There shall be created a commission to be known
and designated as the "Shade Tree Commission." The Commission shall
consist of three members, all of whom shall be residents of the municipality.
All will serve without compensation.
A. One member shall serve for three years, one for two
years and one for one year.
B. On the expiration of the term of any Commissioner,
a successor shall be appointed by the municipal governing body to
serve for a term of three years.
C. Vacancies in the office of Commissioner shall be filled
by the municipal governing body for the unexpired term.
The duties of the Shade Tree Commission shall
be as follows:
A. General powers. The Commission shall have exclusive
custody and control of the shade trees in the municipality and is
authorized to plant, remove, maintain and protect shade trees on the
public streets and property within the municipality.
B. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
(1) Studying the problems and determining the needs of
the Borough of Marcus Hook, County of Delaware, in connection with
its tree planting program.
(2) Recommending to the proper authority the type and
kind of trees to be planted upon such municipal streets or parts of
municipal streets or in parks as are designated.
(3) Assisting the properly constituted officials of the
Borough of Marcus Hook, County of Delaware, as well as the municipal
governing body and citizens of the municipality, in the dissemination
of news and information regarding the selection, planting and maintenance
of trees within the corporate limits, whether the same be on private
or public property, and making such recommendations from time to time
to the municipal governing body as to desirable legislation concerning
the tree program and activities for the municipality.
(4) Providing regular and special meetings at which the
subject of trees, insofar as it relates to the municipality, may be
discussed by the members of the Commission, officers and personnel
of the municipality and its several divisions and all others interested
in the tree program.
Within a reasonable time after the appointment
of said Commission and the approval of the members thereof, upon call
of the municipal governing body, said Commission shall meet and organize
by the election of a Chairman. The said Commission shall then provide
for the adoption of rules and procedures and for the holding of regular
and special meetings as said Commission shall deem advisable and necessary
in order to perform the duties set forth.