[Adopted 1-5-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000]
The Town of Union has formed and established a Town-wide streetlighting
district, including a dedicated fund to be used solely for providing streetlighting
in the Town of Union. The Town of Union Streetlight Commission is established
to receive and evaluate requests for changes, additions and deletions to the
streetlighting provided in the Town of Union. The Commission shall be the
body to receive and review requests from residents, property owners and other
interested persons in the Town of Union and make recommendations to the Town
Board regarding such requests. The Commission shall make such inquiries and
solicit comment from such persons as it shall deem appropriate and necessary
for evaluating any changes, additions or deletions to the streetlighting currently
provided. The Commission shall not be limited solely to responding to inquiries
or requests from individuals or other entities but shall also be authorized
to recommend such changes, additions and deletions that it deems appropriate.
The duties of the Commission shall include:
A.
Review and evaluation of all requests for changes to
the current streetlighting, including requests for removal of lights, additional
lights, changes or relocation to lights and submission of recommendations
to the Town Board for such changes.
B.
Evaluation of alternative methods for providing streetlighting.
C.
Formulation of an annual calendar year budget for the
streetlighting district and recommendation of a budget to the Town of Union
Town Board.
A.
The Town of Union Streetlight Commission shall be comprised
of seven members who shall all be residents or taxpayers in the Town of Union.
The members shall be appointed by the Town Board and shall serve two-year
terms from January 1 of the year they are appointed to December 31 of the
following year.
B.
The terms of the members shall be staggered so that the
term of three of the members shall expire on December 31 of one year and the
term of the other four members shall expire on December 31 of the following
year. Three of the original members appointed shall be appointed for a one-year
term expiring December 31 of the year of their appointment and four of the
original members shall be appointed for a two-year term expiring December
31 of the year following the year of their appointment.
C.
Two of the members shall be residents or taxpayers of
the Village of Johnson City. Two of the members shall be residents or taxpayers
of the Village of Endicott. Three of the members shall be residents or taxpayers
of the part of the Town of Union outside the Villages of Johnson City and
Endicott.
D.
One of the members shall be designated by the Town Board
as the Chairperson. The Commission members shall select a Vice Chairperson
and such other officers as they shall deem necessary.
A.
The Commission shall hold its annual meeting in September
of each year. The purpose of the annual meeting shall include consideration
and adoption of a budget recommendation for the following calendar year, to
be submitted to the Town of Union Comptroller and Town Board by September
30. The Commission may consider any other matter regarding the streetlighting
district that it deems appropriate.
B.
The Commission shall hold such other meetings as the
members shall deem necessary or appropriate. Meetings shall be called by the
Chairperson upon his or her own request or upon the request of any two Commission
members.
C.
The Commission shall establish such rules and procedures
for its meetings as it shall deem appropriate.
D.
Meetings of the Commission shall be held at the Town
Hall of the Town of Union or at such other location within the Town as the
members shall designate.
Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation.
The Town Comptroller, Town Attorney and Town Commissioner of Public
Works shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission without voting rights.
They shall provide such assistance as the Commission members shall from time
to time request.
