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TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE
TOWN BOARD MEETING – AUGUST 3, 2022
FILED WITH THE STATE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 9, 2022
RESOLUTION #225 ADOPT LOCAL LAW NO. 6 OF 2022, “A LOCAL LAW
ADOPTING THE TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE’S
PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
IN THE TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE, NEW YORK”
Motion by Councilman Leach
Seconded by Councilman Donlick
VOTES: Supervisor Williams Aye
Councilman Cobb Aye
Councilman Donlick Aye
Councilman Guido Aye
Councilman Leach Aye
ADOPTED
WHEREAS, a resolution was duly adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville for a
public hearing to be held by said Board to hear all interested parties on a proposed Local Law, “A
Local Law Adopting the Town of Cortlandville’s Participation in Meetings Via Videoconference
in the Town of Cortlandville, New York”, and
WHEREAS, notice of said public hearing was duly published in the Cortland Standard, the official
newspaper of the said Town, and posted at the Raymond G. Thorpe Municipal Building, 3577
Terrace Road, Cortland, New York, as required by law, and
WHEREAS, said public hearing was duly held and all parties in attendance were permitted an
opportunity to speak on behalf of or in opposition to said proposed Local Law, or any part
thereof, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville, after due deliberation, finds it in the
best interest of the Town to adopt said Local Law, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville hereby adopts said Local Law
as Local Law No. 6 of 2022, “A Local Law Adopting the Town of Cortlandville’s Participation
in Meetings Via Videoconference in the Town of Cortlandville, New York”, a copy of which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof, and the Town Clerk is directed to enter said Local Law
in the minutes of this meeting and in the Local Law Book of the Town of Cortlandville, and to
give due notice of the adoption of said Local Law to the Secretary of State.
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.
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 6. 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.