A Public Hearing will be held at 6:30 pm on August 3, 2022, at the City Hall of the City of Rensselaer located at 62 Washington Street, Rensselaer, New York, so as to the allow the Common Council to hear Public Comment on proposed Local Law No. 4 of 2022.
Local Law 4 of 2022:
ARTICLE I. INTENT: This Local Law shall be known as Local Law No. 4 of 2022, and shall amend Title II, Section 11, of the Charter of the City of Rensselaer, New York, relating to the Eligibility of Elective City Officers. This Local Law amends and supersedes all previously adopted Local Laws concerning such Eligibility of Elective City Officers of the City of Rensselaer. The purpose of this Local Law is to update Section 11 of the City Charter to remove the requirement that non-elective appointed City Officers reside in the geographic confines of the City of Rensselaer. The intent of this Local Law is to make more qualified individuals available for appointment to non-elective positions in the City of Rensselaer so as to more effectively accomplish necessary City functions.
ARTICLE II. LEGISLATIVE ACTION : The Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, New York, hereby amends Article II, Section 11, of the Charter of the City of Rensselaer, New York, so as to read as follows:
§ 11. Eligibility of elective city officers; residency requirement.
No person shall be elected or appointed to any elective city office unless at the time of his or her election or appointment he or she be of full age and a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city, nor elected or appointed to any elective ward office, unless at the time of his or her election or appointment he or she be a resident of the ward for which he or she is elected or appointed; and whenever any such officer of said city shall cease to be a resident of the city or of the ward for which he or she was elected or appointed, such office shall thereupon become vacant.
No person shall at one time hold more than one elective office under the City government, or two or more elective positions under City, County, or State Government. Upon the acceptance by an elected officer of a second elective office, the first elective office shall become vacant