Introductory Local Law No. 8 of the year 2025

A Local Law Temporarily Increasing the 2026 Salary of 
The Town Justice of the Town of Clarkson

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Clarkson as follows:

Section 1.	Purpose

	A.	Effective October 30, 2025, one of the two Town Justices for the Town of Clarkson tendered his resignation.

	B.	The remaining Town Justice has reported to the Town Board his willingness and ability to conduct all proceedings before the Town Court for the Town of Clarkson for a period of time.

	C.	This Local Law is enacted pursuant to the authority of paragraph of Section 27(1) 
of the Town Law of the State of New York regarding the compensation of town officers and employees, which section authorizes a town board to increase the salary of certain elected officials of the town, including the town justice, at an amount in excess of the amount specified in the notice of public hearing on the preliminary budget, for not more than one year, by Local Law, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law.

Section 2.	Temporary Salary Increase

The salary of the Town Justice of the Town of Clarkson as specified in the sum of $18,931 in the notice of public hearing on the 2026 preliminary budget for the Town of Clarkson, duly published pursuant to Section 108 of the Town Law of the State of New York be, and the same is increased by the sum of $ $833.34, but in no event shall such increase continue after December 31, 2026.

Section 3.	Severability

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance, shall be adjusted by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, 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 4.	Effective Date
In accordance with the provisions of Section 24(2)(h) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, this Local Law shall not become operative or effective unless and until forty-five days have elapsed after its adoption and no petition protesting against this Local Law signed and authenticated as required by said section has been filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Clarkson, or if such petition is so filed a proposition for the approval of this Local Law has been submitted at the next general election or a special election for that purpose pursuant to said section and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the voters voting thereon.