A. Organization.
(1) The Planning Board shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from one of its members of Class IV.
(2) The Planning Board shall select a secretary who may or may not be a member or a municipal employee.
(3) The Township Committee shall make provision in its budget and appropriate funds for the expenses of the Planning Board.
(4) The Planning Board may employ, or contract for, and fix the compensation of legal counsel, other than the municipal attorney, and experts and other staff and services as it may deem necessary, not exceeding, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amount appropriated by the Township Committee for its use.
(5) The Township Committee may establish in the Salary Ordinance a manner of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for members and alternates of the Planning Board.
(B) Advisory bodies.
(1) The Planning Board may make available to the Environmental Advisory Board an informational copy of applications submitted for development, although failure on the part of the Planning Board to make such informational copy available to the Environmental Advisory Board shall not invalidate any hearing or procedure.
(2) The Planning Board may establish a Development Review Committee. The Development Review Committee may consist of the Administrative Officer, the Planning Board Engineer, the Planning Board Planner, the Planning Board Solicitor, the Construction Official, a representative of the Township Police Department, the Township Fire Marshall, and any two members of the Planning Board so designated by the Planning Board Chairperson.
(Ord. 945-99, passed 9-13-99)