[HISTORY: Comes from L.L.
No. 6-1995, adopted 1-10-1995, effective 1-17-1995.]
There shall be in the Town of Hempstead an Office of Tourism.
The executive officer of such office shall be the Director of Tourism,
who shall be appointed by and who shall serve at the pleasure of the
Town Board at such salary as may from time to time be fixed by the
Town Board. The Director of Tourism shall be appointed on the basis
of his or her administrative experience and qualifications for the
duties of such office. The Director, under the general supervision
of the Town Board, shall be vested with authority and control over
the office. The Director, only when specifically authorized to do
so by the Town Board, may from time to time employ administrative
support personnel, as well as special, technical, fiscal and legal
consultants, as may be necessary in the discharge of his or her duties.
The Director shall be appointed from either the classified or unclassified
rolls of the civil service.
The Office of Tourism shall be vested with the powers and duties
of promoting the business of tourism in the Town of Hempstead, including
participation in and promulgation and implementation of tourism programs
and coordinating such programs with appropriate governmental agencies
or private associations, as well as the attraction of meetings and
conventions to sites within the Town of Hempstead.
All employees of the Town of Hempstead upon the effective date
of this chapter whose duties primarily relate to the promotion of
tourism in the Town of Hempstead shall, upon the effective date of
the chapter, become employees of the Office of Tourism.
