No person shall be deemed ineligible to hold a Village office by virtue of his/her nonresidence within the Village of Ballston Spa, provided that he/she resides within Saratoga County.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ballston Spa as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-27-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
This article shall be retroactive as well as prescriptive in its operation. Any person residing in Saratoga County who hitherto has simultaneously both held a Village office and been a nonresident of the Village of Ballston Spa is hereby retroactively qualified to hold such office.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The position held by any appointed officers enumerated in Subdivision 1 of § 3-301 of the New York State Village Law.
A.
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Village by Municipal Home Rule Law § 10, Subdivision 1(ii)e(3), it is hereby declared that this Article changes, amends and supersedes Subdivision 1 and 2 of the New York State Village Law § 3-300 (being known also as Subsections 1 and 2 of § 3-300 of Article 3 of Chapter 892 of the Laws of New York of 1972, as amended thereafter from time to time) and, to the greatest extent the Village is empowered to do so, changes, amends and supersedes Subdivision 1 of § 3 of the New York State Public Officers Law, (being known as chapter 51 of the Laws of New York of 1909) and any other general law like import.
B.
Except to the extent hereby changed, amended and superseded, the aforesaid general laws shall remain in full force and effect.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Standard Work Day, adopted 11-10-1997, which immediately followed, was repealed 12-26-2011. Standard work day guidelines for elected and appointed officials, as amended from time to time by resolution, are on file in the Village offices.
[Adopted 3-27-2023 by L.L. No. 1-2023]
The official year of the Village of Ballston Spa, New York, shall begin at 12:00 noon on the first day of January and end on the first day of each January thereafter, commencing on the first day of January 2024.
The term of office of the Mayor shall be for four official years, commencing at 12:00 noon on the first day of January following the November election and terminating at 12:00 noon on the first day of the fourth January thereafter.
The term of office of each Trustee hereafter elected pursuant to this article shall be four official years, commencing at 12:00 noon on the first day of January following their respective elections and terminating at 12:00 noon on the first day of the fourth January thereafter.
The term of office of each Village Justice hereafter elected pursuant to this article shall be four official years commencing at 12:00 noon on the first day of January following the election and terminating at 12:00 noon on the first day of the fourth January thereafter.
[Amended 1-27-2025 by L.L. No. 1-2025]
The annual organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be held at any time after the beginning of the official year and before the second Monday of the official year. At or before the last regular meeting in December of the prior official year, the Village Board shall determine the date, time, and location of the meeting. Absent a prior-approved motion by the Board of Trustees setting such meeting for a specific date, time, and/or available location, the Mayor shall set the meeting for a date, time, and location as soon as practicable, with such date following the start of the official year. Such meeting shall be noticed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of New York and shall be known as the "organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees."
This article is intended to supersede the provisions of Village Law § 3-302 to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith.