[Adopted 6-4-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
This article shall be entitled "A Local Law
Increasing the Number of Members of the Board of Assessment Review
From Three to Five."
The Town of Rhinebeck has established a Board
of Assessment Review, and currently, there are three members of that
Board. The term of one of the members expires on September 30, 2007;
the term of the second member expires on September 30, 2008; and the
term of the third member expires on September 30, 2010. The Town Board
wishes to increase the number of members of the Board of Assessment
Review from three members to five members, in accordance with the
provisions of § 523, Subdivision 1(b), of the Real Property
Tax Law, and to establish terms of office which are consistent with
the requirements of § 523, Subdivision 1(c), of the Real
Property Tax Law.
The membership of the Town of Rhinebeck Board
of Assessment Review is hereby increased from three members to five
members.
The appointment of the two additional members
of the Town Board shall be by resolution of the Town Board, and the
appointment shall be made so that one of the two new member's initial
term shall expire on September 30, 2009, and the other new member's
initial term shall expire on September 30, 2011. Thereafter, on the
expiration of the initial terms of the two new Board members, any
member reappointed, or any new member appointed to fill that expired
term, shall be appointed for a term of five years.
The Town Board shall also have the right to
appoint temporary members to the Board of Assessment Review in accordance
with the provisions of § 523-a of the Real Property Tax
Law.
This article is enacted pursuant to the authority
vested in the Town Board pursuant to § 10, Subdivision 1a(1),
of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
