Notice of Public Hearing: Proposed Local Law C of the Town of Ovid, 2013

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON Proposed Local Law No. C of the Year 2013 Town of Ovid, County of Seneca, State of New York A local law to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board will hold a public hearing on the following proposed Local Law at the Ovid Firehouse, 2136 Brown St Ovid, NY 14521, at 7:00 p.m. on the 9 day of October, 2013: Proposed Local Law No. C of the Year 2013, Town of Ovid, County of Seneca, State of New York, “A local law to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c.” The text of the proposed local as introduced is as follows: Section 1. Legislative Intent It is the intent of this local law to allow the Town of Ovid to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2014, that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “tax levy limit” as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c. The Town of Ovid is concerned about uncertainties in the existing tax cap law, including how expenditures mandated by law and expenditures and revenues controlled by the county and state interact with the tax cap, as well as increasing insurance costs over which the town’s control is limited. The town board is accountable to prepare a responsible budget, which meets the Towns obligations and provides beneficial services, while minimizing the tax burden. Section 2. Authority This local law is adopted pursuant to subdivision 5 of General Municipal Law §3-c, which expressly authorizes the Town Board to override the property tax cap for the coming fiscal year by the adoption of a local law approved by a vote of sixty percent (60%) of the Town Board. Section 3. Tax Levy Limit Override The Town Board of the Town of Ovid, County of Seneca, State of New York, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2014, that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law §3-c. Section 4. Severability If a court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance is invalid or unconstitutional, the court’s order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this local law, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or in its application to the person, individual, firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered. Section 5. Effective date This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State. At such time and place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof will be heard concerning the same. The complete text of the proposed local law is available during normal business hours at the Office of the Town Clerk/ Ovid Firehouse, 2136 Brown St Ovid, NY 14521. Dated: Ovid, N.Y., September 12, 2013 By Order of the Town Board of the Town of Ovid James Vangalio, Town Clerk Steven Getman, Attorney for the Town of Ovid