[Adopted 1-5-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000]
The Town of Union has formed and established a Town-wide streetlighting district, including a dedicated fund to be used solely for providing streetlighting in the Town of Union. The Town of Union Streetlight Commission is established to receive and evaluate requests for changes, additions and deletions to the streetlighting provided in the Town of Union. The Commission shall be the body to receive and review requests from residents, property owners and other interested persons in the Town of Union and make recommendations to the Town Board regarding such requests. The Commission shall make such inquiries and solicit comment from such persons as it shall deem appropriate and necessary for evaluating any changes, additions or deletions to the streetlighting currently provided. The Commission shall not be limited solely to responding to inquiries or requests from individuals or other entities but shall also be authorized to recommend such changes, additions and deletions that it deems appropriate.
The duties of the Commission shall include:
A. 
Review and evaluation of all requests for changes to the current streetlighting, including requests for removal of lights, additional lights, changes or relocation to lights and submission of recommendations to the Town Board for such changes.
B. 
Evaluation of alternative methods for providing streetlighting.
C. 
Formulation of an annual calendar year budget for the streetlighting district and recommendation of a budget to the Town of Union Town Board.
A. 
The Town of Union Streetlight Commission shall be comprised of seven members who shall all be residents or taxpayers in the Town of Union. The members shall be appointed by the Town Board and shall serve two-year terms from January 1 of the year they are appointed to December 31 of the following year.
B. 
The terms of the members shall be staggered so that the term of three of the members shall expire on December 31 of one year and the term of the other four members shall expire on December 31 of the following year. Three of the original members appointed shall be appointed for a one-year term expiring December 31 of the year of their appointment and four of the original members shall be appointed for a two-year term expiring December 31 of the year following the year of their appointment.
C. 
Two of the members shall be residents or taxpayers of the Village of Johnson City. Two of the members shall be residents or taxpayers of the Village of Endicott. Three of the members shall be residents or taxpayers of the part of the Town of Union outside the Villages of Johnson City and Endicott.
D. 
One of the members shall be designated by the Town Board as the Chairperson. The Commission members shall select a Vice Chairperson and such other officers as they shall deem necessary.
A. 
The Commission shall hold its annual meeting in September of each year. The purpose of the annual meeting shall include consideration and adoption of a budget recommendation for the following calendar year, to be submitted to the Town of Union Comptroller and Town Board by September 30. The Commission may consider any other matter regarding the streetlighting district that it deems appropriate.
B. 
The Commission shall hold such other meetings as the members shall deem necessary or appropriate. Meetings shall be called by the Chairperson upon his or her own request or upon the request of any two Commission members.
C. 
The Commission shall establish such rules and procedures for its meetings as it shall deem appropriate.
D. 
Meetings of the Commission shall be held at the Town Hall of the Town of Union or at such other location within the Town as the members shall designate.
Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation.
The Town Comptroller, Town Attorney and Town Commissioner of Public Works shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission without voting rights. They shall provide such assistance as the Commission members shall from time to time request.