[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The Trustees may extend and maintain the sewer system. Before taking any further proceedings for the construction of a sewer, the Board, at the expense of the Village, shall cause a map and plan of a permanent sewer system to be made, with specifications of dimensions, connections and outlets or sewerage disposal works. It may also include any existing sewer in the Village. Such map and plan shall be submitted to the County Department of Health for its approval and, if approved, shall be filed in the office of said Department. A copy thereof shall also be filed in the office of the Village Clerk. The map and plan may be amended, with the approval of the County Department of Health, and if amended shall be filed in the same offices as the original.
The Board of Trustees shall have power to construct or cause to be constructed main and trunk sewers and storm sewers for the purpose of carrying off surface water or other public improvements in and through the streets, alleys, public grounds and lanes of said Village and through private property, acquired therefor by purchase, gift or condemnation, of such materials and of such dimensions as they shall determine to be necessary to carry off the drainage and sewage thereof and to regulate and maintain the same. Such main or trunk sewers and storm sewers and drains may be constructed in conjunction with any adjoining Village or in conjunction with the Town of Ossining. The whole or any part of the cost and expense of the construction, regulation and maintenance thereof, except stormwater sewers, may be assessed upon the real property that is or may be benefited thereby, and in proportion to such benefits, and the Board of Trustees is hereby empowered to ascertain, determine and declare, by resolution, local law or otherwise, the property benefited or to be benefited by the construction of said main or trunk sewer, and to apportion the amount thereof, in proportion to such benefits, and to assess, after such determination, the real property thus benefited or to be benefited thereby, in proportion thereto; and also to ascertain and determine if the whole cost of the same or what share of the cost shall be paid by the Village. The Board of Trustees and the governing body of any adjoining Village in conjunction with which any such main or trunk sewer or storm sewer shall be constructed or of the Town of Ossining shall agree upon the amount or proportion of the cost of the construction of such main and trunk sewers or storm sewers, which shall be borne and paid by the Village of Ossining and such adjoining Village or the Town of Ossining. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Ossining may, by agreement, permit the use of any main and trunk sewers and sewer outlet or sewage disposal plant for the disposal of sewerage for such adjoining Village or the Town of Ossining, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by said Board of Trustees and the governing body of such adjoining Village or of the Town of Ossining. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Ossining may contract for the use of any main or trunk sewer or any sewer outlet, or sewage disposal plant constructed by any adjoining Village or the Town of Ossining, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by their respective governing bodies.
If the Trustees shall determine that the whole or part of the cost of said trunk or main sewer or determine that the whole or part of the cost of drains, culverts and regulating of watercourses and surface water, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid by said Village, said cost thereof shall be levied, assessed and collected in the same manner as the annual taxes of said Village are levied, assessed and collected.
The Board of Trustees shall have power to construct or cause to be constructed lateral sewers in and through the streets, alleys, and lanes of said Village or private property acquired by purchase or by condemnation of such materials and of such dimensions as they shall determine to be necessary, and to regulate and maintain the same; the expense of the construction, regulation and maintenance thereof shall be assessed upon the real property that is or may be benefited thereby, and in proportion to such benefits, and the Trustees are hereby empowered to ascertain, determine and declare, by resolution, local law or otherwise, the property to be benefited by the construction of said lateral sewer and apportion the amount thereof, in proportion to such benefits and to assess after such determination, the real property that is or may be benefited thereby the proportionate cost thereof.
The Board of Trustees shall advertise for proposals for the construction of the whole or any part of the sewer system, either under an entire contract or in parts or sections as the Board of Trustees may determine. Such advertisements shall be published once in each of two successive weeks in the official newspapers. The Board may require a bond or deposit from the person submitting a proposal, the liability of such bond to accrue, or such deposit to be forfeited to the Village in case such person shall refuse to enter into a contract in accordance with his or her proposal. The Board may accept or reject any proposal, may contract with other than the lowest bidder or may reject all proposals and advertise again.
The Board of Trustees may employ a supervising engineer to superintend and inspect the construction of a sewer or work connected therewith, also such inspectors as may be necessary and fix the compensation of such engineer and inspectors; such compensation shall be charged as part of the expense of construction.
[Amended 6-20-1978 by L.L. No. 9-1978]
If the whole or any part of the cost and expense of constructing a sewer is to be assessed upon the lands benefited or to be benefited, the Trustees shall prepare and file in the office of the Village Clerk a map and plan of the proposed area of local assessment and such expense shall thereupon be apportioned upon the lands within such area in proportion as nearly as may be, to the benefit which each lot or parcel will derive therefrom and the ratio of such benefit shall be established. After making such apportionment the Trustees shall publish a notice in the official newspapers once in each of two successive weeks of the filing of said map and plan and that at a specified time and place a hearing will be had to consider and review same. The Board shall meet at the time and place specified and such later time or times to which it may adjourn, and hear objections to such apportionment. It may modify and correct the same or exclude lands from the area of such local assessment. The Trustees, upon completion of such apportionment, shall file the same in the office of the Village Clerk who shall endorse thereon the day, hour and minute of such filing, and from the time of such filing, the assessment shall be a lien upon the property assessed and shall publish once in the official papers a notice of the filing of such completed apportionment. Such apportionment shall be deemed final and conclusive unless an appeal is taken therefrom within 30 days after the publication of notice of the filing thereof, and affidavits of publication of such notice of filing shall be filed with the Village Clerk and shall be legal evidence of such publication. Such notice of the filing of the apportionment shall contain a statement that the owners of the property assessed may either pay the full amount of their assessment at once or at any time not exceeding 10 years from the date of the publication of such notice or in 10 equal installments, payable annually, beginning one year from the date of the publication of such notice. Any assessments not paid within 30 days after the publication of such notice shall bear interest and the amount of such assessments and the interest thereon shall be a lien upon the property assessed, enforceable in the same manner as liens for general Village taxes. Any property owner who desires to avail himself of the privilege of paying the assessment upon his or her property in a lump sum, but later than 30 days after the publication of such notice, must notify the Board, in writing, of his or her intention to do so not later than 30 days after the publication of such notice, and, in the absence of such notification, his or her assessment shall be payable in 10 equal annual installments bearing interest from the date of publication of such notice as above provided. Any owner of property assessed may at any time petition the Board of Trustees for apportionment of the assessment upon two or more subdivisions of any parcel or lot assessed as a unit, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees, if practicable, to make such apportionment and file a statement of the same in the office of the Village Clerk which shall be attached to the original apportionment, and the original apportionment shall be deemed to be amended in like manner as if it had originally been made as set forth in such amendatory statement. Any owner of property assessed may pay his or her assessment in full or, if any installment or installments thereof have been paid, the balance of his or her installment is not then due, at any time by paying the same to the Treasurer together with the interest due thereon.
[Amended 6-20-1978 by L.L. No. 9-1978]
A person aggrieved by an apportionment may, within 30 days after the filing thereof, appeal therefrom to the County Court. Such appeal shall be taken by a notice, stating the grounds thereof, addressed to the Board of Trustees and filed with the Village Clerk.
Either party may bring on the appeal upon notice of not less than 10 nor more than 20 days. All appeals from the same apportionment must be consolidated and heard as one appeal. The County Court may affirm or reverse the apportionment. If it is reversed upon the ground that it is erroneous, unequal or inequitable, the court shall by the order of reversal appoint three disinterested freeholders of the Village as Commissioners to make a new apportionment, and no appeal shall be allowed from such order.
A reapportionment shall be made in the following cases:
A. 
By the Commissioners appointed by the County Court, where the original apportionment is reversed on the ground that it is erroneous, unequal or inequitable.
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By the Board of Trustees where the original apportionment is reversed on any other ground. A reapportionment under this subsection shall be made in like manner as the original.
The Commissioners appointed by the County Court shall give notice of the time and place at which they will meet to make such reapportionment, and shall serve notice thereof at least 10 days before such meeting upon each owner of land within the area of local assessment as finally fixed by the Board of Trustees. They shall meet at the time and place specified and make such reapportionment in the manner herein prescribed for the Board of Trustees. They shall file such reapportionment in the office of the Village Clerk, and it shall be final and conclusive.
[Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
Each Commissioner appointed by the County Court is entitled to an amount set forth in the Civil Practice Law and Rules for each day necessarily spent in making such reapportionment, besides his or her actual expenses. Such fees and expenses are a charge against the Village and must be added to the portion of the expense of constructing such sewer system which is to be assessed against the property specially benefited.
A sinking fund for the payment of bonds representing the portion of the cost and expense of the construction of sewers to be paid for by assessments for benefit at maturity shall be created, into which shall be paid all of the amounts received, both principal and interest from the assessments for the improvement for which the bonds are issued, and out of this sinking fund the principal and interest of such bonds shall be paid so far as the sinking fund is sufficient to meet the same.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Sec. 134, Tax for payment of sewer bonds was repealed 12-19-1978 by L.L. No. 15-1978.
At the end of each fiscal year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the Village Clerk a report containing a statement of the following facts:
A. 
The amount of money on hand in the sewer account at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year, and the receipts from all sources during the year.
B. 
An itemized statement of the amount paid out during such year and the balance on hand.
C. 
The outstanding indebtedness of the Village for sewers either bonded or otherwise, separately stated.
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A statement of the principal or interest which will become due during the current fiscal year on bonds of indebtedness.
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The improvements and extensions made during such preceding year and the general condition of the sewer system.
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Such other facts as the Board deems important for the information of the Village, together with such recommendations as may be proper.