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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022 - Local Law No. 6 of 2022 - Participation in Meetings Via Videoconference 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.