[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Larchmont
2-22-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the Larchmont Village Board
of Trustees to appoint a hearing officer to conduct hearings in disciplinary
proceedings and to establish the rules of procedure to be followed in such
proceedings.
A.
In the event that disciplinary charges are presented
to the Village Board of Trustees against any police officer, fireman or other
municipal employee, the Village Board may adopt a resolution appointing a
hearing officer to conduct the hearing on such charges.
B.
The hearing officer designated by the Board shall be
an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of New York at the
time of his appointment.
If a hearing officer is so appointed, he/she shall keep or cause to
be kept a record of such hearing. After the conclusion of the hearing he/she
shall make specific findings of facts which he/she shall then transmit to
the Village Board, together with his/her conclusions regarding each of the
charges, his/her recommendations for a penalty and the record of the hearing.
The Village Board shall then review the record findings, conclusions and recommendations
of the hearing officer.
The procedure to be followed in any disciplinary proceedings, whether
it is heard by the Village Board or a hearing officer, shall be the procedure
set forth in the New York State Administrative Procedure Act, as it may be
amended from time to time, for adjudicatory proceedings, except to the extent
that said procedure conflicts with this chapter or any other state or local
law more specifically directed at such disciplinary proceedings.
