[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Chatham 1-16-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "A Local Law Creating the Position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Town Supervisor With the Policy Influencing/Confidential Designation, To Be a Position in the Exempt Class of the Classified Service and Authorizing the Supervisor of the Town of Chatham To Appoint an Individual Who Has Not Taken the Civil Service Examination to the Position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Supervisor To Serve at the Pleasure of the Supervisor" of the Town of Chatham, New York.
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Enacting clause. The Town Board of the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia, pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law and the New York State Civil Service Law § 41(c), hereby ordains, enacts, and publishes this chapter.
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Pursuant to Civil Services Law § 41(c), one secretary of each municipal board or commission authorized by law to appoint a secretary shall be in the exempt class.
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The Town of Chatham hereby deems the position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Supervisor, with the policy influencing/confidential designation, to be in the exempt class pursuant to Civil Services Law § 41(c).
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Positions placed in the exempt class constitute an exception to the constitutional mandate that all positions as far as practicable must be filled only after competitive examinations. Pursuant to the Rules for the Classified Service of the Department of Civil Service set forth in 6 NYCRR § 2.l, positions in the exempt class, other than unskilled labor positions, are those for which competitive or noncompetitive examinations or other qualification requirements are not practicable.
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Appointment. The Supervisor of the Town Board of the Town of Chatham is hereby authorized to appoint an individual who has not taken the civil service examination to the position of Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Supervisor.
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This chapter is expressly adopted pursuant to the relevant sections of the New York State Town Law and the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law.
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In the event any section or provision of the chapter contained herein or as amended hereafter shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.