[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Village
of Ridgefield Park 9-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Village of Ridgefield Park hereby establishes a Green Team
Committee which shall be known as the "Ridgefield Park Green Team"
(hereinafter also referred to as the "Green Team"), subject to the
terms and provisions of this chapter. The Green Team shall serve as
a permanent committee to the Ridgefield Park Board of Commissioners.
The general purposes and powers for the Green Team shall include
(without limitation) the following:
A.
Manage Ridgefield Park's participation in the Sustainable Jersey
program (which is a program initiated, established and promoted by
the State of New Jersey).
B.
Establish reasonable environmental goals and Sustainable Jersey goals
for the village.
C.
Encourage the Village's staff, employees, personnel, volunteers,
departments, offices, committees, commissions, boards and agencies
to pursue environmentally sustainable practices and to implement the
Village's environmental goals and Sustainable Jersey goals.
D.
Work with and encourage Village organizations and groups to pursue
environmentally sustainable practices and to implement the Village's
environmental goals and Sustainable Jersey goals.
E.
Provide suggestions and advice to the Village Planning Board, Zoning
Board of Adjustment, and Historic Preservation Commission to assure
that environmental matters are considered in their deliberations and
actions.
F.
Solicit and evaluate environmental ideas and suggestions from the
community.
A.
The Green Team shall consist of seven members and two alternate members.
The members and alternate members shall be appointed by the Board
of Commissioners and shall serve without compensation. At least five
members shall be residents of the Village of Ridgefield Park. At least
one alternate member shall be a resident of the Village of Ridgefield
Park.
B.
The Ridgefield Park Green Team shall be appointed within 30 days
after the effective date of this chapter. The initial term of office
of each member shall commence upon the day of the member's appointment
and shall expire as follows:
C.
All subsequent appointments, except to fill vacancies, shall be for
a full term of three years, to take effect on January 1 of the year
of appointment. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the
remainder of the prior member's term.
D.
Alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment
as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2" and shall serve during
the absence or disqualification of any regular member or members.
The term of each alternate member shall be three years commencing
on the day of their appointment and ending in the same manner as is
set forth for regular members. However, the initial terms of Alternate
No. 1 and Alternate No.2 shall commence upon the day of the alternate
member's appointment and shall expire as follows:
E.
An alternate member may participate in discussions of the proceedings
but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular
member. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member
may vote instead of an alternate member.
F.
Additionally, one member of the Board of Commissioners, the Superintendent
of the Department of Public Works, the Village Clerk, and the Chief
of Police shall serve as ex officio members of the Green Team. Ex
officio members shall not vote. Each aforesaid ex officio member may
designate a representative to attend the meetings of the Green Team
on the ex officio member's behalf.
G.
Additional non-voting associate members may be appointed by the Board
of Commissioners for one-year terms. Said associate members need not
be residents of the Village of Ridgefield Park.
H.
On an annual basis, the Green Team shall elect from among its members
a Chairman and Vice Chairman.
A.
The Green Team shall meet at such times and places as the Green Team
so determines. However, the Green Team shall meet at least five times
each year.
B.
The rules of procedure for the Green Team shall be Roberts Rules
of Order - Revised; or by such other rules of procedure as the Green
Team may adopt by resolution.
The Green Team shall hire a secretary to take the minutes of
all meetings, and provide secretarial services for the Green Team.
The secretary's salary shall be set by the Commissioner who has
responsibility for the Ridgefield Park Environmental Commission.
