[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Fenton 5-1-1991
as L.L. No. 2-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 119.
This chapter shall be entitled the "Local Law of the Town of Fenton
Establishing and Providing for a Department of Solid Wastes." This chapter
may be cited accordingly. This chapter may also be cited as a local law of
the Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York by the year and number of passage.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Department of Solid Wastes of the Town of Fenton, Broome County,
New York.
Includes leaves, grass, brush and tree limbs three inches in diameter
or less.[1]
The Director of the Department of Solid Wastes of the Town of Fenton,
Broome County, New York.
The Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York.
The Town Board of the Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York.
The Town Supervisor of the Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York.
There is hereby created and established a Department of Solid Wastes
of the Town of Fenton, Broome County, New York, as a separate department of
the government of the town.
The Department of Solid Wastes shall be responsible for collection and
disposition of solid waste generated within the Town of Fenton; the administration
and maintenance of the former town landfill site located on Spencer Road (Tax
Map Parcel No. 069.03-1-17); administration and maintenance of such other
disposal areas and work sites as shall from time to time be established by
order of the Town Board when deemed necessary, convenient or expedient for
composting or other disposal of the materials so collected; and for such other
matters as may be from time to time assigned by the Town Board.
There is hereby created the office of Solid Wastes Director of the Town
of Fenton, Broome County, New York. Such office shall be in the unclassified
civil service.
The Solid Wastes Director shall be appointed by the Town Board at its
annual organization meeting to serve for a period of one year. The Director
may be appointed from among other appointed or elected officials.
The Solid Wastes Director shall be the administrative head of the Department
of Solid Wastes and shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may
from time to time be assigned by the Town Board.[1]
All employees of the Department of Solid Wastes shall be appointed by
the Director and paid from the budgetary appropriations therefor and each
shall hold the position to which appointed at the pleasure of the Director;
provided, however, that any employee in the classified civil service may be
removed only for cause in the manner provided by law. "Employee," as used
in this section of this chapter, shall not include the Director of Solid Wastes.
The Director and the Highway Superintendent may agree to the transfer
of any of their respective employees from one department to the other, either
on a temporary or permanent basis; provided, however, that the salary of any
employee so transferred shall not be reduced by reason of such transfer; and
provided, further, that the salary of no employee so transferred shall be
increased by reason of such transfer unless such salary increase is approved
in advance by the Town Board.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to delegate or transfer
any power of the Town Board contained in the Town Law, the Highway Law or
Municipal Home Rule Law, or other powers which it may lawfully exercise.[1]
