[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Haddon Heights 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 1463. Amendments noted where applicable.]
In order to make Haddon Heights Borough more business friendly
and promote commercial activity and growth within the Borough, to
analyze, advise the governing body on how to promote business, there
is hereby established and created by this chapter a committee to be
known as the "Business Advisory Committee of the Borough of Haddon
Heights."
A.Â
The Committee so created shall consist of four Class A regular members,
one Class B regular member and one alternate, and shall have the powers
hereinafter enumerated.
B.Â
The Business Advisory Committee shall select from its regular members
one member to serve as its Chairperson and one member to serve as
its Vice Chairperson. The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson so chosen
shall serve for periods of one year.
A.Â
The members of the Business Advisory Committee shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council in a manner consistent
with the appointment process provided for by boroughs under state
law. Each member shall be appointed for a term of three years, with
the exception of the alternate members, which position shall be appointed
for a one-year term. The board members shall meet the following criteria:
(1)Â
Class A members: Class A members shall be a business owner or corporate
officer of a business that is located and/or headquartered within
the physical limits of Haddon Heights Borough.
(2)Â
Class B member: A Class B member can be either a resident of the
Borough of Haddon Heights or a business owner or corporate officer
of a business that is located and/or headquartered within the physical
limits of Borough of Haddon Heights.
(3)Â
Alternate member: An alternate member can be either a resident of
the Borough of Haddon Heights or a business owner or corporate officer
of a business that is located and/or headquartered within the physical
limits of Borough of Haddon Heights.
B.Â
The term of the regular members shall be for three years each. The
term of the regular members shall begin on January 1 of the year of
their appointment and expire on December 31 of the third year after
the year of their appointment. However, the following terms shall
apply for the first appointments of the regular members made to the
Committee:
(1)Â
Member No. 1 (Class A): from the date of appointment to December
31, 2019.
(2)Â
Member No. 2 (Class A): from the date of appointment to December
31, 2019.
(3)Â
Member No. 3 (Class B): from the date of appointment to December
31, 2020.
(4)Â
Member No. 4 (Class A): from the date of appointment to December
31, 2021.
(5)Â
Member No. 5 (Class A): from the date of appointment to December
31, 2022.
C.Â
A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of the term shall be
filled for the unexpired term only. Members shall serve for their
respective terms and until their successors are thereafter appointed
and qualified.
D.Â
An alternate shall be appointed for a one-year term commencing upon
the enactment of this chapter to December 31, 2019, and each year
thereafter. In the absence of a regular member(s) at any meeting,
the alternate shall possess the same rights, duties and powers as
are vested in said regular member, and their attendance shall satisfy
the quorum requirements set forth herein.
E.Â
Each member shall be chosen with a view to their qualifications and
fitness for service, shall have had experience in industry and commerce
and shall be conversant with the business climate of Haddon Heights
Borough.
The members and officers of the Committee shall serve without
compensation, but each shall receive reimbursement for actual disbursements
for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
A majority of the members (three of five) shall constitute a
quorum of the Committee.
To effectuate its purposes, the Committee shall have the power
to adopt suitable bylaws for the management of its affairs and to
determine the qualifications and duties of its employees and to fix,
subject to the budget for the Committee as adopted by the Borough
Council, the compensation to be paid to any of its employees.
The Business Advisory Committee created by this chapter shall
review and advise the governing body on impacts to businesses and
the business environment from ordinances, zoning, regulations and
administrative functions of the Borough government. The Committee
shall make recommendations for changes that would assist businesses
to be successful and grow within the Borough; study and analyze the
surrounding municipalities and advise of best practices that promote
commercial activity.
The Committee shall not have any powers other than those set
forth and especially shall have no power to pledge the credit of the
municipality or to enter into contracts or to otherwise create debts,
except as herein authorized, and shall operate within the appropriation
made by the Borough Council in its annual budget. The Committee shall
make an annual report to the municipality during December of each
year setting forth, in detail, its operations and recommendations
covering the preceding 12 months.