[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Greece 3-20-1990 by L.L. No. 1-1990. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
There is hereby established in the Town of Greece,
pursuant to the provisions of the Suburban Town Law and the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York, a department to be known as
the "Department of Public Safety of the Town of Greece."
Said Department shall include the following
divisions:
A.
Police.
B.
Animal Control.
[Amended 3-17-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
C.
Signal Lights.
D.
Civil Defense.
E.
Safety Committee.
F.
Traffic Control and Study.
G.
Coordination among the Town, the fire districts within
the Town of Greece and the Monroe County Fire Coordinator.
[Amended 4-21-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
H.
Coordination between Town of Greece and Monroe County
Office of Emergency Preparedness.
J.
Any other office or section of the Town government
which the Town Board may, from time to time, place under the jurisdiction
and control of said Department. Said Department shall undertake and
perform such duties and functions as may, from time to time, be assigned
thereto by the Town Board of the Town of Greece.
A.
Said Department shall be headed by a Director to be
appointed by the Town Board of the Town of Greece, who shall be in
the exempt classification as determined by the civil service and who
shall be vested with full authority, direction and control over the
Department, including power and authority to recommend to the Town
Board the appointment and removal of all officers and employees in
said Department. Said Director shall exercise and perform such other
powers and duties as are prescribed, from time to time, by the Town
Board.
B.
The Director may recommend to the Town Board the appointment
of such deputies within such Department as such positions may from
time to time be created by the Town Board. Said deputies shall have
the power to act generally for and in place of the principal.
The Director of Public Safety and any deputies,
from time to time, shall perform the following duties and have the
following powers, in addition to any other prescribed by the Town
Board:
A.
Director.
(1)
He/She shall have jurisdiction and control over the
various divisions which are part of his/her Department, subject to
direction from the Town Board.
(2)
He/She shall be responsible for the proper and efficient
operation of his/her Department and all of the divisions thereof,
coordinating insofar as possible the activities of the various divisions
under his/her jurisdiction and control.
(3)
He/She shall oversee the proper maintenance, supervision,
instruction, scheduling and attendance of all personnel under his/her
supervision.
(4)
He/She shall prepare and submit from time to time
fiscal reports relative to the operation of the Department and other
departments under his/her supervision and recommend to the Town Board
such changes in the methods, practices and procedures involved in
the operation of the Department and procurement of equipment necessary
or desirable to promote modernization of the Department, all consistent
with its efficient operation.
(5)
He/She shall promulgate rules and regulations of the
Department of Public Safety and the various jurisdictions within the
Department subject to the prior approval of the Town Board of any
such rules and regulations.
(6)
He/She shall carry out such other duties and powers
as prescribed by the Town Board.
The compensation of the Director of Public Safety
shall be fixed by the Town Board in the same manner as the compensation
of all other officers, appointed officials and department heads is
fixed.
This chapter shall amend and/or supersede Town
Law Article 10, § 150, Subdivisions 1 and 2, to the extent
which said § 150, Subdivisions 1 and 2, are inconsistent
or in conflict with this chapter. All ordinances, local laws and resolutions
and parts thereof heretofore enacted by the Town Board of the Town
of Greece are hereby declared to be superseded to the extent which
such ordinances, local laws and resolutions are inconsistent or in
conflict with this chapter.
