The Town Board finds that regular meeting attendance
by all appointed board members will advance the public interest, is
critical to the proper function and to timely and reasoned action
on applications submitted to the boards. Accordingly, regular meeting
attendance is a condition of the appointment of each board member
and a condition for continuing in office.
This article shall apply to all members of the
following boards:
C. Environmental Conservation Commission (Environmental
Review Board).
The following is hereby established as the minimum
meeting attendance requirements: No board member shall be absent without
permission of the Chairperson of the board for more than three successive
meetings or more than four meetings in any one calendar year. The
Chairperson of each respective board shall obtain permission from
the Town Supervisor for absences. Neither the respective Chairperson
nor the Supervisor shall give permission for absences unless such
absence is due to illness, temporary employment duties, family emergency
or similar situation. As used herein, the word "meeting" applies to
any regular, workshop, or special meeting of the member's board.
The Town Board shall have the power, after the
opportunity for a hearing, to remove any board member for noncompliance
with the minimum requirements established herein.