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Home My WebLink About2022-07-20 Proposed Local Law - Participation in Meetings Via Videoconference • —/PV 9 RECEIVED JUL 1 9 2022 TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE LOCAL LAW NO. OF 2022 A LOCAL LAW ADOPTING THE TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE'S PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE IN THE TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE, NEW YORK BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville, as follows: SECTION 1. TITLE. This local law shall be known as "A Local Law to Adopt the Participation in Meetings via Videoconference in the Town of Cortlandville,New York." SECTION 2. STATUTORY AUTHORITY. This Local Law is intended to be consistent with and is enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville pursuant to its authority to adopt laws under the New York State Constitution, the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law, and the New York State Town Law. It is intended and is hereby declared to address matters of local concern only and is intended to act in furtherance of the Town's authority with respect to Public Officers Law § 103-a. SECTION 3. PURPOSE AND INTENT. It is the intent of this local law to give the Town of Cortlandville's public bodies as that term is defined in Public Officers Law § 102 the authority to participate in meetings via videoconference from locations not accessible to the public in a manner consistent with the town's videoconferencing policy and the authority granted in Public Officers Law § 103-a. SECTION 4. VIDEOCONFERENCING FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS. The Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville hereby authorizes all members of the town's public bodies to participate in meetings using videoconferencing technology in a manner consistent with Public Officers Law § 103-a and the town's videoconferencing policy adopted by the Town Board. SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. Filed -YVI, 112a42.02-ZZ M. TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE CORTLAND COUNTY 3577 TERRACE ROAD k CO TLA aNY Town Clerk If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder hereof, but shall be confined in operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part hereof directly involved in the controversy in which such determination shall have been rendered. SECTION b. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Local Law shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State in accordance with the Municipal Home Rule Law, and shall apply to all meetings of the town's public bodies.