[Adopted 5-9-2022 by L.L. No. 11-2022]
It is the intent of this article to give the Town's public
bodies, as that term is defined in Public Officers Law § 102,
the authority to participate in meetings via videoconference in a
manner consistent with the Town's videoconferencing policy and
the authority granted in Public Officers Law § 103-a.
This article is adopted pursuant to Public Officers Law § 103-a
which expressly authorizes the Town Board to adopt a local law giving
the Town's public bodies the authority to participate in meetings
via videoconference from locations not accessible to the public so
long as a quorum of the body participates from locations where the
public may be physically present and other conditions are met.
The Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorizes members
of the Town's public bodies to participate in meetings using
videoconferencing technology in a manner consistent with Public Officers
Law § 103-a and the Town's videoconferencing policy
adopted by the Town Board.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of
this article or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation,
or circumstance, shall be adjusted by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
or part of this article or in its application to the person, individual,
firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.