It is hereby declared the purpose of the Village of Massena, State of
New York, to create and provide for the appointment of a Village Narcotic
Guidance Council for the development of a program of community participation
in the control and use of narcotics at the local level for the accomplishment
of the following purposes:
A. Educating the community and especially its youth in the
field of drug use.
B. Creating a climate which will encourage those in need
of assistance to combat narcotic problems and, without embarrassment, seek
such assistance from authorized and knowledgeable persons and agencies.
C. Send forth from authorized agencies persons into the
community who can disseminate necessary information on the subject matter.
D. Cooperate with other narcotic guidance councils and the
Massena Police Department Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program for
a total alleviation of the vexatious problem.
[Amended 9-4-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
[Amended 10-5-1971 by L.L. No. 2-1971]
The Council shall be known as the Village of Massena Narcotic Guidance
Council and shall be composed of seven members, who shall be appointed by
the Village Board of the Village of Massena for a term not exceeding three
years, and shall include at least one clergyman, one attorney and one physician.
The presiding officer or Chairman of the Council shall be designated
by the Village Board from among the members so appointed to the Council. The
Village Board shall have authority to remove any member of said Council so
appointed for cause, after a public hearing, if requested. A vacancy shall
be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
The members of the Village of Massena Narcotic Guidance Council shall
serve without compensation. The Village Board, however, may appropriate in
the annual budget of the Village a sum of money for the purpose of providing
to the Narcotic Guidance Council funds to defray the costs and expenses incurred
by it in the performance of its duties set forth hereafter, such appropriation
to be a charge upon the taxable property of that part of the Village of Massena
inside the incorporated Village.
It shall be the duty of the Narcotic Guidance Council to accomplish
the following:
A. Make immediately available to the community basic knowledge
acquired in the field of drug use, especially by youth.
B. Create a climate in which persons seeking assistance
in coping with narcotics problems can meet, without embarrassment, with responsible
individuals or agencies in a position to render assistance.
C. Authorize persons approved by the Council to contact
and counsel persons within the community suspected of using narcotics or those
persons allegedly having knowledge of such usage.
D. Cooperate with other narcotic guidance councils and the
Massena Police Department Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program for
a total alleviation of the vexatious problem.
[Amended 9-4-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]