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.