[Amended 9-27-1983 by L.L. No. 80-1983, effective 10-5-1983; 3-14-2023 by L.L. No. 22-2023, effective 4-4-2023]
There shall be in the Town of Hempstead a Department of Sanitation.
The executive head of such Department shall be the Commissioner of
Sanitation, who shall be appointed by the Town Board for a term fixed
by law at such salary as may, from time to time, be fixed by said
Town Board. The Commissioner of Sanitation shall be appointed on the
basis of administrative experience. There may be Deputy Commissioners
to the Commissioner of Sanitation. The Deputy Commissioners, individually,
shall have the authority to act for and in place of the Commissioner
of Sanitation in all regards. The Commissioner shall designate, in
writing, the order in which the deputies shall act, in case of the
Commissioner's absence, inability to work, or vacancy. The Commissioner
shall have the power to appoint and remove all subordinate officers
and other employees and to assign them to their respective duties.
The Commissioner shall be in the unclassified service of the civil
service. The position of Deputy Commissioner shall, pursuant to the
statutory authority contained in the Municipal Home Rule Law and the
Civil Service Law, be in the exempt class.