Cayuga County, NY Article V Civil Service Status of Sheriff's Department Deputies and Employees

[Adopted 6-13-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]

§ 90-17 Deputies and employees placed in the classified service.

All deputies and employees of the Sheriff of Cayuga County, except the Undersheriff, civil deputies and employees engaged exclusively in the performance of civil duties, are hereby placed in the classified service of civil service and shall be employed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Law of the State of New York and shall be subject to and governed by such law and the Cayuga County civil service rules and appendices.

§ 90-18 Status of existing employees.

All such deputies and employees of the Sheriff of Cayuga County who are employed in duly established positions effective the date on which this article becomes effective shall continue to hold such positions on a permanent basis, without examination, and shall have all the rights and privileges of the civil service jurisdictional classification to which such positions may be allocated. However, on or after such effective date all new positions created and vacancies occurring in existing positions shall be filled in accordance with the Civil Service Law of the State of New York and the Cayuga County civil service rules and appendices.

§ 90-19 Powers of Sheriff unimpaired.

Except where inconsistent with this article, the Sheriff shall have, and exercise, all the powers and duties now and hereafter conferred or imposed by any law applicable to the Sheriff and such other duties as may be imposed by law.

§ 90-20 Liability assumed by County of Cayuga.

Any act or omission of any employee of the County in the office of the Sheriff done or made in the performance of an official duty or for the performance of which the County is paid or receives compensation or fee shall be the act or omission of the County and the damages, if any, resulting therefrom shall be deemed the liability of the County of Cayuga.

§ 90-21 Liability not assumed by County of Cayuga.

Nothing contained in this article shall make the County responsible for the acts of the Sheriff thereof, nor relieve the Sheriff from any liability to which he is lawfully subject.

§ 90-22 Employees now in classified service.

Nothing contained in this article shall apply to or otherwise affect the status of those employees of the Sheriff who are in the classified service as of the effective date of this article. The status of such employees shall continue for all purposes as if this article had not been adopted.

§ 90-23 Severability.

If any section of this article should be held invalid by operation of law or by any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, or if compliance with or enforcement of any section of this article should be restrained by such tribunal, the remaining sections of this article shall be considered to remain in full force and effect.