[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hackensack
8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 34-2015. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established, within the City of Hackensack,
a Veterans' Advisory Board.
The membership of the Board shall consist of five persons who
are residents of the City. At least two of the members must currently
serve or have served in a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
The members of the Board shall be appointed the City Manager with
the advice and consent of the City Council. The Board members first
appointed shall be appointed for the following terms: two members
for three years, two members for two years and one member for one
year. Following the initial appointments, all appointments shall be
for three years, and vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term
only. The members shall receive no compensation for their services.
With the exception of the Board members first appointed, the terms
of office of each appointee shall commence on the first day of January
and shall expire on the 31st day of December of the appropriate years.
The Board members first appointed shall also serve from the date of
their respective appointments through and including December 31, 2015,
at which time the term of years of their full appointments shall commence.
With the exception of the Chairperson, who shall be designated
annually by the City Manager, the Board shall choose its own officers,
make its own rules and regulations for the discharge of its duties
and for the proper exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the
Mayor and Council, and keep a record of its proceedings. The Chairperson
shall serve as a liaison between the Board and the City Council. The
Board shall meet at least quarterly, but as frequently as may be required
in its rules and regulations and as circumstances may require.
The duties of Veterans' Advisory Board shall be to:
A.
Serve as an ad hoc advisory board to the City Council for the purposes
of keeping the City Council informed of developments regarding veterans,
including any new state or federal laws that would impact veterans
in the City;
B.
Recommend and arrange appropriate ceremonies honoring veterans on
holidays and otherwise;
C.
Prepare such advisory reports and perform such other duties as may
from time to time be requested by the Mayor and Council concerning
City services, programs and policies which are the subject of consideration
or evaluation by the City Council;
D.
Respond to any ordinances introduced by the City Council that may
have an impact upon veterans; and
E.
Entertain public proposals and suggestions and articulate the same
to the Mayor and Council.
In the event that any member of the Board shall miss three consecutive
meetings, the Board shall report said absences to the Mayor and Council.
If the Mayor and Council, after due inquiry, are satisfied that the
absences where not occasioned by reasonable cause, the Board Member
may be removed by resolution of the Mayor and Council.
