§ 40-5. Supersession and amendment of Village Law § 7-718.  


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  • A. 
    Subdivision 16 of § 7-718 of the Village Law, which section was last amended by Chapter 662 of the Laws of 2002, is hereby superseded and amended in its application to the Village of Upper Brookville to read, in part, as follows:
    § 7-718 Planning Board; creation; appointment.
    16.
    Alternate members.
    a.
    A Village Board of Trustees may, by local law or as a part of the local law creating the Planning Board, establish alternate Planning Board member positions for purposes of substituting for a member in the event such member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest or is otherwise absent. Alternate members of the Planning Board shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, for terms established by the Village Board of Trustees.
    b.
    The Chairperson of the Planning Board may designate an alternate member to substitute for a member when such member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest or is otherwise absent on an application or matter before the Board. When so designated, the alternate member shall possess all the powers and responsibilities of such member of the Board. Such designation shall be entered into the minutes of the initial Planning Board meeting at which the substitution is made.
    c.
    All provisions of this section relating to Planning Board member training and continuing education, attendance, conflict of interest, compensation, eligibility, vacancy in office, removal, and service on other boards, shall also apply to alternate members.
    B. 
    Pursuant to § 7-718, Subdivision 16, of the Village Law as amended above, the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Upper Brookville hereby establishes two positions of alternate members to the Planning Board, each position to have a one-year term.
Added 9-19-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006