The Town Board finds there are occasions when a duly appointed
member of the Town of New Castle Planning Board cannot attend a meeting
of the Planning Board or, because of conflict of interest, cannot
vote on a matter to be considered by the Planning Board, resulting
in less than a full complement of Planning Board members to conduct
business. It is the purpose of this chapter to permit the Town Board
to appoint up to two alternate members to the Planning Board to attend
its meetings and vote in the place of such absent or recused member(s)
of the Planning Board.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by
§ 10, Subdivision 1e(3), of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
It is the intent of the Town Board to supersede the provisions of
§ 271, Subdivision 15, of the Town Law, relating to the
appointment of alternate members, to amend and expand the circumstances
under which an alternate member of the Planning Board may serve.