[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Kinderhook as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-3-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
The Town Board of the Town of Kinderhook seeks to establish the position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Town Supervisor with a policy influencing/confidential designation. This position will be a position in the exempt class of the classified service and authorizes the Supervisor of the Town of Kinderhook to appoint an individual who has not taken the civil service examination to the position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Town Supervisor, to serve at the pleasure of the Supervisor of the Town of Kinderhook.
The Town Board of the Town of Kinderhook enacts this article under the authority granted by:
A. 
New York Municipal Home Rule Law § 10.
B. 
Civil Service Law § 41(c).
Be it enacted by the Town Board for the Town of Kinderhook as follows:
A. 
Pursuant to Civil Service Law § 41(c), one secretary of each municipal board or commission authorized by law to appoint a secretary shall be in the exempt class.
B. 
The Town of Kinderhook hereby deems the position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Supervisor, with the policy influencing/confidential designation, to be in the exempt class pursuant to Civil Service Law § 41(c).
C. 
Positions placed in the exempt class constitute an exception to the constitutional mandate that all positions as far as practicable must be filled only after competitive examinations. Pursuant to the Rules for the Classified Service of the Department of Civil Service set forth in 6 NYCRR § 2.1, positions in the exempt class, other than unskilled labor positions, are those for which competitive or noncompetitive examinations or other qualification requirements are not practicable.
D. 
Appointment. The Supervisor of the Town Board of the Town of Kinderhook is hereby authorized to appoint an individual who has not taken the civil service examination to the position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Supervisor.
In the event that any word, phrase or part of this article shall be declared unconstitutional, the same shall be severed and separated from the remainder of this article and shall not effect the remainder of said article which shall remain in full force and effect.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office of the New York State Secretary of State.