[Adopted 8-24-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
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.[1] 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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Editor's Note: This article passed at referendum 11-7-2006.
This article shall supersede Town Law § 24 relating to the term of office for the Town Clerk of the Town of New Paltz.