Quoted from 1630

THIS has been a Democratic Seat for 60 years and everyone knows it shall REMAIN one. It is Eunice's seat and she would not endorse or condone anyone but Diane Marco who is the jewel of Rotterdam ----occupying it.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

the Office of Town Clerk  may be appointive or elected -- but the Office of Town Clerk itself can NOT be abolished

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

also -- did you know that state law allows a town to have a town board of 3 members, 5 members or 7 members  ??????      In theory, we could drop two seats and save some money -- but I am not suggesting that.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Personally, I would prefer to elect our town board members from single-member districts -- so that every part of the town would have representation on the board ....  but I am not sure that state law would allow us to  do that.

Quoted from RightOn15

what law...there is only law of Rotterdam....more seats on council would be more effective....more heads to brainwash...could be very tiring....there are laws of work ethics...but who follows them...and how many on the TB really understand what is put in front of them as a resolution...yadda    yadda     yadda...

Quoted from RightOn15

this position is becoming more important than the President......let's get on with the real issues...

Quoted from 1251

Laws can be changed.  

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Quoted from bumblethru

Yes they can be changed. And they can be changed by 'we the people'. Ya wanna change the clerks office to appointed instead of elected? The residents have to join forces and put together a permissive referendum. Get the signatures and it goesup for a vote in the town....simple as that!

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

the Town Clerk is an elective office .. because the state law requires that .. the town can not abolish the Town Clerk's Office.

If Rotterdam did not have an elected Receiver of Taxes, the duties of that office would devolve to the Town Clerk  ... according to state law.

Quoted Text

This brief describes the functions and legal background on the several local offices for
which the Commission proposes change. However, the type of change that is being
recommended varies. Many offices are proposed to be converted from elective to
appointive statewide; for other positions, we are recommending greater flexibility for
counties to convert the positions to appointive. The Commission is recommending the
following changes.
The following administrative positions should be converted from elected
to appointive offices by statute:
􀂃 Town Highway Superintendent
􀂃 Town Clerk
􀂃 Assessor
􀂃 Town Tax Receiver and Collector
􀂃 County Coroners. County legislative bodies should be given the option
to convert the appointed office of coroner to a medical examiner, with
provisions to allow for them to serve multiple counties.
Allow county legislative bodies to convert the office of elected county
treasurer to appointive commissioner of finance without a referendum.
Counties should be allowed to convert the offices of county sheriff and
county clerk from elected to appointed, or abolish the positions.

Quoted Text

The town can change the clerk from an appointive office to elective by
resolution subject to permissive referendum, but to change from elective to appointive
would require a local law subject to mandatory referendum. Prior to 1974, the office
could be made appointive by resolution subject to permissive referendum, but that
provision of Town Law was repealed.

Quoted from AVON

             We can have a part time Town clerk at say half the salary paired with a fulltime Deputy Clerk at a more reasonable salary.  It would take some of the cut throat campaigning out of the mix because it would no longer be such a financially lucrative position!