Town of Hempstead, NY
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2023-05-09
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PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
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DIVISION 2: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
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Chapter 28 Department of Human Resources
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- DIVISION 1: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Enforcement of Ordinances
- Ch 3 Apprenticeship Training Programs for Town Contracts
- Ch 4 Local Laws: Adoption
- Ch 5 Access to History Records
- Ch 6 Liability of Town
- Ch 7 Elections on Propositions
- Ch 7A Reapportionment of Councilmanic Districts
- Ch 8 Tort Liability Reserve Fund
- Ch 9 Judgment Lien Protective Law
- Ch 10 Taxation: Partial Exemption of Real Property for Certain Persons With Limited Income
- Ch 10A Taxation: Partial Exemption for Members of Volunteer Fire Departments and Voluntary Ambulance Services
- Ch 10B Taxation: Veterans' Real Property Exemption
- Ch 10C Real Property Tax Relief for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 10D Superstorm Sandy Tax Relief
- Ch 11 Defense and Indemnification of Town Officers and Employees
- Ch 12 Taxation: Exemption for Improvements to Accommodate Disabled
- Ch 13 Continuity of Government
- Ch 14 Taxation: Exemption of Capital Improvements
- Ch 15 Compensation of Town Employees
- Ch 16 Councilmembers: Increase in Number
- Ch 17 Deputy Receiver of Taxes
- Ch 18 Board of Appeals
- Ch 19 Town Comptroller: Additional Powers
- Ch 20 Records Management
- Ch 21 Deputy Supervisor
- Ch 22 Waterways Improvement: Public Hearing on Benefit Assessments
- Ch 23 Community Residential Facilities
- Ch 24 Official Seal
- Ch 25 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Disabled Persons With Limited Incomes
- Ch 26 Taxation: Exemption for Gold Star Parents
- DIVISION 2: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
- Ch 27 Empire Zones
- Ch 28 Department of Human Resources
- § 28-1 Department established.
- § 28-2 Director of Human Resources.
- § 28-3 Duties and responsibilities of Director of Human Resources.
- § 28-4 Continuity.
- § 28-5 Personnel records.
- § 28-6 Services performed on behalf of employees.
- § 28-7 Transfer of Department.
- Ch 29 Merit Award Board
- Ch 30 Employment of Volunteer Workers
- Ch 31 Qualifications of Certain Town Officers
- Ch 32 Public Employee Relations
- Ch 33 Mass Mailing Restrictions
- Ch 34 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Grievance Procedure for Town Employees
- Ch 36 Whistleblower Protection Act
- Ch 37 Disciplinary Hearings
- Ch 38 Ethical Standards
- Ch 39 Governmental Transparency
- Ch 40 Salaries of Town Employees: Deductions
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 (Reserved)
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Health Insurance for Town Employees
- Ch 46 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 49 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 3: GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS
- Ch 50 Department of Industry and Commerce
- Ch 51 Department of Senior Enrichment
- Ch 52 Department of Buildings
- Ch 53 Department of Conservation and Waterways
- Ch 54 Department of Information and Technology
- Ch 55 Cemeteries
- Ch 56 Department of Civil Service
- Ch 57 Department of Parks and Recreation
- Ch 58 Department of Planning and Economic Development
- Ch 59 Department of Engineering
- Ch 60 Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Ch 61 Office of Tourism
- Ch 62 Department of Purchasing
- Ch 63 Department of Public Safety
- Ch 64 Department of Occupational Resources
- Ch 65 Compliance Officer
- Ch 66 Department of General Services
- Ch 67 Highway Department
- Ch 68 Department of Sanitation
- Ch 69 Department of Water
- DIVISION 4: WATER RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Ch 70 Department of Water, Rates and Regulations
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 72 Enforcement of Water Conservation
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program
- Ch 75 (Reserved)
- PART II: PUBLIC PLACES
- Ch 76 Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 77 Public Places, Regulation of
- Ch 78 Parks
- Ch 79 Protection of Housing Authority Properties
- Ch 80 Public Parking Fields
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 Shopping Carts Abandoned in Public Places
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- PART III: BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- Ch 84 Master Electricians
- Ch 85 Board of Architectural Review
- Ch 86 Building Construction Administration
- Ch 87 Dwelling Access
- Ch 88 Housing and Rehabilitation Code
- Ch 89 Elevator Inspection Procedure
- Ch 90 Dangerous Buildings and Structures
- Ch 91 Public Nuisances
- Ch 92 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 93 Maximum Fines for Violations of Building Zone Ordinance
- Ch 94 Emergency Lighting and Power
- Ch 95 Maintenance of Vacant Buildings
- Ch 96 Places of Public Assembly: Licensing
- Ch 97 Public Indecency
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Registration and Permitting of Property
- Ch 100 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 101 Temporary Moratorium in the Transit-Oriented Development District for North Lawrence and Inwood
- Ch 101A Temporary Moratorium in the Neighborhood Business Overlay District for North Lawrence and Inwood
- PART IV: BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT
- Ch 102 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 103 Bingo
- Ch 104 Games of Chance
- Ch 105 Special Events
- Ch 106 Clothing Bins
- Ch 107 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 109 Laundromat Refunds
- Ch 110 Gasoline Emergency Abatement
- Ch 111 Junk Dealers
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 Control and Regulation of Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 114 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 115 (Reserved)
- Ch 116 Open-Air Markets
- Ch 117 Parades
- Ch 118 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Riding Stables
- Ch 121 Smoking, Cannabis and Cbd
- Ch 122 Sunday Exhibitions
- Ch 123 (Reserved)
- Ch 124 Theaters and Theater Matrons
- Ch 125 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- PART V: GARBAGE, REFUSE AND NUISANCES
- DIVISION 1: GARBAGE AND RUBBISH
- Ch 128 Garbage and Rubbish
- Ch 129 Graffiti Control
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 131 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 2: USE OF PROPERTY
- Ch 132 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- Ch 133 Liquefied Petroleum Gases
- Ch 134 Portable Swimming Pools
- Ch 135 (Reserved)
- Ch 136 Trespassing
- Ch 137 (Reserved)
- Ch 138 Smoke
- Ch 139 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Earth and Soil Removal
- Ch 141 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 144 Unreasonable Noise
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 146 Hazardous Excavations
- Ch 147 (Reserved)
- Ch 148 Sandbanks, Pits and Quarries
- Ch 149 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 3: EXPLOSIVES
- Ch 150 Explosives
- Ch 151 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 4: DOGS AND CATS
- Ch 152 Animal Shelter and Control Division
- Ch 153 (Reserved)
- PART VI: CONSERVATION AND WATERWAYS
- Ch 154 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 155 Boats and Seaplanes
- Ch 156 Houseboats and Floating Homes
- Ch 157 Clams, Oysters or Worms
- Ch 158 (Reserved)
- Ch 159 Dredging
- Ch 160 Precautions Against Oil Spills
- Ch 161 Illicit Discharges
- Ch 162 (Reserved)
- Ch 163 Marinas and Docks
- Ch 164 Public Wetlands Preservation
- Ch 165 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 166 Shellfish
- Ch 167 Dune Protection Zone
- Ch 168 Structures in Waterways
- Ch 169 Swimming From Town Docks
- Ch 170 Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Ch 172 Intentional Release of Balloons
- PART VII: STREETS, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
- Ch 173 Abandoned Vehicles
- Ch 174 Abandonment of Vehicles During Snow Emergencies
- Ch 175 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 176 Roll-Off Containers
- Ch 177 Materials: Deposit
- Ch 178 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Bicycle Riding on Certain Structures
- Ch 180 Play Streets
- Ch 181 Sidewalks, Roads and Streets
- Ch 182 Streets: Construction of Curb Cuts and Driveway Entrances
- Ch 183 Tow Cars
- Ch 184 Tree Preservation
- Ch 185 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 186 Failure to Stop for School Buses
- Ch 187 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 (Reserved)
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 190 Vehicle Speed Limits
- Ch 191 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 Weight Restrictions: Commercial Vehicles
- Ch 193 (Reserved)
- Ch 194 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 Pavement Markings
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 197 Vehicular Use of Streets
- Ch 198 Tow-Away Zones
- Ch 199 Parking Fields, Private
- Ch 200 (Reserved)
- Ch 201 (Reserved)
- Ch 202 Parking
- Ch 203 (Reserved)
- Ch 204 (Reserved)
- Ch 205 (Reserved)
- Ch 206 (Reserved)
- Ch 207 (Reserved)
- APPENDIX
- Apx A221 Building Code Administration
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Comes from L.L.
No. 55-2002, adopted 8-13-2002, effective 8-19-2002.[1]]
GENERAL REFERENCES
For provisions relating to public employees and employee relations — See
Chapters 27 — 49.
For provisions relating to other governmental departments — See
Chapters 50 — 69.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch.
28, Department of Personnel, adopted 4-15-1969 by L.L. No. 10-1969,
effective 4-22-1969, as amended.
There is hereby established a Department of Human Resources
of the Town of Hempstead as a control agency for handling personnel
matters as hereinafter described.
The Town Board shall appoint a Director of Human Resources from
either the classified or unclassified rolls of the civil service,
who shall head the Department of Human Resources and who shall be
selected on the basis of his or her administrative experience and
qualifications commensurate with the duties of the office.
The Director of the Department of Human Resources shall be responsible
for all phases of personnel activity, including liaison between the
Town Board and Town department heads, and it shall be his or her duty
to:
A.
Supervise and direct the work of employees of the Department of Human
Resources.
B.
Maintain, perpetuate or establish a complete set of personnel files
of all offices and employees in the service of the Town. This shall
be in addition to the official roster record kept by the Civil Service
Commission of the Town of Hempstead.
C.
Prepare and publish a manual of practical procedures supplementing
the provisions of this chapter.
D.
Assist the Town Board and department heads in the formation of policy
concerning personnel.
E.
Assist all Town departments in the handling of grievances, disciplinary
matters and improper practice charges.
F.
Review all applications for employment in labor, noncompetitive and
exempt positions in all Town departments prior to submission to the
Town Civil Service Commission for its official action.
G.
Advise the Town Board, Supervisor and Comptroller on budgetary requirements
of department heads, with emphasis on personnel.
H.
Establish training procedures for the indoctrination of new employees
of various departments.
I.
Assist in the preparation of training material and manuals.
J.
Participate in state and local conferences concerning municipal employees
and employment.
K.
When warranted, prepare and recommend a comprehensive plan on the
subject of personnel for submission to the Town Board.
The existence of a Department of Human Resources of the Town
of Hempstead is hereby acknowledged and perpetuated as a Town department
under prevailing provisions of law.
The Department of Human Resources shall be the depository of
all personnel records of the Town officers and employees. This shall
be in addition to the official roster record kept by the Civil Service
Commission of the Town of Hempstead.
The Department of Human Resources shall set as a central agency
between municipal and private agencies and Town employees where services
are available in areas such as health and dental insurance and as
a bureau to arrange for the systematic participation of Town employees
in the purchase of government bonds and the withholding of a portion
of an employee's salary for various other purposes.
The Department of Personnel as it presently exists is hereby
transferred in its entirety, including all property, equipment and
budgetary appropriations, to the Department of Human Resources. The
employees of said department shall be continued as employees
in the Department of Human Resources, with the same classifications,
pension and retirement rights and privileges as they had immediately
prior to such transfer.
