[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kiryas
Joel 3-2-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This chapter was adopted as Ch. 44, but was renumbered
to fit into the organizational structure of the Code.
It is the intent of this chapter to provide for the creation of the
office of Village Administrator for the Village of Kiryas Joel. The Village
is experiencing fast growth and has become a large municipality having many
departments and long-term projects and operating on a large scale. The Village
needs a full-time executive with an appropriate title and authority to carry
out the Village's business and operations. The Village Administrator
shall be empowered to conduct, direct, and administer the business and operations
of the Village government, subject to the authority of the Mayor and Board
of Trustees, The Village Administrator shall have such additional powers and
duties as shall be authorized by the Mayor and/or Board of Trustees.
The Village Administrator shall have all such power and authority reasonable
and necessary to carry out the business, operations and affairs of the Village.
However, such power and authority shall not include any power or authority
which is vested by law in the Mayor and/or Board of Trustees. The Village
Administrator may have power and authority delegated by the Mayor and/or Board
of Trustees by proper act or enactment from time to time. The Village Administrator
shall have executive powers second only to the office of the Mayor.
The office of Village Administrator is hereby created. The Village Administrator
shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees.
The Village Administrator will serve for a ten-year term and shall receive
such compensation as shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees. The Village
Administrator shall be a Village officer. The office of Village Administrator
shall be in the exempt class of the civil service as provided for by law.
The title of "Village Administrator" is determined to be compatible with other
titles of the Village.
The Village Administrator may be disciplined or removed for just cause
as provided by Civil Service Law § 75.
In the event the Village creates the office of Village Manager, the
Village Administrator shall succeed to that office. The office of Village
Manager may be created by local law subject to permissive referendum. Such
local law shall be subject to mandatory referendum if the Village Manager
is granted any power or authority now possessed by the Mayor and Board of
Trustees. This chapter may be repealed or modified by local law subject to
mandatory referendum. However, such local law will be subject to no referendum
upon unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees.
