[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Wawayanda 10-6-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Pursuant to Article 2-B, § 27, of
the Executive Law of the State of New York, providing for state and
local natural and man-made disaster preparedness and for the continuity
of local government in connection therewith and specifically in the
absence or incapacity of the Supervisor by reason of any such disaster,
the Town of Wawayanda establishes the following line of succession:
A.
Any reference to the "chief executive officer" shall
be defined as the duly elected Supervisor of the Town.
B.
In the absence or incapacity of the Supervisor, the
duly designated Deputy Supervisor shall be deemed the chief executive
officer.
C.
In the absence or incapacity of both the Supervisor
and Deputy Supervisor, then the member of the Town Board having the
most seniority as an elected member of the Town Board shall temporarily
assume the office of the chief executive officer of the Town until
the return of the Supervisor or Deputy Supervisor. The seniority of
the Town Board members shall be kept on file by the Town Clerk and
shall be revised and updated annually within 30 days after the first
Town Board meeting each year.
