(a) The Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) shall be composed of seven residents of Swarthmore Borough.
(b) EAC members shall be appointed in accordance with the following procedures:
(1) All members shall be appointed by the Swarthmore Borough Council.
(2) Members' terms of office shall expire on the second Monday in January following the last year of their term of office.
(3) Appointed members shall serve a term of three years, except that initial appointments shall be staggered so that two members shall be appointed for a one-year term, two for a two-year term and three for a three-year term. The Chair of the Environmental Advisory Council shall promptly notify the Borough Council concerning vacancies and such vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Members are required to attend at least nine meetings in a calendar year.
(4) Whenever possible, membership shall include a member of the Swarthmore Borough Planning Commission and a member of the Scott Arboretum.
(c) The EAC shall establish an Associate Member Program. Associate members will have no vote but may participate in all other EAC activities and serve on standing and special committees. Such members shall be appointed by Borough Council. Associate members are required to attend at least two meetings a year.
(d) EAC members shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties within the limit of appropriations approved by Borough Council.
(Ord. 924. Passed 4-13-98; Ord. 978. Passed 4-12-04; Ord. 1083. Passed 3-12-18.)