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Editor's Note: Former §§ C-92, Officers and employees; C-93, Transfer of functions, powers and duties; C-94, Powers of abolished positions or agencies; and C-95, Transfer of records and property, were repealed 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
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All laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations and parts thereof relating to or affecting the City when this Charter takes effect, to the extent to which they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter and no further, are hereby repealed and superseded. All other laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations and parts thereof shall continue in force until the same are repealed, amended, modified or superseded.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, pertaining to Articles and sections of the Charter to remain in effect until the adoption of an Administrative Code, was repealed 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
A. 
This Charter shall take effect on the first day of January 1984.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, pertaining to the budget for fiscal year beginning January 1, 1984, was repealed 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
If any section, clause or provisions of this Charter shall be held unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective in whole or in part, or inapplicable to any person or situation, it is the purpose and intent of this Charter that all other sections, clauses and provisions thereof shall nevertheless be separably and fully effective, and that the application of any such section, clause or provision to other persons or situations shall not be affected. This Charter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its objectives and purposes.
[Amended 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
This Charter may be amended in the manner provided by law.
[Amended 9-10-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007; 11-10-2014 by Ord. No. 16-2014; 11-13-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2018]
The Mayor and City Council, shall either appoint a Charter Review Commission or place on the ballot the election of a Charter Review Commission no later than December 31, 2023, and immediately following each six-year period thereafter. Should the appointment/election of a Charter Review Commission not occur by December 31, 2023, or in six-year periods immediately thereafter, all powers of the City vested in City Council pursuant to the Charter shall be vacated other than to cause the establishment of a Charter Review Commission, at which time vacated powers shall be restored. Such appointed or elected Commission shall consist of 12 qualified voters of the City of Ogdensburg. It shall be the duty of said Commission to review the Charter in light of current needs and trends and make recommendations to the City Council.
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Editor's Note: Former § C-101, Abolished boards, commissions and offices, was repealed 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
[Amended 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 9-10-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
The terms of office of all individuals appointed to boards or commissions as provided in this Charter for which dates stating a term of office are not established by New York State law shall commence on the first day of January next following their appointment, except as otherwise provided herein. When the term of any elective or appointive office shall be for a year or a series of years, such term of office shall be computed from the first day of January. For the purpose of determining when the term of such office shall end, the year in which the appointee shall take office shall be deemed to be the entire year, although such appointee may not have taken office until after such calendar year shall have begun, so that the terms of office of all such appointees shall terminate at the end of the calendar year.
This Charter shall be known and may be cited as the "Ogdensburg City Charter."
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Editor's Note: Former § C-104, Referendum, was repealed 3-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.