N.J. Stat. § 58:1A-21

4. a. There is created the "Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee," which shall be composed of: (1) a representative of each river municipality, who shall be selected by the governing body of that municipality and who shall be a voting member of the committee; (2) a representative of Union county, who shall be selected by the governing body of that county and who shall be a voting member of the committee; (3) a representative of Middlesex county, who shall be selected by the governing body of that county and shall be a voting member of the committee; (4) a representative of Essex county, who shall be selected by the county executive of that county and who shall be a voting member of the committee; and (5) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve ex officio and who shall be a nonvoting member of the committee. Any municipality in Union county , Middlesex county, or Essex county that is not a river municipality may, through its governing body, request membership, with full voting privileges, on the committee. Such membership shall be granted upon a majority vote of the voting membership of the committee. b. Vacancies in the positions on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. c. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the committee, be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. d. A member of the committee may be removed at any time for any reason by the municipal or county governing body, or the county executive, as the case may be, that appointed that member. L.1997,c.342,s.4.