| WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act of 1996
requires public bodies to provide notice of all meetings in an effort to enhance
the proper functioning of the Democratic process; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of
the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Plumsted to implement and
adhere to the provisions of said Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Plumsted, County of
Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:
1. That pursuant to the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, Section 13, the Mayor and Township Committee do hereby
designate the following dates for its 2008 meetings unless otherwise modified by
a resolution of this Committee for the months of January through December,
inclusive. Executive and Workshop meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.
followed by Regular meetings which are scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. Formal
action may be taken at the regular meetings beginning at 8:00
PM.
SCHEDULE OF 2008
TOWNSHIP MEETING DATES
January 2 (1st
Wednesday)
August 6 (1st
Wednesday)
February 6 (1st
Wednesday)
September 3(1st
Wednesday)
March 5 (1st
Wednesday)
October 1 (1st
Wednesday)
April 2 (1st
Wednesday)
November 5 (1st
Wednesday)
May 7 (1st
Wednesday)
December 3 (1st
Wednesday
June 4 (1st
Wednesday)
July 2 (1st
Wednesday)
2009 Reorganizational Meeting,
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM
2. All meetings shall be held in the
Municipal Building and a copy of this resolution shall be posted and maintained
throughout the year on the Bulletin Board, front entrance hall, Municipal
Building, 121 Evergreen Road, New Egypt, New
Jersey.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be mailed
by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the following newspapers
circulated in Ocean County, said meetings to be published as a public
service:
(a) The New Egypt
Press
(b) The Asbury Park
Press
(c) Tri-Town
News
4. A copy of this
resolution shall be filed with the Municipal Clerk of the Township of
Plumsted.
5. Any person may
request in writing that the Township Committee mail a copy of the schedule of
regular, executive, workshop, policy and departmental meetings of the Committee
and/or advance written notice of special or rescheduled meetings of the
Committee. Upon prepayment by such person of the applicable fee hereinafter set
forth, such schedule and/or advance notice shall be mailed to such person. All
requests made pursuant hereto shall terminate midnight December 31st of the
current year subject to renewal thereafter upon the filing of a new written
request to the Township Committee together with prepayment of the applicable
fee. Notices requested by the news media shall be mailed free of
charge.
SCHEDULE OF MAILING FEES
Copy of schedule of regular meetings and
revisions thereto - $5.00.
Advance written notice of all special or
emergency meetings during the calendar year
---------$10.00
6. Upon the
affirmative vote of three quarters (3/4) of the Committee present, the Township
Committee may hold a meeting without compliance with the notice requirements of
this resolution, if such meeting is requested to deal with matters of such
urgency and importance that delay for the purpose of providing adequate notice
would likely result in substantial harm to the public
interest.
CERTIFICATION
I, DOROTHY J. HENDRICKSON,
Municipal Clerk of the
Township of Plumsted, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Plumsted Township Committee at a meeting held on the
2ND day of JANUARY, 2008.
DOROTHY J. HENDRICKSON, RMC
Municipal Clerk |