[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 3-8-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as "Salaries and Compensation"
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTED OFFICIAL
The Town of Islip Supervisor, Town of Islip Councilman and/or Councilwoman, Islip Town Clerk and Town of Islip Receiver of Taxes.
In order to maintain an equitable basis for compensating the elected officials of the Town of Islip, the Town Board finds and determines that a permanent salary schedule should be established and set forth herein.
A. 
Commencing on January 1, 2017, the salary of all Town of Islip elected officials, as defined herein, shall be increased annually by an amount equal to the lesser of 4% or the amount of increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the New York - Northern New Jersey - Long Island Region published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor for the twelve-month period ending in June of the preceding year.
A. 
The Town Board hereby determines that it would be equitable to increase the salary of the Islip Town Clerk for the 2016 fiscal year.
B. 
Commencing on the effective date of this chapter, the annual salary for the Islip Town Clerk for the 2016 fiscal year shall be $85,000.
If any section, provision or part thereof in this chapter shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not so adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
This chapter shall not take effect until at least 45 days after its adoption, nor until approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the Town of Islip voting on a proposition for its approval if, within 45 days after its adoption, there is filed with the Islip Town Clerk a petition protesting against such law in conformity with the provisions of Municipal Home Rule Law § 24, Subdivision 2h, and upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State.