The government of the Town shall comprise four branches, as follows:
A. 
The executive branch shall consist of:
(1) 
The Supervisor, except to the extent he performs legislative or other functions as a member of the Town Board.
(2) 
The Engineering Department, Police Department, Assessment Department, Building Department and Senior Citizens' Department.
(3) 
The central management departments created by this chapter.
(4) 
Any other departments heretofore existing or hereafter created and designated by this chapter or any other local law or by resolution of the Town Board as being part of the executive branch.
(5) 
All other offices or agencies of the Town government performing executive or administrative functions, except those expressly included within the legislative, judicial or special agencies branches.
B. 
The legislative branch shall consist of the Town Board and any officers or employees designated under this chapter or any other law to serve the Town Board in the performance of its legislative functions other than those officers or employees expressly included in the special agencies branch.
C. 
The judicial branch shall consist of:
(1) 
The Town Justices.
(2) 
The Clerk of the Town Justice Court.
(3) 
The civil officers.
(4) 
The Traffic Violations Bureau.
(5) 
Any other officers or employees appointed under an act of the Legislature or a local law to assist in the performance of the functions of the Town Justices or perform other functions assigned to the judicial branch.
D. 
The special agencies branch shall consist of boards, commissions, committees, councils, bureaus, officers or other agencies of the Town which, by reason of the nature of their functions or responsibilities, their elective status or their statutory status, enjoy a special measure of autonomy from the supervision of the Town Board, Supervisor or Town Justices. The special agencies branch shall include the following, together with their subordinate units, officers and employees:
(1) 
The Town Clerk.
(2) 
The Town Superintendent of Highways.
(3) 
Refuse Control Officer.[1]
[Added 4-16-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D(3), the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments, was repealed 6-16-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997. This local law, which was passed at a mandatory referendum held 8-19-1997, also transferred the powers and duties of the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments to the office of the Town Clerk and repealed L.L. No. 1-1997, adopted 4-7-1997.
(4) 
The Board of Assessment Review.
(5) 
The Town Comptroller.
(6) 
The Town Attorney.
(7) 
The Board of Appeals.
(8) 
The Planning Board.
(9) 
The Traffic and Safety Board.
(10) 
The Recreation Commission.
(11) 
The Town of Amherst Youth Bureau.
(12) 
The Narcotics Guidance Council.
(13) 
The Citizens' Industrial Advisory Committee.
(14) 
The Conservation Advisory Council.
(15) 
The Senior Citizens' Advisory Council.
(16) 
The Town of Amherst Industrial Development Agency.
(17) 
The Old Amherst Colony Museum Park Board of Regents Trustees.
(18) 
The Board of Trustees of the Town Library.
(19) 
The Board of Plumbing and Drainage examiners.
(20) 
Such other boards, commissions, committees, councils, bureaus, officers or other agencies previously or hereafter established which shall be designated by local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town Board as belonging to the special agencies branch.
A. 
In addition to the central management departments created under Article IV, the Town Board may, by local law, create separate departments within any of the branches of Town government for the performance of particular functions. The Town Board may, by local law, modify, consolidate or abolish departments and reassign their functions.
B. 
Except as otherwise provided by § 4-6, the Town Board may, by local law or resolution, create divisions within any department and may modify, consolidate or abolish such divisions and reassign their functions; provided, however, that any such modification, consolidation or abolition shall be by local law if it affects a division or divisions theretofore established by local law.
C. 
The divisions may be designated as such or as "bureaus" or "sections" or by any other appropriate terms.