[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Blairstown as Sec. 2-1 (Ord. No. 89-13) of the 1977 Revised General
Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Clerk and Deputy Clerk — See Ch. 11.
All legislative power of the Township,
except in matters of health, shall be exercised by the Township Committee
pursuant to law, and in matters of health by the Board of Health.
The Township Committee shall organize annually
during the first week in January, at which time it shall elect a Mayor
from among its members. The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the
Township Committee and perform such other duties as the Township Committee
may prescribe. In the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Deputy
Mayor shall have the powers and duties of the Mayor.
The Mayor shall have the power to appoint subcommittees
of the Township Committee with the consent of the Township Committee.
He/she shall sign and execute documents and agreements on behalf of
the Township. He/she shall have the power to make proclamations concerning
holidays and events of interest in the Township. He/she shall exercise
the ceremonial power of the Township and every other power usually
exercised by Township mayors or conferred upon him/her by law. In
the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Committee shall designate
the Deputy Mayor.
A.
Regular meetings. The Township Committee shall meet
annually within the first week in January. The Committee shall meet
regularly thereafter on the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00
p.m., except that the Committee may, by resolution, dispense with
or change the date of a regular meeting. When the time for any regular
meeting of the Committee falls on a legal holiday as prescribed by
law, such meeting shall be held at the same hour on the following
day.
B.
Special meetings. A special meeting may be called
at any time upon written request of a majority of the members of the
Township Committee or by the Mayor. The request and call 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 Township Clerk
and shall be served upon each Committee member as provided by law,
and each other notice shall be given as provided by law.
All regular and special meetings of the Township
Committee shall be open to the public. The rules of procedure to be
followed and rules for the consideration of nominations submitted
by the Mayor and for the conduct of other business of the Committee
shall be provided by resolution.
The Committee may meet at any time in executive
session for the consideration of any Township business or to meet
with any officer or employee of the Township or any other person on
Township business. No person other than those specifically invited
by the Committee shall be authorized to participate in any such executive
session.
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 1/2 hour after the appointed time for any meeting, the
presiding officer or the Clerk may declare the meeting adjourned.
The vote upon every ordinance, and upon every
motion or resolution when requested, shall be taken by roll call,
and the yeas and nays shall be entered on the minutes. The minutes
of each meeting shall be signed by the Township Clerk.
All ordinances shall be introduced, read, heard
and enacted in the manner provided by general law.
The ordinance book shall be signed by the Mayor
and Clerk.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:146-13.1 the Committee
shall have the power and authority to elect, from among its members,
a Vice Chairman of the Committee. In the absence or disability of
the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall have all the powers and duties
of the Chairman and shall serve and be known as the "Deputy Mayor."
