[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Quogue 3-21-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administrator — See Ch. 9.
Building Inspector — See Ch. 15.
Defense and indemnification — See Ch. 22.
Elections — See Ch. 27.
Code of ethics — See Ch. 31.
Ordinance Enforcement Officer — See Ch. 42.
Police Department — See Ch. 47.
A. 
The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees shall take place at 8:00 p.m. on the first Friday in the month following the annual election or at such other time and date as shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 3-20-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
B. 
The Board shall hold other regular and special meetings at such times and places as it shall, by resolution, provide from time to time.
C. 
Special meetings may also be called by the Mayor or by any three trustees by causing a written notice, specifying the time and place thereof, to be served upon each member of the Board, personally, at least one hour before the time of the meeting, or by leaving a notice at his residence or place of business with some person of suitable age and discretion, at least 24 hours before the time of the meeting, or by mailing such notice at least 48 hours before such meeting. When all members are present, a meeting may be held at any time without prior notice.
D. 
Any meeting may be adjourned to a later date, but not for more than three weeks.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may designate a newspaper having circulation in the Village as the official newspaper of the Village. Such designation shall continue until revoked or until a different newspaper is so designated.
A. 
The Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may employ an attorney and pay him a reasonable compensation. Such Village Attorney may also be employed from time to time to attend to any other legal matters not included in the original compensation and pay him for such services. Such compensation shall be in addition to the Village Attorney's annual compensation and shall be a legal charge against the Village.
B. 
The Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may also, from time to time as necessity requires, employ an attorney other than the one regularly employed to perform any special service for the Village and pay a reasonable compensation therefor, and the expense may be a legal charge against the Village.
A. 
The Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may employ an engineer and pay him a reasonable compensation. Such Village Engineer may instead be employed from time to time to attend to engineering matters and may also be employed to attend to any other engineering matters not included in the original compensation and shall be paid for such services. Such compensation shall be in addition to the Village Engineer's annual compensation and shall be a legal charge against the Village.
B. 
The Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, may also, from time to time as necessity requires, employ an engineer other than the one regularly employed to perform any special service for the Village and pay a reasonable compensation therefor, and the expense may be a legal charge against the Village.
[Amended 3-20-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
The Board of Trustees shall designate, by resolution, banks or trust companies for the deposit of all moneys received by the Treasurer, Clerk or other persons designated to receive moneys in behalf of the Village. Any such depository in which funds of the Village are deposited shall provide the bonds, certificates or notes of the United States of America or any obligation fully guaranteed or insured as to interest and principal by the United States of America, acting through an agency, subdivision, department or division thereof, or obligations of the State of New York or of the Village of Quogue, or such other obligations as may be authorized by law for such purpose, as security for the funds deposited. Such bonds, certificates or notes shall be subject to the approval of and shall be deposited in such place and held under such conditions as such Treasurer may determine.
[Added 6-17-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
A. 
Pursuant to § 103-a of the New York State Public Officers Law, the Village's public bodies (as such term is used in such section) are authorized to hold meetings using videoconferencing technology in a manner consistent with Public Officers Law § 103-a and written procedures governing member and public attendance to be established by such public body as provided in § 103-a Subdivision 2(b) of the Public Officers Law and conspicuously posted on such public body's section of the Village of Quogue website.
B. 
Such written procedures governing member and public attendance shall be consistent with the Public Officers Law § 103-a and may be amended or modified from time to time by such public body as it may deem necessary or desirable.
C. 
Nothing herein shall require any public body to utilize videoconferencing technology. Rather, the decision to use videoconferencing technology at any meeting or meetings shall be discretionary on the part of such public body.