Board Positions

Listed below are the downloadable forms available for Board positions. Please follow the directions for completing the forms accordingly. To print forms from your computer you need a pdf reader. If you do not have one you can download one for free from http://www.adobe.com.

The applications should be returned or mailed to the Municipal Clerk, Room 202, 100 Mount Laurel Road, New Jersey 08054 or you can drop it off at the Municipal building between 8am and 4pm weekdays.

Library Board of Trustees – a nine member board with seven citizen members who are appointed to staggered five year terms. The Trustees are charged with the long term oversight, management and policy directives of the Library.

Library Board Questionnaire/Application (18k) (pdf) Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 PM.

Municipal Utilities Authority Board of Trustees – a five member board comprised of all citizen appointees of the Township Council. Members are appointed to staggered five year terms. The MUA Board of Trustees oversees all management and oversight of the township water and sewer infrastructures. This includes long-term policy and planning development, water purchasing and allocation, water and sewer rate determination, infrastructure repair and replacement and system expansion.

MUA Board Questionnaire/Application.pdf (18k) (pdf) Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM.

Planning Board – a nine member board with six citizen members who are appointed to staggered four year terms. There are also two alternate members appointed to staggered two year terms. The Planning Board is responsible for overseeing development applications for subdivision, site plans and for the preparation of the Township’s Master Plan.

Planning Board Questionnaire/Application.pdf (18k) (pdf) Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM.

Zoning Board of Adjustment – a seven member board comprised of all citizen appointees of the Township Council. They are appointed to staggered four year terms. There are also two alternate positions appointed to staggered two year terms. The Zoning Board is responsible for development applications that do not conform to the Township Zoning standard as it exists in Chapter 154 of the Municipal Code. The Board has the authority to grant a variance from the strict application of the zoning ordinance.

Zoning Board Application/Questionnaire.pdf (18k) (pdf) Meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM.

Green Team Board- A four member board comprised of citizen appointees of the Township Council and five standing members from various Township interest groups.  They are appointed to one year term.  There is also one alternate position appointed to one year term.  The Green Team Board is responsible for development of policies and procedure recommendations to Council to improve and foster a community that is sustainable economically, environmentally and socially.  The Green Team Board meets on the second Monday of each month at 6pm.

Green Team Board Application/Questionnaire(pdf)

Environmental Commission– a seven member commission comprised of 6 citizen appointees of the Township Council (Ord. 2021-7). The commission was established for the protection, development or use of natural resources, including water resources, located within the territorial limits of Mount Laurel Township. The Environmental Commission meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm. This questionnaire is also to be used for the two alternate positions on the commission. 

Environmental Commission Application/Questionnaire (pdf)


Diversity and Inclusion Board- a nine member board comprised of six members from the general public appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Township Council (Ord. 2021-18). The board was established to bolster the increasing number of Americans across the nation joining the fight against inequality and injustice. The Diversity & Inclusion Board meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM 

Diversity and Inclusion Board Application (pdf)