[Amended 10-21-1997 by L.L. No. 8-1997; 8-13-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
The Director of Technical Services appointed
herein shall be responsible for the coordination of those departments
which are consolidated and merged herein. The position of Director
shall be a classified and competitive position with the Westchester
County Department of Civil Service, and the Director shall be appointed
from a certified list as presented to the Town Board by the Director
of Personnel of the County of Westchester. In addition to passing
the Civil Service test as required, the Director shall also be a licensed
professional engineer in the State of New York.
[Amended 8-13-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002; 2-15-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
The operational divisions of the Department
shall be Engineering Services, Water and Sewer Operations, Code Administration
and Enforcement, and the activities of these divisions will be coordinated
as the Director deems appropriate.
[Amended 8-13-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002; 2-9-2010 by L.L. No. 5-2010; 1-14-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
There is hereby created a position to be known
as Deputy Director of Technical Services. The number of said Deputies
shall be fixed by the Town Board. Said Deputies shall assist the Director
in the day-to-day operations of the Department and shall supervise
such activities of the Department or divisions of said Department
as the Director and the Town Board shall deem appropriate. The position
of Deputy Director shall be designated from the Town Board as budgetary
requirements allow.
[Amended 8-13-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
In addition to fulfilling the responsibilities as set forth in Chapters
77,
149, 31 and 104, the Department of Technical Services shall also facilitate and implement the following standardization of sharing of services as may be possible:
A. Sharing of support services.
B. Establishment of common records, where possible.
C. Standardization of application procedures.
D. Car pooling and coordinated use of vehicles and equipment.
Effective on April 1, 1996, the position of
Animal Control Officer/Parking Enforcement Officer shall become a
member of this Department. Initially, and until the enactment of further
local laws, said Animal Control Officer/ Parking Enforcement Officer
shall be under the direct supervision of the Director of Code Enforcement.
And all of the functions of Animal Control (other than licensing)
and parking enforcement shall become a duty of the Department of Code
Enforcement. Nothing herein, however, shall prevent any police officer,
employed by the Town or any other police agency having jurisdiction
within the town, from issuing parking tickets for violations of any
parking regulation effective within the Town of Cortlandt.
[Amended 8-13-2002 by L.L. No. 6-2002]
A. If any provision herein conflicts with any specific
provision set forth in Chapter 31 of the Town Code of the Town of
Cortlandt, set forth in Local Law No. 1-1994, or Local Law No. 3-1974,
or Local No. 6-1992, or Local Law No. 2-1995, then the more specific provisions of the other local laws
shall prevail and the provisions of this chapter shall not cause any
conflict with those provisions and may be disregarded in the specific
application herein.
B. The position of Town Engineer as set forth in Town
Law § 20 and Chapter 31 of the Town Code as set forth as
Local Law No. 1-1984 be and hereby is abolished.
C. This chapter shall supersede in their totality Public
Officers Law § 3 as well as Town Law §§ 20
and 23 and any other provisions with respect to any of the duties
or qualifications of the employees of this Department.