A Youth Bureau is hereby established which shall be supervised
by a bureau head designated "Executive Director" who shall be appointed
by and serve at the pleasure of the Town Board at a salary fixed by
said Town Board.
The powers and duties of such Youth Bureau shall be to administer,
manage and provide for programs, projects and plans which promote
and advance the moral, physical, mental and social well-being of the
youth of the Town of Oyster Bay which stimulate and encourage community
interests and participation therein; and, which, along or in a cooperative
effort with other persons, groups and municipalities, foster and cultivate
a wholesome environment for the involvement of youth in meaningful
activities. It shall hereby assume all rights, duties, obligations
and responsibilities of the theretofore constituted Youth Bureau which
had been established by Resolution No. 425-70, dated May 26, 1970,
and Resolution No. 203-71, dated March 16, 1971; and the Advisory
Youth Board which had been established by said Resolution No. 425-70,
dated May 26, 1970, is hereby designated "Youth Board" and as so constituted
shall hereby assume all rights, duties, obligations and responsibilities
of said Advisory Youth Board.
The Executive Director shall be responsible to the Town Board or
its designee for planning, coordinating and supplementing the activities
of public, private or religious agencies devoted in whole or in part
to the welfare and protection of youth. The Executive Director shall
be the executive secretary of the Youth Board herein established.
All rights, duties and responsibilities of the Youth Bureau, as established
by Resolution No. 425-70 on May 26, 1970, and heretofore assumed by
said Local Law No. 2-1974[1], are hereby assumed without change or modification.
The Executive Director is not empowered to vote in the official deliberations
of the Youth Board, but shall administer to its needs and requirements
in the fulfillment of its lawful duties. Any and all programs, projects
and undertakings managed, supervised, controlled or otherwise promulgated
by the Youth Bureau shall comply with all policies, rules and regulations
established by the New York State Division for Youth or by any other
agency from which funds are accepted.