[Adopted 6-16-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
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.
The 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 Wawarsing 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 adjudicated by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not
affect impair of 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 the person, individual,
firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State