This chapter applies only to the particular civil service job titles and positions and public offices as are directly herein addressed, and it shall not be applied to other offices or positions. This chapter supersedes Town Law § 27, Subdivision 1, insofar as the same may prohibit compensation of Planning Board and Zoning Board members on a per meeting or per meeting attended basis. This chapter further supersedes said Town Law, the Public Officers Law (including § 67 therein) and the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 57.07 and related provisions, to the extent that the same may require paying a salary in any given terms, form, manner, or frequency for certain public employment positions and public offices.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lansing 6-18-2025 by L.L. No. 4-2025. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Board of the Town of Lansing is authorized to compensate Planning Board members and alternates on the basis of a stipend per Planning Board meeting attended. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit the Town Board from compensating said members and alternates upon any other basis permitted by law, and the compensation provided may periodically hereafter be established and amended by resolution of the Town Board.
The Town Board of the Town of Lansing is authorized to compensate Zoning Board of Appeals members and alternates on the basis of a stipend per Zoning Board of Appeals meeting attended. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit the Town Board from compensating said members and alternates upon any other basis permitted by law, and the compensation provided may periodically hereafter be established and amended by resolution of the Town Board.
The Town Board of the Town of Lansing may determine compensation for the Town Historian by a flat rate per year, an hourly rate, a project or per diem rate, or any other basis as is determined reasonable and proper by such Town Board. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit the Town Board from compensating Town Historians (and any deputies) from being compensated upon any other basis permitted by law, and the compensation provided may periodically hereafter be established and amended by resolution of the Town Board.
If any portion of this chapter as written, or as applied to any person, entity, or circumstance, shall be determined by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall be confined in its operation to the invalid part hereof, or in its application to such person, entity, or circumstance as is directly involved in the controversy in which such determination shall have been rendered, and the remainder of this chapter shall not be impaired thereby and such determination shall not be deemed or construed to apply to other persons, entities, or circumstances.