Township seeks volunteers to fill advisory-panel seats

Several spots open

By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
   Like the U.S. Marine Corps, Township Council is looking for a few good men and women — only the council wants them to fill an array of vacancies on advisory boards and committees ranging from the Affordable Housing Board to the Human Relations committee and the Environmental Resources Commission.
   Interested people should apply immediately so Township Council can make those appointments at its Jan. 3 meeting, said Municipal Clerk Kathy Norcia. Applications may be downloaded from the township’s Web site, www.lawrencetwp.com, or may be picked up at the municipal clerk’s office at the Municipal Building, open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
   The Affordable Housing Board has two openings for three-year terms that would expire in 2010.
   The Cable Telecommunications Advisory Committee has two openings for unexpired terms. One term ends in 2009 and the second term ends in 2010. A full term is four years.
   The Construction Board of Appeals has two openings for four-year terms that would expire in 2011. There are vacancies for unexpired terms that end in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
   At the Environmental Resources Commission, there are four openings for four-year terms that would expire in 2011. There is an opening for a vacancy for an unexpired term that ends in 2009.
   There are four openings at the Growth & Redevelopment Committee for three-year terms that end in 2010.
   At the Health Advisory Board, there are three openings for terms that end in 2010. The term is for three years.
   The Human Relations Committee has six openings. Four of the openings are for three-year terms that would end in 2010, and two are for vacancies for unexpired terms that end in 2009.
   The Municipal Alliance on Drug and Alcohol Abuse has three openings for two-year terms that would expire in 2009.
   The Open Space and Stewardship Advisory Committee has one opening for a three-year term that ends in 2010.
   The Planning Board has two openings — one for a full member and one for the alternate No. 1 position. A full member’s term is for four years, ending in 2011, and the alternate No. 1 position is for a two-year term that would end in 2009.
   At the Public Safety Advisory Committee, there are five openings. Three of the openings are for full two-year terms that would end in 2009, and two are for vacancies for unexpired terms that would end in 2008.
   And the Route 1 Redevelopment Advisory Committee has three openings for three-year terms that would end in 2010.