[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Pleasantville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-13-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
It is the intent of this article to give members of the Village's local public bodies, as such term is defined in Public Officers Law § 103- a(1), the authority to participate in meetings via videoconference in a manner consistent with the authority granted in Public Officers Law § 103-a.
This article is adopted pursuant to Public Officers Law § 103-a which expressly permits the Village Board of Trustees to adopt a local law to authorize the use of videoconferencing for itself and all committees and subcommittees of the Village which are subject to the New York State Open Meetings Law, Public Officers Law, Article 7. Members of such local public bodies may participate in meetings via videoconference from locations not accessible to the public so long as a quorum of the public body participates from locations where the public may be physically present, and all conditions set forth in Public Officers Law § 103-a are met.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Pleasantville hereby authorizes members of the Village's local public bodies to participate in meetings using videoconferencing technology in a manner consistent with Public Officers Law § 103-a.
The provisions of this article and Public Officers Law § 103-a do not limit the existing authority set forth in the Public Officers Law which allows all public bodies to virtually connect multiple public locations from which members and the public may attend. The Village's local public bodies may continue to hold proper open meetings by videoconference from multiple physical locations which are identified in the meeting notice, open to the public and connected virtually together by videoconference.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part of this article or the application thereof to any person, individual, corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance shall be adjudged 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, section, or part of this article, or in its application to the person, individual, corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which such order or judgment shall be rendered.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York.