[Amended 12-2-2002 by L.L. No. 2-2002; 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 3-6-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
The elective officers of the City shall be the Mayor, 8 Council members, elected by and representing the 8 wards of the city, and City Judge.
A. 
The provision of Chapter 233 of the Laws of 1976, known as the Election Law of New York State, and the acts amendatory thereof, shall apply to and govern all elections and voter qualifications in the City of Corning. The city and ward elections shall be held on the same day, at the same place, with the state general election in the odd-numbered years.
B. 
According to the State of New York Election Law, §§ 9-204 and 9-206, the Steuben County Board of Elections is the Board of Canvassers for the City of Corning, so far as relates to the election of city officers. The City Council shall convene in its usual meeting place on the Monday next succeeding the election, to review the Statement of Canvass and the Certificate of Election of City Officers as submitted to the City Clerk by the Steuben County Board of Elections.
C. 
At the November 1989 general election and in each odd number of years thereafter, a Mayor shall be elected for a term of two years. At the November 2001 general election, Councilmembers from the even-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of two years. At the November 2003 general election and each fourth year thereafter, Councilmembers from the even-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of four years. At the November 2003 general election, Councilmembers from the odd-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of two years. At the November 2005 general election and each fourth year thereafter, Councilmembers from the odd-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of four years. At the November 2018 general election and each tenth year thereafter, a City Judge shall be elected to a term of ten years.
[Amended 4-7-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 8-7-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000[1]; 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 5-5-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008; 6-3-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013; 3-6-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023; ]
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Editor's Note: This local law passed at referendum at the general election 11-7-2000.
D. 
All officers shall hold office until their successors are elected, qualified and entered upon the discharge of their duties, except as otherwise provided by this Charter or by a general law. Nothing in this section shall shorten the term of office of an elective officer serving at the time of adoption of this Charter.
E. 
All terms of office filled by election shall commence on the first day of January following the election.
A. 
The appointive positions of the city shall be the City Manager, Board of Assessment Review, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Commission, Library Board, Acting City Judge, Deputy Mayor, City Clerk, City Finance Director, City Attorney, City Health Officer, Fire Chief, Police Chief, Superintendent of Public Works, Assessor, Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of the Senior Center, Urban Renewal Director, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Director of Planning and Economic Development, and such others as may be created by amendment to this Charter.
[Amended 1-2-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 6-22-1998 by L.L. No. 4-1998; 7-6-2015 by L.L. No. 3-2015]
B. 
At the January regular meeting of the City Council following the election of the Mayor, the Mayor and the City Manager shall respectively nominate and appoint officers for terms as correspond to the terms of office, respectively, of the City Manager and the Mayor. Upon the departure of the City Manager, appointees of the City Manager shall remain in office until the appointment of replacement officers.
[Amended 6-22-1998 by L.L. No. 5-1998]
C. 
Prohibitions.
(1) 
Appointments and removals. Neither the City Council nor any of its members shall in any manner control or demand the appointment or removal of any city administrative officer or employee whom the City Manager or any subordinate of the City Manager is empowered to appoint, but the City Council may express its views and fully and freely discuss with the City Manager anything pertaining to appointment and removal of such officers and employees, excepting that the City Council, by a concurring vote of not less than 2/3 of all members of the City Council in office, may remove any officer or Council member for misconduct or neglect of duty. No officer shall be removed by the City Council without reasonable notice in writing of the charges against him/her, and he/she must have an opportunity to be heard in his/her defense..
[Amended 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 3-6-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
(2) 
Interference with administration. Except for the purpose of inquiries and investigations, the City Council or its members shall deal with the city officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the City Manager solely through the City Manager, and neither the City Council nor its members shall give orders to any such officer or employee, either publicly or privately.
A. 
The Mayor shall appoint those officers listed in § C4-25D of this Charter by and with the approval of the City Council. The City Manager shall appoint those officers listed in § C5-30C of this Charter by and with the approval of the City Council.
[Amended 7-9-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
B. 
All officers nominated with the approval of the City Council by the Mayor shall hold office until their successors are appointed, qualified and entered upon the discharge of their duties, except as otherwise provided by this Charter, or by a general law, except that abolition of an office will end the term of the holder of that office.
[Amended 4-6-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998; 12-2-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
No person shall be elected or appointed to any city office, except City Health Officer, City Attorney, Fire Chief, Superintendent of Public Works, Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of the Senior Center, Police Chief, Finance Director, City Clerk, Assessor, and Director of Planning and Economic Development unless he/she is a qualified elector of the ward for which he/she is elected or appointed. Upon appointment, those not exempt shall become residents of the city within 180 days of their appointment. No person shall be appointed to the office of the position of Fire Chief, Superintendent of Public Works, Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of the Senior Center, Police Chief, Finance Director, City Clerk, Assessor, and Director of Planning and Economic Development unless he/she is a resident of Steuben County or an adjoining county thereto in New York State within 180 days of his/her appointment.
A. 
The officers and employees of the City of Corning shall, before exercising any of the powers or discharging any of the duties of their respective offices or positions, be bonded to the City of Corning in such sum as the City Council may from time to time direct, and with such sureties as the City Council may approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective offices or positions, and they will properly apply and account for all public moneys and public property received by them. All bonds, including blanket bonds, covering officers, employees and such Commissioners as there may be, shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and recorded in the book to be kept for that purpose. The City Clerk and City Finance Director shall file an official undertaking or bond in such sum and at such time as the City Council may determine.
[Amended 1-2-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
B. 
Every person so elected or appointed shall, before performing any of his/her duties, take the oath of office as prescribed by the Public Officers Law. All such oaths shall be filed with the City Clerk, except those of the Mayor and City Judge, which shall be filed with the Clerk of Steuben County. As required by law, a copy of the oath of the City Judge shall be filed in the Office of Court Administration.
A. 
Vacancies in elective or appointive offices shall be created as described in Article 3, Section 30, of the Public Officers Law.
B. 
A tie in an election for a city office shall create a vacancy in that office as of January first following the election.
C. 
The resignation of any city or ward officer shall be made in writing and filed with the City Clerk as specified in § 31 of the Public Officers Law.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
D. 
The Mayor of the city is removable by the Governor of the State of New York.
E. 
If any person whose term of office shall have expired or who shall have been removed from office, or shall have resigned his/her office, shall not, within 10 days after notice by the City Council to do so, deliver to his/her successor in office or to the person elected or appointed to perform corresponding duties under this act, all moneys, property, books, papers and effects in his/her possession or under his/her control belonging to the City or appertaining to the office so formerly held by him/her, he/she shall forfeit and pay to use of the City the sum of $100, besides all damages caused by such neglect or refusal and the cost of suit.
A. 
All vacancies in elective offices shall be filled by appointment of the City Council. The term of office of an officer or an officer appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall be until the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual election after the happening of the vacancy at which a successor may be elected to serve for the remainder of the term.
B. 
All vacancies in appointive offices shall be filled by the appointing power in the manner prescribed for the original appointment, but only for the unexpired term.
A. 
No member of the City Council or other city officer shall be in any manner, directly or indirectly, interested in any contract in which the city shall be interested as a party or otherwise; and all such contracts in which such officer may be or become interested shall thereby and thereupon be and become void.
B. 
No member of the City Council shall hold any other city or ward office except as follows:
(1) 
As provided elsewhere in this Charter, one Council member shall serve as Deputy Mayor.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 3-6-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
(2) 
As provided elsewhere in this Charter, the Mayor shall serve, ex-officio, as a member of committees, boards and commissions
[Amended 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007].
(3) 
Any Council member may serve as a member of a special or temporary commission or committee other than those of the City Council itself.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 3-6-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
C. 
No salaried officer of the city shall retain for his/her own use any fees for services pertaining directly or indirectly to the duties of his/her office but all such fees shall be the property of the city.