This charter together with all subsequent amendments
hereto provides for the government of the City of Amsterdam and shall
be known and may be cited as the "Charter of the City of Amsterdam."
The purpose of this Charter is to provide the
legal framework for organizing and operating the government in the
City of Amsterdam.
The City of Amsterdam shall continue to be a
municipal corporation and shall have all the powers and perform all
the duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed upon it by this Charter,
the Municipal Code or applicable law, together with all rights, privileges,
functions and powers necessarily implied or incidental thereto.
Any state law inconsistent with this Charter
shall be superseded by this Charter to the extent inconsistent except
where supersession is restricted by law.
Except to the extent to which they may be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Charter, all existing local laws, ordinances,
resolutions, rules and regulations heretofore adopted, shall continue
in force and effect until amended superseded or repealed.
The boundaries of the City shall continue as
now established or as hereafter established in a manner provided by
law. They shall be described in the Municipal Code.
The Common Council shall approve for use on
all occasions requiring the same, a seal of the City of Amsterdam.
[Amended by L.L. No. 3-1982, ref. date 11-2-1982]
A.
BOARD
CHARTER
CITY
CITY ATTORNEY
COUNCIL OR COMMON COUNCIL
EMPLOYEE
LAW
LOCAL LAW
MUNICIPAL CODE
OFFICER
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
ORDINANCE
PERSON
QUORUM
RESOLUTION
Whenever used in this Charter, unless otherwise expressly
stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Except as otherwise provided herein, means a body of persons
appointed or elected in the manner herein provided for the purpose
of administering designated City functions or advising on matters
of continuing City interest, or in assisting in the making of City
governmental policy.
The Charter of the City of Amsterdam.
The City of Amsterdam.
Deemed to be interchangeable with "Corporation Counsel."
The elected legislative body of the City of Amsterdam.
Any person, except an officer, employed by the City or an
agency thereof, but shall not include an independent contractor.
The state constitution, a state statute, this Charter or
a local law, ordinance or resolution enacted or adopted by and for
the City of Amsterdam.
A legislative act of the Common Council adopted pursuant
to the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law; but it shall not mean
or include an ordinance, resolution or other similar act of the Council
or any other board or body of this City.
The City's local laws, ordinances and resolutions as enacted
or adopted pursuant to this Charter or other applicable law.
Includes the following:
Members of the Council, the Mayor, the Controller.
Any person appointed as administrative head
of any agency of the City or as a member of a board or commission.
The First Deputy or a Bureau Director appointed
by the administrative head of any agency of the City.
Any other person in the City government who
has authority to exercise some portion of the City's sovereign power,
either in making, executing or administering the laws.
A legislative act which is permanent in nature unless specifically
self-limiting, general in its application, adopted pursuant to this
Charter or other applicable law and relating to property or any other
subject of City concern not required to be enacted by local law.
Shall be held to include and be coextensive with the words
"persons," "company" and "corporation."
A majority of the total number.
A legislative act, other than a local law or ordinance, adopted
pursuant to this Charter or other applicable law, which is limited
in its application or of a temporary nature, or both.
B.
The masculine gender singularly may be construed to
mean the feminine or plural as appropriate.
