This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
The term of office of the elective Town Supervisor of the Town
of Cortlandville shall be four years. Such four-year term shall commence
on the first day of January following the first biennial Town election
after the effective date of this chapter.
The term of office of the elective Town Clerk/Collector of the
Town of Cortlandville shall be four years. Such four-year term shall
commence on the first day of January following the first biennial
Town election after the effective date of this chapter.
The term of office of the elective Town Highway Superintendent
of the Town of Cortlandville shall be four years. Such four-year term
shall commence on the first day of January following the first biennial
Town election after the effective date of this chapter.
At the biennial Town election next following the effective date
of this chapter, and every four years thereafter, the Town Supervisor,
Town Clerk/Collector and Town Highway Superintendent shall be elected
for a term of four years.
This chapter shall supersede, in its application to the Town
of Cortlandville, § 24 of the Town Law, with respect to
the term of office of the elective Town Supervisor, Town Clerk/Collector
and Town Highway Superintendent.
Propositions authorizing this chapter extending the terms of
office of the elective Town Supervisor, Town Clerk/Collector and Town
Highway Superintendent to a four-year term were approved by the electors
of the Town of Cortlandville at a biennial Town election held on November
2, 2021, not less than 60 days after the adoption of resolutions by
the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville authorizing this chapter.
If any part or provision of this chapter or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its
operation to the part or provision or application directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered
and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this
chapter or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances,
and the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville hereby declares that
it would have passed this chapter or the remainder thereof had such
invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.
All ordinances, local laws, and parts thereof inconsistent with
this chapter are hereby repealed.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State.