40:60-25.19. Plant management commission; members

The commission which shall be called the "Plant Management Commission" of the municipality, shall be composed of five members appointed respectively for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, computed, however from noon of the first day of January in the year in which said appointments are made. The persons to be appointed to the commission shall be qualified to perform the duties and to discharge the responsibilities imposed upon members of the commission by virtue of the provisions of this act. No member, officer, agent, servant or employee of the commission, shall be directly or indirectly concerned in any agreement or contract, or any improvement whatever, to be made under the provisions of this act, nor shall he be directly or indirectly interested in furnishing goods, chattels or properties of any kind whatsoever to or for the commission.

Each member of such commission shall, within ten days after his appointment, qualify by taking and subscribing before some person authorized to administer oaths an oath or affirmation faithfully to discharge the duties of his office to the best of his skill and understanding and also give bond to such municipality in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), to be approved as to form thereof by the counsel or attorney of such municipality and as to the sufficiency thereof by the mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality, for the faithful discharge of his official duties, which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such municipality.

Vacancies in the commission shall be subsequently filed by appointments for a term of five years, except that any vacancy caused by any reason other than the expiration of the term shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Each member of such commission shall be paid an annual salary of five hundred dollars ($500.00) a year, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. The powers of the commission shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the commission then in office. The officer of the municipality having power to appoint the commission may remove any member for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in his defense upon not less than ten days' notice. The commission shall hold a public meeting regularly at least once in each month and shall meet at such other times as it may determine necessary. Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business.

L.1946, c. 245, p. 862, s. 2.