[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
North Haven 8-24-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent to give the Village Board of Trustees the authority
to conduct meetings via videoconference in a manner consistent with
the Village’s videoconferencing policy and the authority granted
in Public Officers Law § 103-a.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to Public Officers Law § 103-a,
which expressly authorizes the Village Board to adopt a local law
giving the Village Board the authority to participate in meetings
via videoconference from locations not accessible to the public so
long as a quorum of the board/body participates from locations where
the public may be physically present and other conditions are met.
The Village Board of Trustees for the Village of North Haven
hereby authorizes members of the Village Board, the Village Planning
Board, the Village Zoning Board of Appeals and Village Architectural
Review Board to participate in meetings using videoconferencing technology
in a manner consistent with Public Officers Law § 103-a,
and the Village’s videoconferencing policy adopted by the Village
Board.
If any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this chapter
or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or
circumstance, shall be adjudicated by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
or part of this chapter or in its application to the person, individual,
firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State.
