[Adopted 12-14-2009 by L.L. No. 13-2009]
The Board of Trustees finds that it is in the public interest
to provide information to Village residents as to the official activities
of Village government, including but not limited to notices of public
meetings, information as to the structure and function of Village
government, names and official phone numbers of Village officers,
schedules for Village activities, summaries of official actions taken
or contemplated, and financial reports. The Board further finds that
such information can be effectively disseminated over the Internet
by establishment and use of a website for the Village and by a periodic
newsletter mailed to Village residents, and that the reasonable and
actual costs thereof are a proper public expense and should be included
in the annual Village budget.
The Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the establishment of
an Internet website to be known as amityville.com and the publication
of a Village newsletter from time to time to be mailed to the homes
of all residents of the Village of Amityville without charge pursuant
to § 4-412(1) of the Village Law.
Said website and such newsletter shall be used solely to provide
information of public interest to Village residents including notices
of meetings of various official Village boards and departments, contact
information for elected officials, appointed officers and department
heads, reports on actions taken or contemplated by Village officials,
notices of events of general interest to Village residents, and financial
reports. Such website and said newsletter shall not be used for any
matter which primarily promotes private, partisan or political purposes
or undertakings.
The reasonable and actual costs to establish, maintain and update
such website and to publish and mail said newsletter to Village residents
shall be a public charge and shall be included in the annual budget
for the Village.