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PLANNING BOARD
(A) The Planning Board shall consist of 1 ex officio member who shall be the member of the Town Council in charge of planning, 4 members who shall be citizens living within the corporate limits of the Town of Kenly, 1 member who shall be a resident of Johnston County living within the area of Kenly's extraterritorial jurisdiction, and 1 member who shall be a resident of Wilson County living within the area of Kenly's extraterritorial jurisdiction, for a total of 7 members.
(B) The 4 non-ex officio members residing within the Town of Kenly shall be appointed by the Town Council. The member residing in Johnston County within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town of Kenly shall be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County, upon receipt of a resolution from the Town Council requesting that the appointments be made. The member residing in Wilson County within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town of Kenly shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Wilson County, upon receipt of a resolution from the Town Council requesting that the appointment be made. In the event that the appropriate Board of County Commissioners fails to make the appointments requested within 90 days of receipt of the resolution, the Town Council shall make the appointments.
(C) The initial appointments shall be made according to the following terms.
(1) In-town members.
(a) One member for 1 year;
(b) One member for 2 years; and
(c) Two members for 3 years.
(2) Extraterritorial members.
(a) One member from Johnston County for 1 year; and
(b) One member from Wilson County for 1 year.
(D) Their successors shall be appointed for terms of 3 years. Terms shall expire on the thirtieth day of June. Members shall serve until the expiration of their terms or until their successors are appointed, whichever is later.
(E) Vacancies occurring for reasons other than the expiration of terms shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term by the legislative body responsible for the original appointment.
(F) Faithful attendance at the meetings of the Planning Board is considered a prerequisite for the maintenance of membership on the Board. Unexcused absence from 3 consecutive meetings shall be deemed adequate reason for termination of membership on the Planning Board by the Town Council.
(Ord. 63, passed 5-13-1980)
The Planning Board shall elect a Chairperson and may create and fill the other offices as it may deem necessary. The ex officio member shall not be eligible to be an officer of the Planning Board. The term of officers shall be 1 year or until successors shall have been elected and installed, with eligibility for reelection. Vacancies in officers' positions prior to expiration of terms shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term by the Planning Board. The Board shall adopt rules for transaction of its business and shall keep a record of its members’ attendance and of its resolutions, discussions, findings, and recommendations, which record shall be a public record. The Board shall hold at least 1 meeting monthly unless there is no business to be discussed or acted upon, and all of its meetings shall be in accordance with G.S. Ch. 160A. A quorum shall consist of 4 members for the purpose of taking any official action required by §§ 32.15 et seq. All members of the Board, including the ex officio member, shall have voting power on all matters of business. However, any member who is a party at interest to matters under consideration by the Board shall declare the interest prior to a vote of the Board on the question, and shall abstain from voting on the question. This provision shall not prohibit the members from participation in discussions of the Board on the matters prior to a vote.
(Ord. 63, passed 5-13-1980)
All members of the Planning Board shall serve without compensation. Members or employees of the Planning Board, when duly authorized by the Planning Board, may attend planning conferences or meetings of planning institutes or hearings upon pending planning legislation; and the Planning Board may, by formal and affirmative vote, pay the reasonable traveling expenses incidental to the attendance, within the Planning Board's budget and concurrence of the Town Council.
(Ord. 63, passed 5-13-1980)
(A) It shall be the function and duty of the Planning Board to make comprehensive surveys and studies of existing conditions and probable future development and prepare the plans for physical, social, and economic development as will best promote the public health, safety, morals, conveniences, or the general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the development of the Town of Kenly.
(B) The Planning Board shall have the powers and duties given it by the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Town Council, including the power to:
(1) Make studies of the area within its jurisdiction and surrounding areas;
(2) Determine objectives to be sought in the development of the study area;
(3) Prepare and adopt plans for achieving objectives;
(4) Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures, and other means for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;
(5) Advise the legislative body concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying out plans;
(6) Exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out plans that the Town Council may direct;
(7) Perform any other related duties that the Town Council may direct;
(8) Accept, receive, and disburse in furtherance of its functions any funds, grants, and services made available by the federal government and its agencies, the state government and its agencies, any local government and its agencies, and any private and civic sources, with concurrence of the Town Council; the Planning Board, with concurrence of the Town Council, may enter into and carry out contracts with the state and federal government or any agencies thereof under which financial or other planning assistance is made available to the municipality and may agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions that are imposed upon the assistance;
(9) Enter into and carry out contracts, with the concurrence of the Town Council, with any other city, county, or regional council or planning agency under which technical planning assistance is furnished; and, with the concurrence of the Town Council, may enter into and carry out contracts with any other city, county, or regional planning agency under which it agrees to pay the other local government or planning agency for technical planning assistance;
(10) Conduct the public hearings as may be required to obtain information necessary for the drafting, establishment, maintenance of a development plan for the Town of Kenly; and
(11) Promote public interest in and an understanding of its recommendations, and to that end it may publish and distribute copies of its recommendations and may employ the other means of publicity and education as it may deem necessary.
(C) The Planning Board shall have no power to incur any debt or obligation of the Town of Kenly nor shall it have any power to make any expenditure of funds of the Town of Kenly unless the funds are specifically provided for in the budget of the Town of Kenly and appropriation made for the purposes by the Town Council, or unless the incurring of the other obligation is otherwise approved by the Town Council.
(Ord. 63, passed 5-13-1980)
The Planning Board shall, annually, submit to the Town Council a written report of its activities, an analysis of the expenditures to date for the current fiscal year, and its requested budget of funds needed for operation during the ensuing fiscal year. The Planning Board is authorized to appoint the committees and to authorize the expenditures within its approved budget as it may see fit, subject to limitations of funds provided for the Planning Board by the Town Council.
(Ord. 63, passed 5-13-1980)
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