[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Pelham
Manor 1-23-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The office of Village Manager for the Village of Pelham Manor is hereby
established.
The administrative and executive powers of the village are vested in
an official to be known as the Village Manager who shall be appointed by the
Board of Trustees and hold office during the pleasure of such Board; he shall
receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, the Board of Trustees may also appoint the Village
Manager to the office of Village Clerk to serve in such office at the discretion
of such Board.
General duties of Village Manager. The Village Manager shall be the
administrative head of the village government. He shall see that within the
village, the laws of the state and local laws, ordinances, rules and bylaws
of the Board of Trustees are faithfully executed; he shall attend all meetings
of the Board of Trustees and recommend for adoption such measures as he shall
deem expedient; he shall make reports to the Board of Trustees from time to
time upon the affairs of the village, keep the Board of Trustees fully advised
of the financial condition of the village and its future financial needs;
he shall prepare and submit to the Board a tentative budget for the next fiscal
year.
The Village Manager shall appoint and may remove such village officers
and employees as the Board of Trustees shall determine are necessary for the
proper administration of the village, and shall report each such appointment
and removal to the Board of Trustees at the next meeting thereof following
any such appointment or removal; except that in the case of the Chiefs of
the Police and Fire Department and the head of the Department of Public Works,
the Village Manager shall not make appointments and removals without the advance
approval of the Board of Trustees, and that the Village Manager shall not
appoint or remove the Village Clerk, Village Attorney, Village Treasurer or
members or Chairpersons of the Board of Appeals, Planning Board or any boards,
commissions or committees created by the Board of Trustees.
The officers and employees of the village, excepting the Village Clerk,
Village Attorney, Village Treasurer and members and Chairpersons of the Board
of Appeals, Planning Board and any boards, commissions or committees created
by the Board of Trustees, shall perform such duties as may be required of
them by the Village Manager under general regulation of the Board of Trustees.
All laws, local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations
and parts thereof relating to the functions, responsibilities and powers and
duties of appointed administrative officials and employees of the Village
of Pelham Manor are hereby repealed and superseded to the extent to which
are inconsistent with provisions of this chapter and no further, and where
references are made to "Village Administrator," "Village Manager" is hereby
substituted. Local Law No. 1 of 1972 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
This chapter is subject to referendum on petition pursuant to § 24,
Subdivision 2k, of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
