Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "A Local Law
Creating the Position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to
the Town Supervisor With the Policy Influencing/Confidential Designation,
To Be a Position in the Exempt Class of the Classified Service and
Authorizing the Supervisor of the Town of Chatham To Appoint an Individual
Who Has Not Taken the Civil Service Examination to the Position of
Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Supervisor To Serve at
the Pleasure of the Supervisor" of the Town of Chatham, New York.
Enacting clause. The Town Board of the Town of Chatham in the County
of Columbia, pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law and the New York
State Civil Service Law § 41(c), hereby ordains, enacts,
and publishes this chapter.
Pursuant to Civil Services Law § 41(c), one secretary of
each municipal board or commission authorized by law to appoint a
secretary shall be in the exempt class.
The Town of Chatham hereby deems the position of Confidential Administrative
Assistant to the Supervisor, with the policy influencing/confidential
designation, to be in the exempt class pursuant to Civil Services
Law § 41(c).
Positions placed in the exempt class constitute an exception to the
constitutional mandate that all positions as far as practicable must
be filled only after competitive examinations. Pursuant to the Rules
for the Classified Service of the Department of Civil Service set
forth in 6 NYCRR § 2.l, positions in the exempt class, other
than unskilled labor positions, are those for which competitive or
noncompetitive examinations or other qualification requirements are
not practicable.
Appointment. The Supervisor of the Town Board of the Town of Chatham
is hereby authorized to appoint an individual who has not taken the
civil service examination to the position of Confidential Administrative
Assistant to the Supervisor.
In the event any section or provision of the chapter contained herein
or as amended hereafter shall be declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the chapter as a whole or any part thereof other than the part
so declared to be invalid.