[HISTORY: Adopted by Planning Board of Borough of Wenonah 1-15-1957.]
The objectives and purposes of the Planning Board of Wenonah,
Gloucester County, New Jersey, are those set forth in Chapter 433,
Laws of 1953 and amendments and supplements thereto, and those powers
and duties delegated to the Planning Board by the Borough Council
by ordinance dated December 30, 1955, in accordance with the above-mentioned
enabling law.[1]
A.
The officers of the Planning Board shall consist of a Chairman, Vice
Chairman and a Secretary.
B.
The Chairman shall preside at all meetings and hearings of the Planning
Board and shall have the duties normally conferred by parliamentary
usage on such officers, including:
C.
The Chairman shall be one of the citizen members of the Board. He
shall have the privilege of discussing all matters before the Board
and to vote thereon.
D.
The Vice Chairman shall act for the Chairman in his absence. He shall
be a citizen member of the Board.
E.
The Secretary shall keep the minutes and records of the Board, prepare
the agenda of regular and special meetings with the Chairman, provide
notice of meetings to Board members, arrange proper and legal notice
of hearings, attend to correspondence of the Board and such other
duties as are normally carried out by a secretary.
Nomination of officers shall be made from the floor by members
of the Board at the annual organization meeting, which shall be held
on the third Tuesday of January in each year, and the elections shall
follow immediately thereafter. A candidate receiving a majority vote
of the entire membership of the Planning Board shall be declared elected
and shall serve for one year, or until his successor shall take office.
Vacancies in offices shall be filled immediately by the procedure
outlined above.
The regular meeting will be held on the third Tuesday of each
month at 8:00 p.m. in the Wenonah Grammar School. A majority [three
members] of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the number of
votes necessary to transact business shall be a majority [three members]
of the entire Board. Voting shall be by roll call. A record of the
roll-call vote shall be kept as a part of the minutes. Special meetings
may be called by the Chairman. It shall be the duty of the Chairman
to call such a meeting when requested to do so in writing by a majority
of the members of the Board. The notice of such a meeting shall specify
the purposes of such a meeting and no other business may be considered
except by unanimous consent of the Board. The Secretary shall notify
all members of the Board in writing not less than five days in advance
of such special meeting. All meetings at which official action is
taken shall be open to the general public.
The order of business at regular meetings shall be:
The Board may employ a clerk to assist the Secretary in the
performance of his duties and perform such other duties as may be
assigned to him by the Chairman of the Planning Board. The Board may
employ such staff and/or experts as it sees fit, to aid the Board
in its work. Appointments shall be made by a majority vote of the
entire Board membership. Reimbursement for any service rendered will
be only from moneys appropriated by Borough Council.
In addition to those required by law, the Board may at its discretion
hold public hearings when it is decided that such hearings will be
in the public interest. Notice of such hearings shall be published
in the official newspaper of the municipality or in a newspaper of
general circulation at least 10 days before the time of public hearings.
The case before the Board shall be presented in summary by the Secretary
or a designated member of the Board, and parties in interest shall
have privilege of the floor. No record of statement shall be recorded
or sworn to as evidence for any court of law without notice to the
parties. A record shall be kept of those speaking before the Board.
These bylaws may be amended by a 2/3 vote of the entire membership
of the Planning Board.
