[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Potsdam
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-13-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000 (Ch. 18, Art. I, of the 1986 Code)]
The Town Board finds that regular meeting attendance by all
appointed board members will advance the public interest. This Board
determines that regular attendance by appointed board members at their
respective meetings is critical to the proper function of such boards
and to timely and reasoned action on applications submitted to the
Boards. This Board further determines that regular meeting attendance
is a condition of the appointment of each board member.
This article shall apply to all members of the following boards:
A.
The following is hereby established as the minimum meeting attendance
requirements:
(1)
No board member shall be absent from more than three successive meetings
or more than six meetings in any one calendar year.
(2)
No Board of Assessment Review members shall be absent from more than
two successive, state-mandated May Grievance Days.
(3)
The attendance policy for ad hoc or standing boards shall be set
by the Town Board.
B.
As used herein, the word "meeting" applies to any regular or special
meeting or public hearing of the member's board. A member shall
not be deemed absent from a meeting if he or she has a legitimate
excuse for medical or unexpected personal reasons and communicates
that excuse to the Town Clerk's office prior to the meeting.
The Town Supervisor shall have the power, subject to the approval
of the Town Board, to remove, after the opportunity for a hearing,
any board member for noncompliance with the minimum requirements established
herein.
[Adopted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Findings;
statutory authority; applicability.
(1)
The
Town of Potsdam has a primary responsibility to regulate private land
use through citizen planning boards and zoning boards. Decisions of
these boards are of major importance to their municipalities as these
decisions can affect the function and appearance of communities for
decades to come while impacting property interests important to individual
New Yorkers.
(2)
New
York State Town Law §§ 267 and 271 require that a minimum
of four hours of training be received by municipal planning and zoning
members each year.
(3)
This
article applies to all Planning Board and Zoning Board members as
well as alternates.
B.
Training
required; approved training. It is hereby the policy of the Town of
Potsdam that each member and alternate member of the Town Planning
Board and Town Zoning Board of Appeals obtain four hours of training
related to their Board service, by attending and completing those
educational courses, seminars, workshops, and the like which have
been approved by the Town of Potsdam. The Town of Potsdam will make
known educational/training opportunities to Board members on an ongoing
basis when these opportunities become available.
