[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Quogue 3-21-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The
annual meeting of the Board of Trustees shall take place at 8:00 p.m.
on the first Friday in the month following the annual election or
at such other time and date as shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Trustees.
[Amended 3-20-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
B.
The
Board shall hold other regular and special meetings at such times
and places as it shall, by resolution, provide from time to time.
C.
Special
meetings may also be called by the Mayor or by any three trustees
by causing a written notice, specifying the time and place thereof,
to be served upon each member of the Board, personally, at least one
hour before the time of the meeting, or by leaving a notice at his
residence or place of business with some person of suitable age and
discretion, at least 24 hours before the time of the meeting, or by
mailing such notice at least 48 hours before such meeting. When all
members are present, a meeting may be held at any time without prior
notice.
D.
Any
meeting may be adjourned to a later date, but not for more than three
weeks.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may designate a newspaper
having circulation in the Village as the official newspaper of the
Village. Such designation shall continue until revoked or until a
different newspaper is so designated.
A.
The
Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may employ
an attorney and pay him a reasonable compensation. Such Village Attorney
may also be employed from time to time to attend to any other legal
matters not included in the original compensation and pay him for
such services. Such compensation shall be in addition to the Village
Attorney's annual compensation and shall be a legal charge against
the Village.
B.
The
Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may also,
from time to time as necessity requires, employ an attorney other
than the one regularly employed to perform any special service for
the Village and pay a reasonable compensation therefor, and the expense
may be a legal charge against the Village.
A.
The
Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may employ
an engineer and pay him a reasonable compensation. Such Village Engineer
may instead be employed from time to time to attend to engineering
matters and may also be employed to attend to any other engineering
matters not included in the original compensation and shall be paid
for such services. Such compensation shall be in addition to the Village
Engineer's annual compensation and shall be a legal charge against
the Village.
B.
The
Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may also,
from time to time as necessity requires, employ an engineer other
than the one regularly employed to perform any special service for
the Village and pay a reasonable compensation therefor, and the expense
may be a legal charge against the Village.
[Amended 3-20-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
The Board of Trustees shall designate, by resolution, banks
or trust companies for the deposit of all moneys received by the Treasurer,
Clerk or other persons designated to receive moneys in behalf of the
Village. Any such depository in which funds of the Village are deposited
shall provide the bonds, certificates or notes of the United States
of America or any obligation fully guaranteed or insured as to interest
and principal by the United States of America, acting through an agency,
subdivision, department or division thereof, or obligations of the
State of New York or of the Village of Quogue, or such other obligations
as may be authorized by law for such purpose, as security for the
funds deposited. Such bonds, certificates or notes shall be subject
to the approval of and shall be deposited in such place and held under
such conditions as such Treasurer may determine.
[Added 6-17-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
A.
Pursuant
to § 103-a of the New York State Public Officers Law, the
Village's public bodies (as such term is used in such section) are
authorized to hold meetings using videoconferencing technology in
a manner consistent with Public Officers Law § 103-a and
written procedures governing member and public attendance to be established
by such public body as provided in § 103-a Subdivision 2(b)
of the Public Officers Law and conspicuously posted on such public
body's section of the Village of Quogue website.
B.
Such written
procedures governing member and public attendance shall be consistent
with the Public Officers Law § 103-a and may be amended
or modified from time to time by such public body as it may deem necessary
or desirable.
C.
Nothing herein
shall require any public body to utilize videoconferencing technology.
Rather, the decision to use videoconferencing technology at any meeting
or meetings shall be discretionary on the part of such public body.
