LAWRENCE: Volunteers sought for boards and committees

Wanted: A few good volunteers to serve on township advisory boards and committees.

By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
   Wanted: A few good volunteers to serve on township advisory boards and committees.
   Township Council is expected to fill 44 vacancies on 14 boards and committees next month, but it needs interested citizens to apply.
   Applications are available online at the township’s website at www.lawrencetwp.com.
   On the Affordable Housing Board, there are three vacancies — two for unexpired terms that expire in 2014 and one that expires this month. All of the terms are for three years.
   At the Cable Telecommunications Advisory Committee, there are three vacancies — two for unexpired terms that end in 2016 and one unexpired term that ends in 2014.
   The Construction Board of Appeals has vacancies for an engineer, an alternate engineer, an alternate plumber and an alternate. The engineer’s four-year term expires this month, and the alternate engineer and alternate members’ unexpired terms end in 2016.
   The Environmental Resources and Sustainability Green Advisory Committee needs four volunteers to fill seats. The term is for four years, expiring in 2017.
   At the Growth and Redevelopment Committee, there are four vacancies for three-year terms that will end in 2016.
   There are five openings on the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee. Three of the vacancies are for unexpired terms ending in 2016 and two are for unexpired terms that end in 2014.
   The Human Relations Committee has three openings for three-year terms that expire in 2016.
   At the Municipal Alliance on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, there are four vacancies. One is for an unexpired term that ends in 2014, and the others are for full two-year terms that ends in 2015.
   The Public Safety Committee has two openings for two-year terms that expires in 2015.
   There is one opening on the Recreation Advisory Committee, for a three-year term that ends in 2016.
   The Rent Stabilization Committee has four open seats — two are for unexpired terms that end in 2014, and two for two-year terms that would end in 2015.
   At the Shade Tree Advisory Committee, the are two vacancies. One is for an unexpired term that ends in 2014 and the other is for a three-year term that would end in 2016.
   The Trails, Open Space and Stewardship Advisory Committee has three open seats. The term is for three years, ending in 2016.
   And at the Zoning Board of Adjustment, there are two openings. One is for a regular member, whose four-year term would expire in 2017, and one is for an alternate member whose term would end in 2015.