Pursuant to the provisions of the Consolidated Municipal Service
Act, P.L. 1952, Chapter 72, as amended and supplemented (N.J.S.A.
40:48B-1 through 48B-13), the Mayor and other appropriate public officials are
hereby authorized and directed to enter into a joint contract on behalf
of this municipality with the governing bodies of the Borough of Carteret,
City of Rahway and Township of Woodbridge, or such of them or such
other adjacent municipalities as may, by adoption of substantially
similar ordinances, be authorized to and which enter into a joint
contract with the City of Perth Amboy.
The joint contract to be entered into shall provide for the
formation of a joint meeting to be known as the "Central Jersey Regional
Air Pollution Control Joint Meeting," to establish, maintain, enforce
and operate an air pollution control program for the use of the member
municipalities of the joint meeting and for such other municipalities
and persons as may be authorized by the Joint Meeting.
The air pollution control program of the Joint Meeting shall
be jointly operated by a management committee, as provided in the
aforesaid Consolidated Municipal Service Act, and such management
committee shall be authorized and empowered by the terms and provisions
of the joint contract to have and exercise all of the powers and authority
of the Joint Meeting as provided in said statute, except as may be
otherwise provided in the said joint contract.
The costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial
and further operation of the air pollution control program shall be
apportioned among the municipalities entering into the joint contract,
taking into consideration population, geographical size and area,
number of industries and other factors to be set forth in the said
joint contract.
The joint contract shall provide for a term not to exceed forty
(40) years, unless terminated sooner as provided in the Consolidated
Municipal Service Act and in the said joint agreement, and shall provide
for discontinuance of participation of one or more municipalities
on such terms and conditions as may be provided therein.
The joint contract shall be subject to approval by resolution
of the governing body of the City of Perth Amboy prior to execution.
The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable,
and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof
shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance, but
they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that
this ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage
and publication as required by law.