One (1) Supervisor for each ward shall continue to represent each of the six (6) wards on the County Board of Supervisors.
The City Court shall continue to exist and have all of the powers possible for a City Court to now have, or in the future to have, under the Constitution and laws of the State of New York, as fully and completely as though they were enumerated in this Charter. The Assistant Judge of City Court shall be appointed in accordance with Chapter 335 of the Laws of 1951.
[Amended 9-16-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
A. 
The City of Gloversville hereby elects to change the form of its current Civil Service Administration.
B. 
The City of Gloversville hereby elects to eliminate the current Civil Service Board, Commission and Administration.
C. 
The City of Gloversville hereby elects to have the County of Fulton administer its Civil Service Administration.
In any case founded upon tort, a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding against the city or any officer or employee thereof, and the provisions of Article 4 of the General Municipal Law shall govern the giving of such notice and the commencement of such actions or proceedings.
[Amended 1-9-2024 by L.L. No. 01-2024]
No civil actions shall be maintained against any City or City official for damages or injuries to person or property sustained by reason of any highway, bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk or culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous, or obstructed condition of such highway, bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk or culvert was actually given to the (City Clerk, City Engineer, City Commissioner of Public Works), and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of. No such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, bridge, street, sidewalk, crosswalk or culvert, unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the (City Clerk, City Engineer, City Commissioner of Public Works) and there was failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice.
Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, removal and other disciplinary proceedings regarding officers and employees of the city under civil service shall be governed by the Civil Service Law.
All moneys shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Finance in a bank or banks duly designated by the Common Council as depository therefor; except that any funds not currently needed may be invested by the Commissioner of Finance in any manner permitted by this Charter or by law.
Within one year following the completion of any federal decennial census, the Common Council shall reapportion the wards of the city as authorized by the Municipal Home Rule Law.