Town of Alma Board Meeting Announcement
Three of the five Alma Town Board members will hold a
regularly scheduled public meeting on July 7, 2020, at 6 p.m. at the Alma Town
Hall. This meeting follows the Town of Alma Local Order stating that Town Board
meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 PM at the Alma Town
Hall.
Town Board Meetings and Coronavirus Scheduling and
Cancellation states:
“In the event the board does not have an established
meeting cancellation procedure, the board could consider adopting such a
meeting cancellation policy. In the event a meeting scheduled by the Town Board
needs to be canceled but the Town Board is unable to convene to do so, the Town
Board could consider adopting a resolution delegating to the supervisor the
authority to cancel a town board scheduled meeting. The delegation must put
forth the procedures and criteria for the supervisor to cancel a meeting
scheduled by the Town Board.”
At this time the Town of Alma does not have a resolution
authorizing the supervisor to act on behalf or independently of the Town Board.
Editor’s note:
The Town Supervisor has, several times recently, said these
meetings would be unlawful and any action taken would be illegal. In a June 9th
press release, Supervisor Ronald Staedt said: “The regular meetings of the Town
Board that are scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month have been lawfully
suspended by the Town Supervisor pursuant to New York Executive Law §24 based
on the continuing state of emergency that has been declared in the State and
County due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual members of a town board, even a
quorum of members, have no power to hold a board meeting whenever they desire
to do so.”
