It is the intent and purpose of this article
to lengthen the term of office of the Mayor and each member of the
Village Board of Trustees from two years to four years in accordance
with the provisions of Village Law § 3-302, Subdivision
5. By reducing the initial term of the Trustee class of 2002 to three
years the Village will stagger the terms of office to provide for
the election of two Trustees each two years.
The Mayor of the Village shall serve for a term
of four years.
The term of office for an elected Village Trustee
shall be and is hereby extended to four years, to be implemented as
follows:
A. In the election to be held in 2002, two Trustees shall
run for terms of three years.
B. In the election to be held in 2003, two Trustees and
the Mayor shall run for terms of four years.
C. In the election to be held in 2005, two Trustees shall
run for terms of four years.
This article shall not apply to any person holding
an office as of the date of adoption of this article and shall apply
only to those persons elected to the office of Mayor or Village Trustee
at the next general election held by the Village, but not earlier
than March 2002.
This article shall take effect upon posting
and filing and following such permissive referendum as may be called
by the resident electors of the Village or, in the absence of such
permissive referendum, upon the expiration of the time period within
which a permissive referendum may be called for.