This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions
of § 10(l)(ii)(d)(3) of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the
State of New York.
The term of office of the elected Town Clerk
shall be four years. Such four-year term shall commence as of the
first day of January following the first biennial Town election at
which a person is elected to such office. Thereafter, the Town Clerk
shall be elected for terms of four years.
This article is adopted subject to a mandatory
referendum and shall be submitted for approval of the qualified voters
of the Town of New Paltz at the general election to be held on November
7, 2006. A proposition in the following form shall be included
on the ballot at such general Town election, and the increased term
of office shall not take effect unless such proposition is approved
by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon:
Shall Local Law No. 5 of the Year 2006, entitled
"A Local Law Increasing the Term of Office of the Town Clerk from
Two (2) Years to Four (4) Years” be approved?
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This article shall supersede Town Law § 24
relating to the term of office for the Town Clerk of the Town of New
Paltz.