[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Westfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-3-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
A. 
The terms of office of the elected Town Supervisor, Town Clerk, and Town Superintendent of Highways shall be four years. Such four-year terms shall commence as of the first day of January following the first biennial Town election after the effective date of this article.
B. 
The four-year terms provided by this section shall also apply to the persons elected to such offices at the same biennial election at which the four-year terms provided by this article are approved.
This article is adopted subject to a mandatory referendum and approval of the qualified voters of the Town of Westfield at the biennial Town election to be held November 8, 2011. A proposition in the following form shall be included on the ballot at such biennial Town election, and the increased terms of office shall not take effect unless such proposition is approved by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon:
"Shall Local Law No. 2 of the year 2011, entitled 'A Local Law Increasing the Term of Office of Town Supervisor, Town Clerk, and Town Superintendent of Highways from Two to Four Years,' be approved?"[1]
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Editor's Note: Local Law No. 2-2011 passed at referendum 11-8-2011.
This article shall supersede § 24 of New York's Town Law insofar as it relates to the terms of the offices of Town Supervisor, Town Clerk, and Town Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Westfield.
This article shall become effective immediately upon being filed in the office of Secretary of State after approval by the qualified voters.