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LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES\SET PUBLIC HEARING\Highway Superintendent—Salary hicrease— 11-2-15
RESOLUTION SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING ON
LOCAL LAW NO. _ OF 2015 INCREASING SALARY OF
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT FOR 2016 FISCAL YEAR
RESOLUTION NO.: , 2015
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board believes it would be in the best interests of the
Town to increase the salary of the Town Highway Superintendent to an amount in excess of the
amount specified in the notice of public hearing on the Town's preliminary budget which was
duly published pursuant to Town Law §108, and
WHEREAS, Town Law §27 authorizes the Town Board to increase the salary of certain
elected officials of the Town, including the Highway Superintendent, to an amount in excess of
the amount specified in the notice of public hearing on the preliminary budget for not more than
one fiscal year by adoption of a Local Law pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law, and
WHEREAS, proposed Local Law No. of 2015 has been prepared which would
accomplish this change, and
WHEREAS, under Municipal Home Rule Law §20, no Local Law may be passed until a
Public Hearing has been held,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the
Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 16'h
2015 to consider proposed Local Law No.: of 2015 and to hear all interested persons, and at that
time may take any other actions authorized by law concerning proposed Local Law No.: of 2015;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to
publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing concerning proposed Local Law No. of 2015 in the
manner provided by law.
Duly adopted this 2"d day of November, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES
NOE S
AB SENT :
LOCAL LAWS&ORDINANCES\Highway Superintendent Salary Increase—November 2015
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
LOCAL LAW NO. - 2015
A LOCAL LAW INCREASING SALARY
OF TOWN HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
FOR 2016 FISCAL YEAR
Be it Enacted by the Queensbury Town Board as follows:
Section 1. Intent, Authority — The purpose of this Local Law is to increase the salary of the
Town Highway Superintendent for the 2016 fiscal year. It is adopted pursuant to New York
Town Law §27 and Municipal Home Rule Law §10. In particular, Town Law §27 authorizes the
Town Board to increase the salary of certain elected officials of the Town, including the
Highway Superintendent, to an amount in excess of the amount specified in the notice of public
hearing on the preliminary budget for not more than one fiscal year by adoption of a Local Law
pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.
Section 2. Increase of salary — The salary of the Town Highway Superintendent is hereby
increased from $67,161, the amount which was specified in the notice of hearing on the
preliminary budget of the Town for the year 2016, to $68,504 for the fiscal year which begins
January 1, 2016.
Section 3. Repealer; Supersession —All Local Laws or Ordinances or parts of Local Laws or
Ordinances in conflict with any part of this Local law are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Severability —The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph or provision of this
Local Law shall not invalidate any other clause, sentence,paragraph or part thereof.
Section 5. Effective Date—This Local Law shall be subject to permissive referendum and shall
not become operative or effective unless and until 45 days have elapsed after its adoption and no
petition protesting against this Local Law has been filed with the Town Clerk or, if such a
petition is filed, a proposition for the approval of this Local Law has been submitted and
received the affirmative vote of a majority of the voters voting thereon. If no petition is timely
filed or if a petition is filed and this Local Law is approved, it shall take effect upon filing by the
office of the New York Secretary of State.