The alternate Planning Board member article shall apply to appointment, terms, functions and powers of alternate members appointed to serve on the Planning Board of the Village of Briarcliff Manor.
As a result of recusals by Board members or other reasons which may keep a member of the Planning Board from participating in the consideration of a specific matter before such Board, official business may not always be able to be conducted and may delay or impede adherence to required timelines. The use of alternate members in such instances is hereby authorized pursuant to the provisions of this article.
A. 
This article provides a process for appointing one alternate member to the Planning Board to serve when a member has recused himself or herself or is otherwise precluded from consideration of a matter or is absent or otherwise unable to participate at a meeting of the Board.
B. 
The alternate member shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a term of one year.
C. 
An alternate member shall have all of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a member of the Planning Board. When an alternate member is voting or counting toward the calculation or composition of a quorum, that circumstance shall be noted in the minutes of the Board meeting.
D. 
All provisions of state law relating to Planning Board member eligibility, vacancy in office, removal, compatibility of office and service on other boards, as well as any provision of a local law relating to Planning Board members, shall also apply to alternate members.
E. 
An alternate member shall attend meetings of the Planning Board, including work sessions, regular meetings, and executive sessions, shall sit with and participate in all deliberations of the Board on all matters, and subject to § 45-7F below shall substitute for a member who has recused himself or herself or is otherwise precluded from consideration of a matter or is absent or otherwise unable to participate at a meeting of the Board, but an alternate member shall not vote or count towards the calculation or composition of a quorum unless he or she is substituting for a member.
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An alternate member who is substituting for a member pursuant to this article may vote and count towards the calculation and composition of a quorum on all matters and issues except, however, such alternate may only vote and count towards the calculation and composition of a quorum on subdivision applications if such alternate has attended a majority of meetings held thereon.
This article is hereby adopted pursuant to the provisions of § 10 of the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law and § 10 of the New York State Statute of Local Governments. It is the intent of the Village Board of Trustees, pursuant to § 10 of the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law, to supersede the provisions of § 7-718 of the Village Law relating to the appointment of members to the Village Planning Board.