[Adopted 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 10-2022]
It is the intent of this article to give members of the Village's
local public bodies, as said term is defined in Public Officers Law
§ 103-a, Subdivision 1, the option to participate in meetings
via videoconference as permitted by Public Officers Law § 103-a.
This article is adopted pursuant to Public Officers Law § 103-a,
which expressly permits the Village Board to adopt a local law to
authorize the use of videoconferencing for itself and all other public
bodies of the Village which are subject to the New York State Open
Meetings Law, Public Officers Law Article 7. Members of such 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 Scarsdale hereby authorizes
members of the Village's 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
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.
Unless Public Officers Law § 103-a is extended by
the New York State Legislature, this article shall expire and is deemed
repealed upon the expiration of Public Officers Law § 103-a
on July 1, 2024.