[Adopted 8-14-1991 by L.L. No. 12-1991]
A.
The Director of Purchasing is a Town officer position.
Pursuant to § 3 of the Public Officers Law and § 23
of the Town Law, a Town officer must be a resident of the Town. However,
pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 10(1)(ii)(a)(1),
the Town may adopt a local law in relation to the qualifications of
its officers and permit the Director of Purchasing to reside outside
the Town but within the County of Rockland. The provisions of § 3
of the Public Officers Law and § 23 of the Town Law as they
apply to residency of Town officers are not general laws but special
laws since said state law provisions have been amended to delete residency
requirements for various Town officers in other towns throughout the
state.
B.
Any person holding the position of Director of Purchasing
is authorized to reside outside the Town but within the County of
Rockland to be eligible to hold such position in the Town of Ramapo.
[Added 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 6-1998]
A.
The Director of Purchasing is a Town officer position.
Pursuant to § 20(3)(e) of the Town Law, the Director of
Purchasing shall have a term of two years. Further, the position of
Director of Purchasing is a position in the competitive class of the
classified service. Pursuant to the Civil Service Law, positions in
the competitive class hold permanent appointment without any term.
However, pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 10(1)(ii)(d)(3),
the Town Board, by local law, can supersede in its application to
it any provision of the Town Law relating to the property, affairs
or government of the Town, unless the State Legislature shall have
prohibited the adoption of such local law. The term of office is a
permissible subject of a local law. There is no state law prohibiting
the adoption of this article. The Town Board believes that since the
position of Director of Purchasing is within the competitive class
it should be a permanent appointment without a term.
B.
The position of Director of Purchasing in the Town
of Ramapo shall not have a term of office of two years.
