This chapter of the Code of the Village of Horseheads shall be known
and entitled as "Local Law No. 2-1984 for the Village of Horseheads, Chemung
County, New York."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety
and welfare of the Village of Horseheads, including the protection and preservation
of the property of the village and its inhabitants, by establishment of a
procedure whereby the efficient and prudent administration of the municipal
affairs is promoted through creation of a procedure allowing for the establishment
or fixing of annual salaries of elected officials of the Village of Horseheads.
It is the finding of the Village Board of the Village of Horseheads
that the public health, safety and welfare of the community, its property
and inhabitants would be best served by the efficient administration of municipal
government by providing for a procedure for establishing and periodically
modifying the salaries of elected officials of the Village of Horseheads inclusive
with the annual budgetary process.
This chapter is subject to a permissive referendum and shall be effective
upon the expiration of the required period of time following posting and legal
publication without the filing of a proper demand for referendum. If a proper
demand for referendum is filed, only following approval by the electorate
and upon its proper filing for publication with the Secretary of State shall
this chapter become effective. In any event, this chapter shall not become
effective until June 1, 1985, subject to the foregoing conditions. Payment
of the salaries set in accordance with this chapter shall commence only upon
completion of the foregoing proper legal procedures.