Town of Charlton

Saratoga County

Town Board

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

December 27, 2006

 

7:00PM

 

The Public Hearing of the Town Board of Charlton, Saratoga County, New York held at 7:00PM at the Charlton Town Hall, called to order by Supervisor Grattidge.

 

Present:  Supervisor Grattidge, Councilman Gardner, Councilman Lippiello, Councilman Salisbury and Councilman Verola

 

Others Present:  Town Attorney Robert VanVranken, Lindsey Clute

 

The Legal Notice was published in the Official newspaper, The Daily Gazette on December 14. 2006.  The notice was placed on the Town Hall Bullet Board and the Town of Charlton Web Site.  

 

The legal notice was read by the Town Clerk:

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF CHARLTON

 

Please take notice that a Local Law has been introduced by the Town Board of the Town of Charlton at the Town Board Meeting December 11, 2006 as follows:

 

A LOCAL LAW INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP ON THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF CHARLTON FROM FIVE TO SEVEN, TO TAKE EFFECT

JANUARY 1, 2007.

 

The current Planning Board of the Town of Charlton has six members.  Local Law no. 2 of 2005 as enacted by the Town Board reduced the membership of the Charlton Planning Board from seven members to five members, an which five member Board was to become effect January 1, 2007.  The Town Board received recommendation from the Planning Board to restore the membership of such Planning Board from five members to seven members.  This request and recommendation is based on several factors, including current work load of the Planning Board, assignment of membership to review individual projects and to made recommendations of the full Planning Board and scheduling concerns that might be negatively affected by a reduction in the membership to five.

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing upon said Local Law will be held at the Town Hall, 784 Charlton Road, New York, on the 27 day of December, 2006, at 7:00 o’clock PM. and that an opportunity to be heard in regard to such proposed Local Law will then and there be given.

 

Heather Scribner

Charlton Town Clerk

 

Dated: December 14, 2006

 

The Town Board received a copy of proposed Local Law No. 4.

 

LOCAL LAW NO.4 OF 2006

 

      A LOCAL LAW INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP

         ON THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE

     TOWN OF CHARLTON FROM FIVE TO SEVEN,

       TO TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2007.

 

            Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, as follows:

 

Section 1.  Title and Authority. 

 

            This local law shall be known as the “Local Law Increasing the Membership on the Planning Board of the Town of Charlton from Five to Seven, to Take Effect January 1, 2007”.  It is adopted pursuant to the authority of Article 2, Article 3 and Article 10 of the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law.

 

Section 2.  Purpose. 

 

            The current Planning Board of the Town of Charlton has six members.  Local Law No. 2 of 2005 as enacted by the Town Board reduced the membership of the Charlton Planning Board from seven members to five members, and which five member Board was to become effective January 1, 2007.  The Town Board has received a recommendation from the Planning Board to restore the membership of such Planning Board from five members to seven members.  This request and recommendation is based on several factors, including current work load of the Planning Board, assignment of membership to review individual projects and to make recommendations to the full Planning Board and scheduling concerns that might be negatively affected by a reduction in the membership to five.

 

Section 3.  Current Membership Status.

 

            The current Planning Board of the Town of Charlton has six members serving terms of staggered expiration dates beyond December 31, 2006.  One member of the Board, whose term expires December 31, 2006 had resigned effective November 1, 2005  The Town Board appointed a member to fill the unexpired term of former Planning Board member Deborah Herrin and which term is set to expire December 31, 2006.  This information is set forth in Local Law No. 2 of 2005.

 

Section 4.  Seven Member Board.

 

            The Town Board of the Town of Charlton hereby increases the membership on the Town of Charlton Planning Board from five to seven, and which shall take effect on and after January 1, 2007.  This Local Law hereby revokes Local Law No. 2 of 2005 with respect to the total membership of the Charlton Planning Board.

 

            The Town Board further confirms that it will appoint sufficient members necessary to create a seven member Planning Board and which appointments will occur at the organizational meeting of the Town Board currently scheduled for January, 2007.

 

Section 5.  Severability. 

 

            The provisions of this local law are severable and the invalidity of a particular provision shall not invalidate any other provision.

 

Section 6.  Effective Date. 

 

            This law shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State.

 

I certify that this is a true and exact copy of this original as passed by the Town Board of the Town of Charlton on December 27, 2006.

 

Heather Scribner

Charlton Town Clerk

 

 

 

PRIVLAGE OF THE FLOOR

 

Ms. Clute stated that it sounds like a good idea to increase the member of the Planning Board size.

 

Councilman Comments

 

Councilman Lippiello stated when we passed this law initially, one our thoughts were that we would live with the 5 member Planning Board size for a year, after working with a reduced size and evaluating it the town board decided to replace the Planning Board five member board with a seven member board again.

 

Everyone had the opportunity to speak who wished, the meeting was adjourned at 7:03pm.

 

Respectfully Submitted

 

Heather Scribner

Charlton Town Clerk