This policy shall apply to the Mayor and all elected members
of City Council and to any person appointed to a specified term, with
or without compensation, by the Mayor and/or City Council, including
persons appointed to any board, committee, commission, authority or
other agency of the City of Salem.
In the event that any elected and/or nonelected member or appointee
shall fail to attend and participate in any meetings of their applicable
body for a period of eight consecutive weeks without being excused
from attendance by a majority of the authorized members thereof, at
the conclusion of such period (provided that refusal to excuse shall
occur only with respect to those failures to attend and participate
which are not due to legitimate illness), then in the event of any
such nonexcused absences such person's name and the record and materials
documenting the same shall be forthwith forwarded to the City Attorney
who shall proceed with a review of the facts and circumstances and
as soon as practicable thereafter recommend appropriate action consistent
with state statutes (including N.J.S.A. 40A:16-3 or 40A:9-12.1) to
the Mayor and/or City Council (or other appointing authority if applicable),
including but not limited to a declaration that the elective or appointed
office of such person is deemed to have been abandoned and is therefore
vacant.