[Adopted 10-24-2023 by L.L. No. 8-2023]
The Town Board of the Town of Blooming Grove hereby finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the residents of the Town of Blooming Grove to find and appoint qualified people to Town offices, including the Clerk to the Town Justice. The Town Board also finds that the requirement that the Clerk to the Town Justice be a Town resident and elector may limit the Board's ability to find qualified people to fill that position. Therefore, the Town Board hereby determines that the residency requirement for Clerk to the Town Justice should include residents of the County of Orange, State of New York.
The Clerk to the Town Justice shall reside within the County of Orange, State of New York. There shall be no requirement that the Clerk to the Town Justice reside in the Town of Blooming Grove and be an elector of the Town.
This article is adopted pursuant to § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law and is intended to supersede New York State Public Officers Law § 3 and any other special law to the extent that such special law may require the Clerk to the Town Justice to reside within the Town of Blooming Grove and be an elector of the Town.