Township of Lawrence v. Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority

LEVY, J.S.C.

The Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority (ELSA) is a public agency organized pursuant to the Sewerage Authority Law {N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq,). It was created by joint resolutions of Ewing and Lawrence Townships in 1947; there are six members, three appointed from each municipality. ELSA is reorganized annually in February. At the reorganization meeting, among other business, resolutions are usually offered to engage the services of an attorney, auditor-accountant, engineer, bond counsel and investment advisor, until the next reorganization meeting.

In 1986 and an indeterminate…