Chapter 34
MEETINGS: BOARD OF TRUSTEES
§ 34-1. Title,
Enactment, Effective Date, Intent
§ 34-2. Findings.
§ 34-3. Designation of time and place of meetings.
§ 34-4. Severability.
[HISTORY: Added 9-22-1973 as Local Law No. 1, 1973; Amended in
its entirety on 3-11-2006 as Local Law No. 1, 2006]
§ 34-1. Title, Enactment, Effective Date, Intent
A.
This Local Law shall be entitled “Local Law 1 of 2006
Amending Chapter 34, Meetings: Board of Trustees.”
B.
Pursuant to Section 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law,
the Executive Law, the General Municipal Law and the Village Law of the State
of New York, the Incorporated Village of Saltaire, County of Suffolk and State
of New York, hereby enacts by this Local Law 1 of 2006, a Local Law of the Village
of Saltaire to amend Chapter 34 of the Village Code of the Village of Saltaire.
C.
This Local Law shall take effect on the filing of the
approved Local Law with the Secretary of State of New York, which shall be
within twenty (20) days after its approval by the Board of Trustees
of the Incorporated Village of Saltaire.
D.
The purpose and intent of this Local Law is to amend
Chapter 34 of the Saltaire Village Code which codifies the Board of Trustee’s
authority to designate the time and location of public meetings.
§ 34-2. Findings.
The Board of
Trustees of the Village of Saltaire has determined that, because the
Village is located on a barrier island with limited or no ferry service during
parts of the year, is geographically separated with no reasonable alternative access,
and is primarily a seasonal community with a substantial number of residents
having second homes widely dispersed throughout the region, it is in the best
interests of the residents of the Village that the Board periodically hold
public meetings outside of the boundaries of the Incorporated Village of
Saltaire in order to facilitate and maximize the attendance and participation
of as many residents as possible at said meetings. In recognition of the
foregoing there may be occasions when the convenience and needs of the
residents of the Village are better served by scheduling a meeting of the Board
at a location outside of the Village.
§ 34-3. Designation of time and place of meetings.
The Board of
Trustees shall hold public meetings at such times and places in the
Village and at places outside the Village as it shall, by resolution, provide. The
Board of Trustees, at its discretion, may hold one
or more of its meetings at a location outside of the Incorporated Village of
Saltaire when the convenience and needs of the community indicate that such an
alternative location would be necessary or desirable; provided that (a) any
chosen location shall be open and accessible to the public, (b) such location
shall be connected telephonically or by similar means to a meeting location
designated within the Incorporated Village of Saltaire, unless same is not
possible for uncontrollable reasons and (c) such location shall be located in
the State of New York.
§ 34-4. Severability.
If any section or provision of this local law shall be adjudged to be
invalid by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect,
impair or invalidate any other part of this Local Law or the remainder thereof,
but shall be confined in its operation to the section or provision or part
thereof in regard to which such judgment shall have been rendered.