The official Village newspaper shall be designated at the Village
Board's organizational meeting.
The Trustees of the Village of Stratford shall constitute the
Village Board. The Village Board shall be vested with all the powers
of the Village not specifically given some other officer, as well
as those powers set forth elsewhere throughout this Code.
The Village Board, on behalf of the Village, may join with other
counties, villages, cities, towns or other governmental entities in
a cooperative arrangement for executing any power or duty in order
to attain greater economy or efficiency, including joint employment
of appointive officers and employees.
The President and other Trustees who make up the Village Board,
whether operating under general or special law, may by majority vote
of all the members of the Village Board determine that an annual salary
be paid the President and Trustees. Salaries heretofore established
shall so remain until changed by ordinance and shall not be increased
or diminished during their terms of office.
When a question has been once decided, any member of the majority
or, in case of a tie, any member voting in the affirmative may move
for a reconsideration at the immediate following meeting thereof,
but if a motion to reconsider is made on a day subsequent to that
on which the question was decided, a vote of the majority of the entire
Board shall be required to sustain it.
The Village Board has the power to preserve order at its meetings.
Whenever any disturbance or disorderly conduct shall occur in any
of the meetings of the Board, the President may cause the room to
be cleared of all persons causing such disorderly conduct.
The rules of this chapter shall not be rescinded or amended
unless the proposed amendment or motion to rescind has laid over from
a regular meeting, and then it shall require a vote of 2/3 of all
the members of the Board.
These rules shall not be suspended except by a two-thirds vote
of all the members of the Board.