The City Court shall continue as presently established
and have all powers possible for a City Court to now have, or in the
future to have, under the Constitution and Laws of the State of New
York, as fully and completely as though they were enumerated in this
Charter.
[Added 4-1-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997; amended 2-17-2015 by Res. No. 14/15-160]
No civil action shall be brought or maintained
against the City of Amsterdam for damages or injuries to person or
property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge,
culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, grating, opening, drain, sewer, municipal
parking lot, City park, recreational facility or equipment, parking
field, beach area, swimming or wading pool or pool equipment, playground
or playground equipment, boat launching ramp or skating rink being
defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or notice of the defective
unsafe, dangerous obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge,
culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, grating, opening, drain, sewer, municipal
parking lot, City park, recreational facility or equipment, parking
field, beach area, swimming or wading pool or pool equipment, playground
or playground equipment, boat launching ramp or skating rink, relating
to the particular place, shall have been filed in the City Clerk's
office of the City of Amsterdam, and there was a failure or neglect
to repair, remedy or remove the defect within a reasonable time after
the filing of the written notice.
For any provisional appointment to a position
in the competitive class of the Civil Service, an examination shall
be conducted within 120 days of the appointment and a permanent appointment
shall be made as soon as practicable thereafter from the certified
list of qualified candidates.
Except as otherwise provided by this Charter,
removal and other disciplinary proceedings regarding officers and
employees of the City under Civil service shall be governed by the
Civil Service Law.
All moneys shall be deposited by the Controller
in a bank or banks duly designated by the Common Council as depository
or depositories therefor; except that any funds of the City may be
invested by the Controller in any manner permitted by this Charter
or by law.
[Added 5-20-1980 by L.L. No. 4-1980,
ref. date ]
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 23,
Subdivision 2b, of the General City Law, or of any special act, local
law or Charter, real property belonging to the City and/or real property
which is acquired through in rem foreclosures which is not needed
for a public purpose shall be offered for sale at public auction within
six months from the date the City acquires title to the property.
B. Determination by City of method of disposal of property.
(1) The City of Amsterdam shall first determine which
properties shall be necessary for municipal or public use or community
betterment, and said properties shall be withheld from public sale,
and such properties may be sold for a proper and fair consideration
by a resolution of the Common Council of the City of Amsterdam, approved
by a vote of a majority plus one, to a nonprofit membership, religious
or fraternal organizations, if in its judgment it determines that
such sale would be in the best interest of the community and it finds
that said property will be used for nonprofit purposes.
(2) If the Common Council by a majority vote plus one
shall determine that the best interests of the community would be
served by a private sale of a particular parcel which sale would enhance
and further the economic well being of the community, then such property
may be sold at private sale for a proper and fair consideration.
C. Real property belonging to the City may be sold, transferred,
leased to or exchanged with the State of New York, the United States
Government, any municipal corporation, school district or fire district
at and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as
the Common Council may determine in its discretion and without public
bidding.
D. All remaining properties shall be offered for sale
at public auction within six months from the date of acquisition by
the City.
E. Such public sale shall be at public auction to the
highest bidder after public notice published at least once each week
for three successive weeks in the official newspaper. The public notice
shall contain a reservation of the right of the Common Council to
reject any and all bids and a description of the property by street
address, tax map or survey map shall be deemed a sufficient description
in such public notice.
F. In case there are no bidders at the public auction
for any of the real property offered for sale or if there is no sale
or if there is no sale after a bid or if the Council rejects a bid
as insufficient or for any other reason the property is not disposed
of at or after the public auction then the Council may authorize the
property to be sold through private negotiations.
G. It shall be the duty of the Corporation Counsel of
the City of Amsterdam to recommend to the Council for its approval
and adoption, rules, regulations and guidelines for sale of in rem
property to be sold at public auction.