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RESOLUTION
OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF
CLAY,
ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK PROVIDING FOR
THE HOLDING OF
A SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION OF THE
TOWN OF
CLAY, ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK FOR
QUESTION OF
APPROVING OR DISAPPROVING A LOCAL
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At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York, held at the Town Hall, 4401 State Route 31, Clay, New York, in said Town on the 7th, day of April 2008 at 7:30 P.M., Local Time,
The Meeting was called to order by Supervisor James J. Rowley, and upon the roll being called the following were present:
PRESENT: James J. Rowley Supervisor
Damien M. Ulatowski Councilman
Naomi R. Bray Councilwoman
William C. Weaver Councilman
Robert L. Edick Councilman
Joseph A. Bick Councilman
ABSENT: Clarence A. Rycraft Councilman
The following Resolutions were moved, seconded and passed, to wit:
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Clay has at a meeting duly called, held and conducted a public hearing on April 7th, 2008 adopting a resolution Abolishing the Clay Police Department, pursuant to Town Law Section 150(4), which does not take effect until a proposition for the approval thereof has been approved at a Special Election by qualified voters within the Town (excluding the Village of North Syracuse); and,
WHEREAS, this Town Board desires to call such a Special Election for said Town for submission of such proposition; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York as follows:
Section 1: A Special Election of the qualified electors of the Town of Clay, Onondaga County, shall be held on the 23rd day of June 2008, at the Clay Town Hall in said Town located at 4401 State Route 31, Clay, New York, for the purpose of voting upon a proposition with respect to the adoption of a Local Law of the Year 2008, referred to above. Voting shall be by machine and the polls at such Special Election shall be kept open between the hours of 12:00 o’clock noon to 9:00 P.M., Local Time.
Section 2: The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of such Special Election by publication in the Syracuse Post Standard and the Liverpool Review, newspapers in said Town, the first publication of such notice to be made at least ten (10) days prior to the time of such Special Election. In addition, the Town Clerk shall post or cause to be posted a copy of such notice on the signboard maintained pursuant to subdivision 6 of Section 30 of the Town Law at least ten (10) days prior to such election. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form, to wit:
Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special Election of the Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York, will be held for qualified electors in said Town solely at the Town Hall located at 4401 State Route 31, in Clay, New York on June 23rd, 2008. The polls will be kept open from 12:00 o’clock noon to 9:00 P.M., local time for the purposes of voting by machine on the adoption or rejection of a Local Law of the Year 2008 of the Town of Clay dated April 7th, 2008, a copy of which is on file at the office of the Town Clerk at Town Hall where it may be inspected during normal business hours.
The polls will be kept open for the purpose of voting by machine on substantially the form of the following, to-wit:
Shall the Town of Clay adopt
a Local Law of the Year 2008 Abolishing the Clay Police Department pursuant to
Section 150(4) of the NYS Town Law, and perform a Transfer of
Function/Consolidation of the Town Police Department with the Onondaga County
Sheriff’s Department, and further should the Town contract with Onondaga County
for the extension of additional Police Services within the Town of Clay as
proposed?
Note: The form of proposition appearing on the voting machine may be abbreviated due to space constraints.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that persons qualified to vote at such Special Election shall be qualified electors of the Town of Clay, Onondaga County (excluding the Village of North Syracuse) who shall vote at a single polling place of the new Clay Town Hall, located at 4401 State Route 31 in Clay, New York. This Special Election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable rules set forth in Election Law and Article 6 of the Town Law.
Dated: April 8th, 2008
BY
ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN
OF
CLAY, COUNTY OF ONONDAGA, NEW YORK
VIVIAN I. MASON, TOWN CLERK
Section 3: The poll workers will be selected from a list of election inspectors and one voting machine custodian to be designated by this Town Board for election purposes, pursuant to Election Law, to act as election inspectors and voting machine custodian for the Special Election to be held June 23rd, 2008.
Section 4: The persons selected for poll workers shall be paid the sum of One Hundred and 00/100 ($100.00) dollars each for their services.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect upon filing with the Town Clerk.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolutions were duly put to a vote on a roll call, which resulted as follows:
James J. Rowley Voting Yes
Damien A. Ulatowski Voting Yes
Naomi R. Bray Voting Yes
William C. Weaver Voting Yes
Robert L. Edick Voting Yes
Joseph A. Bick Voting Yes
The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
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SS.:
COUNTY OF ONONDAGA )
I,
the undersigned Clerk of the Town of Clay, in the County of Onondaga, New York
(the "Issuer"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
1.
That a meeting
of the Town Board of the Town of Clay was duly called, held and conducted on
the 7th day of April 2008.
2.
That such
meeting was a regular meeting.
3.
That attached
hereto is a proceeding of the Town of Clay, which was duly adopted at such
meeting by the Town Board of the Town of Clay.
4.
That such
attachment constitutes a true and correct copy of the entirety of such
proceeding as so adopted by said Town Board.
5.
That all
members of the Town Board of the Town of Clay had due notice of said meeting.
6.
That said
meeting was open to the general public in accordance with Section 103 of the
Public Officers Law, commonly referred to as the "Open Meetings Law".
7.
That notice of
said meeting of the Town Board was given PRIOR THERETO in the following
manner:
PUBLISHED notice in the Post Standard of such hearing at the meeting of April
7th, 2008 at 7:56 P.M., local time on March 26th, 2008 and March
27th, 2008.
POSTING on the bulletin board
located at the Clay Town Hall, 4401 State Route 31, and on the Town of Clay
website on the 26th day of March 2008 and remains there until the
next Agenda of the Clay Town Board is prepared.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the Town of Clay this 11th day of April, 2008.
S E A L)
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VIVIAN
I. MASON, TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN
OF
CLAY, COUNTY OF ONONDAGA, NEW YORK