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TOWNSHIP OF VERNON
ORDINANCE #05-24

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE TOWNSHIP OF VERNON PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND THE TOWNSHIP OF VERNON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT

WHEREAS, the Township of Vernon is engaged in or about to be engaged in the construction, acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of water supply and distribution facilities within the Township; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire and intention of the Township Council that such water facilities be part of an operating system hereafter to be known as the Vernon Township Public Water System; and

WHEREAS, it is the intention and desire of the Township Council to administer said facilities of the Vernon Township Public Water System, including all contractual relationships relating to same, through a Municipal Department of the Township Government, hereafter to be known as the Vernon Municipal Water Department.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex and State of New Jersey as follows:

1. There is hereby established the Vernon Township Public Water System which may construct, acquire, develop, operate and/or maintain public water facilities in the Township of Vernon.

2. There is hereby established a Vernon Municipal Water Utility, as same is defined in and subject to the provisions of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, which shall be a Department of the Township Government known as the Vernon Municipal Water Department and which shall administer all functions of the Vernon Township Public Water System.

3. All fees and charges received by the Township related to the construction, acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of the Vernon Township Public Water System shall be kept in a separate and distinct fund from any other Township revenues for the sole purposes of the Vernon Municipal Water Utility.

4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions that are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed to the extent necessary.

5. If any article, section, subsection, term or condition of this Ordinance is declared invalid or illegal for any reason, the balance of the Ordinance shall be deemed severable and shall remain in full force and effect.

6. This ordinance shall take effect after publication and passage according to law.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at the Regular Meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Vernon in the County of Sussex, State of New Jersey held in the Municipal Building on September 12, 2005 and the same came up for final passage at the Regular Meeting of the Township Council held on September 26, 2005, at which time, after persons interested were given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance, the same was passed and will be in full force in the Township according to law.

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IRA WEINER, MAYOR

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PATRICIA A. LYCOSKY, R.M.C.
TOWNSHIP CLERK