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Township of Blairstown, NJ
Warren County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Blairstown 8-18-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-09[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Ch. 26, Environmental Commission, adopted as Sec. 2-3 (Ord. No. 125) of the 1977 Revised General Ordinances, as amended.
An Environmental Committee is hereby established within the Township of Blairstown for the sole purpose of advising the Mayor and Township Committee on issues of environmental concern to the residents of the Township.
A. 
The Environmental Committee shall consist of nine members. The Mayor shall appoint, with the consent of the Township Committee, members to the Environmental Committee on an annual basis.
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It is not required that membership of the Environmental Committee include members of the Land Use Board or Historical Preservation Committee.
Persons shall be appointed to the Environmental Committee for such term as the Mayor, with the consent of the Township Committee, deems appropriate and necessary. However, in no event shall any appointment to the Environmental Committee last any longer than the next annual reorganization meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee, provided that such person may be annually reappointed.
The sole duty of the Environmental Committee and its members shall be to advise the Mayor and Township Committee regarding issues of environmental concern within the Township of Blairstown. The Environmental Committee and its members shall also comment upon issues of environmental concern when requested by the Mayor and Township Committee to do so. However, the Environmental Committee and its members shall have no power to take any action on behalf of the Township of Blairstown, or to take any other action other than what is set forth within this section.
It is the express intention and purpose of the Mayor and Township Committee that the Environmental Committee shall provide a place for environmental issues concerning the Township to be discussed until such time as the Mayor and Township Committee take formal action on an issue.