Country Club Towers Tenants' Ass'n v. Country Club Towers I & II

Plaintiff tenants’ association appeals from a judgment upholding a decision of the Municipal Council of Clifton that its vote by three members to two to reverse a rent levelling board capital improvement surcharge was a nullity because less than a majority of all seven members of the council voted affirmatively. We affirm.

Clifton has a municipal manager form of government under N.J.S.A. 40:79-1 to 40:84-19. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:81-20, a majority of all the members of the council is a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members is “necessary to take any action or pass…