[Adopted 2-6-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996; amended in its entirety 12-20-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011]
A.
Pursuant to § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule
Law, which authorizes local governments to adopt local laws in relation
to the government, protection, order, conduct, safety, health and
well-being of the persons and property therein which are not inconsistent
with the Constitution or any general laws, there is hereby established
the position of part-time Civil Enforcement Officer of the Village
of Ossining, and the Board of Trustees is authorized to appoint as
many part-time Civil Enforcement Officers of the Village of Ossining
as it may, from time to time, deem necessary.
B.
Part-time Civil Enforcement Officers of the Village
of Ossining shall, in civil matters, in accordance with the provisions
of § 110, Subdivision (a), of the Uniform Justice Court
Act, perform the same duties as are performed by sheriffs in courts
of record and shall have, within their territorial jurisdiction and
subject to any limitations imposed by law or by the rules, such power
to serve and execute the processes and mandates of the court as a
sheriff has with regard to the processes and mandates of the Supreme
Court. Civil enforcement officers shall not be peace officers.
C.
All part-time Civil Enforcement Officers of the Village
of Ossining shall be entitled to receive for their services as Civil
Enforcement Officers the same fees and expenses that the Sheriff of
Westchester County shall be entitled to receive for the same or similar
services pursuant to §§ 8011, 8012, 8013 and 8014 of
the Civil Practice Law and Rules, as amended from time to time, and
such other fees and expenses as may be specifically allowed to Civil
Enforcement Officers pursuant to any other applicable provision of
law.
D.
All applicants for the position of part-time Civil
Enforcement Officer of the Village of Ossining shall submit to a background
investigation to be conducted by the Chief of Police of the Village
of Ossining, and no appointment to the position of part-time Civil
Enforcement Officer shall be made until such background investigation
shall be completed and a report thereof made to the Board of Trustees.
E.
A part-time Civil Enforcement Officer shall be appointed
for a term of two years commencing from January 1 of the year of appointment.
