One (1) Supervisor for each ward shall continue
to represent each of the six (6) wards on the County Board of Supervisors.
The City Court shall continue to exist and have
all of the powers possible for a City Court to now have, or in the
future to have, under the Constitution and laws of the State of New
York, as fully and completely as though they were enumerated in this
Charter. The Assistant Judge of City Court shall be appointed in accordance
with Chapter 335 of the Laws of 1951.
[Amended 9-16-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
A. The City of Gloversville hereby elects to change the
form of its current Civil Service Administration.
B. The City of Gloversville hereby elects to eliminate
the current Civil Service Board, Commission and Administration.
C. The City of Gloversville hereby elects to have the
County of Fulton administer its Civil Service Administration.
In any case founded upon tort, a notice of claim
shall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of
an action or special proceeding against the city or any officer or
employee thereof, and the provisions of Article 4 of the General Municipal
Law shall govern the giving of such notice and the commencement of
such actions or proceedings.
No civil action shall be brought or maintained
against the City of Gloversville, and the city shall not be liable,
for any damage or injury to person or property sustained in consequence
of any street, highway, alley, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk
or any public place being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous,
or obstructed, or in consequence of the existence or accumulation
of snow or ice thereon unless notice in writing of the existence of
such condition, relating to the particular place, had heretofore actually
been served upon the City Clerk at least 24 hours before the happening
of the casualty from which such damage or injury may have resulted,
and there had been failure or neglect on the part of said city to
cause such condition to be corrected, or such snow or ice to be removed,
or the place otherwise made reasonably safe within a reasonable time
after the receipt of such notice. Said requirement of written notice
shall be strictly construed. The City Clerk shall maintain the record
of notices in accordance with Article 4 of the General Municipal Law.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be held to revive any claim
or cause of action now barred by any existing requirement or statute
of limitation, nor to waive any existing limitation now applicable
to any claim or cause of action against the city.
Except as otherwise provided by this Charter,
removal and other disciplinary proceedings regarding officers and
employees of the city under civil service shall be governed by the
Civil Service Law.
All moneys shall be deposited by the Commissioner
of Finance in a bank or banks duly designated by the Common Council
as depository therefor; except that any funds not currently needed
may be invested by the Commissioner of Finance in any manner permitted
by this Charter or by law.
Within one year following the completion of
any federal decennial census, the Common Council shall reapportion
the wards of the city as authorized by the Municipal Home Rule Law.