º 2011 Orleans County Roster ¸¹ - Town of Kendall
º 2011 Orleans County Roster ¸¹ - Town of Kendall
º 2011 Orleans County Roster ¸¹ - Town of Kendall
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RULES OF PROCEDURE<br />
Amended June 5, 1981, February 5, 1981, January 2, 1982, January 6, 1983, January 5,<br />
1984, January 2, 1986, September 9, 1987, January 13, 1988, January 20, 1988, April 13,<br />
1988, January 11, 1989, January 10, 1990, January 4, 1991, January 2, 1992, March 10,<br />
1993, January 6, 1994, January 26, 1994, January 10, 1996, January 28, 2004, January 11,<br />
2006, December 27, 2006, January 9, 2008, February 27, 2008, January 13,2010.<br />
1. Meetings<br />
The organizational meeting <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Orleans</strong> <strong>County</strong> Legislature shall be held at 4:30 p.m.<br />
on or before the eighth day <strong>of</strong> January, at which time the <strong>Orleans</strong> <strong>County</strong> Legislature<br />
shall organize and elect a Chairman and Vice-Chairman for a term <strong>of</strong> two years and a<br />
Clerk to hold <strong>of</strong>fice at the pleasure <strong>of</strong> the Legislature.<br />
The Legislature, at its organizational meeting or any meeting thereafter, may elect a<br />
Vice-Chairman who shall have and exercise all the powers and duties <strong>of</strong> the Chairman<br />
over <strong>County</strong> business at meetings and otherwise. Provided, however, that the Vice-<br />
Chairman shall only be authorized to act to the extent and for the period <strong>of</strong> time so<br />
designated by the Chairman in writing to the Clerk <strong>of</strong> the Legislature and the Vice-<br />
Chairman. Provided, further, that said designation by the Chairman <strong>of</strong> authority for the<br />
Vice Chairman shall only be given by the Chairman in the event the Chairman deems he<br />
is incapable <strong>of</strong> adequately conducting <strong>County</strong> affairs for a temporary period <strong>of</strong> time<br />
whether as a result <strong>of</strong> absence from the <strong>County</strong> or illness. The election <strong>of</strong> a Vice-<br />
Chairman shall coincide with the term <strong>of</strong> the Chairman.<br />
The regular meetings <strong>of</strong> the Legislature, after the said organizational meeting, shall be<br />
held on the second and fourth Wednesday <strong>of</strong> each month at 4:30 p.m. Any meeting may<br />
be adjourned to such date as may be fixed by the adjournment motion.<br />
Special meetings shall be held at the call <strong>of</strong> the Clerk upon direction <strong>of</strong> the Chairman or<br />
upon written request signed by a majority <strong>of</strong> the members <strong>of</strong> the Legislature. A notice<br />
in writing stating the time, place and purpose <strong>of</strong> the special meeting shall be sent 48<br />
hours before the date fixed for holding the meeting, or a member may waive the service<br />
<strong>of</strong> a notice for such meeting in writing signed by him. Only business specified in the<br />
notice may be transacted at a special meeting.<br />
Conference sessions <strong>of</strong> the Legislature shall be held no earlier than 2:30 p.m. in the<br />
afternoon on the days the Legislature meets for regular sessions.<br />
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