[Adopted 9-17-1987 by L.L. No. 9-1987]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
There are occasions when a duly appointed member or alternate of the Village of New Hempstead Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Architectural Review Board, Historic Preservation Commission or any other board or commission cannot attend a meeting of said respective board or, because of a conflict of interest, cannot vote on a matter to be considered by said board, resulting in a lack of a quorum for the conduct of business. It is the purpose of this article to permit the Mayor, or in his absence, the Deputy Mayor, to appoint certain officers as ad hoc members to attend such meeting and to vote in place of such absent or disqualified member.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Village Law, the Public Officers Law or any other state law, the Mayor of the Village of New Hempstead, or in his absence the Deputy Mayor of the Village, is hereby authorized to appoint any one duly appointed member or alternate of any board or commission of the Village as an ad hoc member of any other board or commission that is or may be established by the Board of Trustees, on the following conditions:
A. 
A duly appointed member of any of the aforesaid boards or commissions advises the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, prior to a meeting of said board, that he/she will not be able to attend said meeting or will not be able to vote on a matter that is scheduled to be heard by said board because of a conflict of interest in connection with an application.
B. 
The affected board will not be able to meet or to make a decision on an application before it for lack of a quorum caused by the failure of such member to attend and/or to vote.
The term of appointment of an ad hoc member appointed as set forth hereinabove shall be for the specific meeting of the respective board for which he/she has been appointed.
An ad hoc member of a board appointed by the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, pursuant to this article shall have all of the powers and duties of the duly appointed member that he/she is replacing for the meeting for which he/she has been appointed.
The Board of Trustees may, by resolution, provide for payment of salaries to ad hoc members of boards on an hourly or per-meeting basis.