[Adopted 8-16-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
This article is enacted pursuant to the authority contained
in 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 2002, and shall apply to the person elected to such office at the biennial Town election to be held on November 6, 2001, and to those elected thereafter, provided a proposition submitted pursuant to § 11-25 below is approved.
This article is adopted subject to a mandatory referendum and
shall be submitted for approval of the qualified voters of the Town
of Penfield at the general election to be held on November 7, 2000.
A proposition in the following form shall be included on the ballot
at such election, and the increased term of office shall not take
effect unless such proposition is approved by a majority of the qualified
voters voting thereon: "Shall Local Law No. 5-2000, increasing the
term of office of the Town Clerk from two years to four years, be
approved?"
This article shall supersede Town Law § 24, relating
to the term of office for the Town Clerk of the Town of Penfield.
