[Adopted 5-17-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
The Board of Electric Commissioners at the Village of Lake Placid
Electric Department shall establish fair and reasonable fees and charges
for the use of and benefit received by certain labor, material and
equipment produced by said Department, to be called "merchandise and
jobbing charges."
Such labor, material and equipment shall include those services
and materials as determined from time to time by the Board of Electric
Commissioners.
The merchandise and jobbing charges, together with the amount
of any penalty prescribed by the Board and due for nonpayment of such
charges within a time prescribed by the Board, shall be a lien on
the real property or properties upon which, in connection with, or
used or benefited by the electric services and/or materials furnished
by said Electric Department.
That the lien created hereby shall be prior and superior to
every other lien or claim, except the lien of an existing tax.
Such Board shall certify to the Village Clerk the amounts of
all such unpaid merchandise and jobbing charges, including penalties
computed to the first day of the month following the month in which
the fiscal year commences, with a description of the real property
affected thereby.
The Village Clerk shall present such certificate to the Board
of Trustees and shall enter the same on an abstract thereof in the
minutes of the meeting. The Board of Trustees shall include such amounts
in the annual tax levy and shall levy the same upon the real property
in default.
Whenever an unpaid merchandise and jobbing charge shall be included
in the annual Village tax levy, as above provided, the Electric Fund
shall be credited with the amount of the unpaid charge, including
penalties, and the amount so levied when collected, shall be paid
into the General Fund.
This chapter is patterned after Article 2 of the Village Law
of the State of New York. To the extent that questions of substance
or procedure exist and are unanswered herein, said Article 2, as amended,
shall provide the substantive or procedural guidelines to be followed.