and publicize the extent,
advantages and utility of the vacant lands of the City of Vineland,
whether municipally owned or otherwise.
B.
To classify such vacant lands according to their adaptability
for the settlement thereon of various types of industrial enterprises.
C.
To study and analyze the various industries of the
nation and, to the extent it deems necessary for its purposes, the
industries of other nations, with a view to ascertaining the opportunities
for the industrial expansion of the City of Vineland. In this connection,
the reports, records, statistics, compendiums and similar documents
of existing federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental
and public agencies, as well as of responsible private institutions,
boards, agencies and similar bodies interested in the compilation
of the information relating to industry, shall be resorted to, wherever
possible, in order to avoid unnecessary original research and gathering
of source material.
D.
To advertise the industrial advantages and opportunities
of the City of Vineland and the availability of real estate within
the City of Vineland for industrial settlement and to encourage and
accomplish such industrial settlement within the City of Vineland.
E.
To solicit the several industries to purchase or lease
the vacant lands and property of or in the City of Vineland.
F.
To accomplish the sale or lease of the City of Vineland's
vacant lands to industries whose settlement thereon is best calculated,
in the judgment of the Commission, to advance the interests of the
City of Vineland and of its citizens and inhabitants.
G.
To acquire title to vacant land owned by the City
of Vineland for the purpose of resale or lease to industries whose
presence within the City of Vineland will benefit, in the judgment
of the Commission, its citizens and inhabitants.
A.
The Industrial Commission shall not have any power
of condemnation or eminent domain.
B.
The Industrial Commission shall not have power to
pledge the credit of the City of Vineland or of any other municipality
or of the State of New Jersey or to create any debt against or in
any manner act as the agent of such municipality or of the State of
New Jersey.
C.
The Industrial Commission shall have power and authority
to make an economic survey, analyzing the present and potential possibilities
of the City of Vineland with a view to ascertaining its industrial
needs, determining its resources for efficient manufacture and exploring
its probable sphere in the future development of the state and nation.
In carrying out such a survey, the Commission may be evolved to enable
it to compete more successfully with competitors in other states and,
more particularly, how it might successfully round out and enlarge
the products manufactured within the City of Vineland, with a view
to diversifying local industry and stabilizing employment conditions.
The Commission may make any investigation deemed necessary to enable
it effectually to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and for
that purpose, the Commission may take and hear proofs and testimony
and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books,
papers, records and documents, including public records, and its authorized
agents may enter upon any lands as, in its judgment, may be necessary
for the purpose of making surveys and examinations to accomplish any
purposes authorized by this chapter.
D.
The Industrial Commission shall make an annual report
to the City of Vineland, setting forth in detail its operations and
transactions for the preceding 12 months.
A.
Nothing in this chapter provided and no authority
given to or exercised by the Industrial Commission created under this
chapter shall impair or invalidate in any way any funded indebtedness
of the City of Vineland by which it has been created nor impair the
provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenues
derived from municipal property or dedicating the revenues derived
from any municipal property to a specific purpose.
B.
The creation of the Industrial Commission by the City
of Vineland shall not be deemed to limit in any manner the City of
Vineland's right to deal with its vacant lands or to sell or lease
the same, independently of such Commission, as heretofore, but the
powers conferred upon the City and Commission by this chapter shall
be in addition to any rights or powers now possessed by the City of
Vineland with reference to its vacant lands or other properties.
A.
The governing body of the City may appropriate annually,
during the life of its Commission, such sums as may be reasonably
necessary to conduct the normal operations of the Commission, but
no moneys so appropriated shall be used by the Commission for the
construction of any building or to finance such construction.
B.
The Commission shall annually present to the Chief
Financial Officer of the City its budget for operations for the ensuing
year, reflecting therein all unexpended balances on hand from previous
appropriations received from the City, at the same time and in the
same manner and form as is required by the several departments of
the City's government, and the budget so submitted shall be acted
upon as in the case of the budgets of such several municipal departments
and, being so acted upon, shall be made a part of the City's budget.
C.
The Commission shall keep complete and accurate records
of its accounts, and separate accounts shall be kept for its normal
functions.
D.
The Commission shall not exceed its budget, and moneys
received from the City shall be expended only for the purposes for
which they have been appropriated.
The Industrial Commission shall make a study
of the tax structure, with a view to reducing the tax burden on the
City of Vineland.
