ORLEANS
COUNTY
Area 396 square miles
Population 44,171
Established April
15, 1825
ORLEANS
COUNTY LEGISLATURE
3
South Main Street
Albion,
NY 14411-1495
585-589-7053
Fax: 585-589-1618
District
1
Towns
of Barre, Clarendon, Shelby
William
H. EicK Phone:
735-7363
10471 Freeman Road
Medina, NY 14103
District
2
Towns
of Ridgeway and Yates
John W. Beedon Phone: 766-0028
P. O. Box 311
11329 Shadigee Lane
Lyndonville, NY
14098
District
3
Towns
of Albion and Gaines
Henry Smith, Jr. Phone: 682-4839
2371 Gaines Waterport Rd.
Albion, NY 14411
District
4
Towns
of Carlton, Kendall, Murray
Kenneth E. Rush, Vice Chairman Phone: 682-5546
1986 Main Street
Waterport, NY 14571
At
Large
Donald J. Allport Phone: 589-5496
3008 Crandall Road
Albion, NY 14411
At
Large
George R. Bower, Chairman Phone: 638-6051
16567 Holley Road
Holley, NY 14470
At
Large
David B. Callard Phone: 798-1507
3728 Fruit Avenue
Medina, NY 14103
Charles H. Nesbitt, Jr. 589-7053 Nadine P. Hanlon
Chief Administrative Officer Legislative
Clerk
cnesbitt@orleansny.com hanlonn@orleansny.com
2007
STANDING COMMITTEES
Legislative
(Bower, Rush)
Administration
& Finance (Callard, Eick, Bower)
Public Safety
(Smith, Allport, Bower)
Home &
Community Services (Eick, Callard Bower)
Health (Allport,
Smith, Bower)
Economic
Assistance & Opportunity (Beedon, Rush, Bower)
Elections (Beedon,
Rush, Bower)
Highway (Rush,
Beedon, Bower)
Industrial Development Agency (Beedon,
Allport, Bower)
Amended June 5, 1981, February 5, 1981, January 2,
1982, January 6, 1983, January 5, 1984, January 2, 1986, September 9, 1987, January
13, 1988, January 20, 1988, April 13, 1988, January 11, 1989, January 10, 1990,
January 4, 1991, January 2, 1992, March 10, 1993, January 6, 1994, January 26,
1994, January 10, 1996, January 28, 2004, January 11, 2006, December 27, 2006.
1.
The
organizational meeting of the Orleans County Legislature shall be held at 4:30
p.m. on the first Thursday after the first Wednesday in January, at which time
the Orleans County Legislature shall organize and elect a Chairman and
Vice-Chairman for a term of two years and a Clerk to hold office at the
pleasure of the Legislature.
2. The Legislature, at its organizational meeting or any meeting thereafter, may elect a Vice-Chairman who shall have and exercise all the powers and duties of the Chairman over County business at meetings and otherwise. Provided, however, that the Vice-Chairman shall only be authorized to act to the extent and for the period of time so designated by the Chairman in writing to the Clerk of the Legislature and the Vice-Chairman. Provided, further, that said designation by the Chairman of authority for the Vice Chairman shall only be given by the Chairman in the event the Chairman deems he is incapable of adequately conducting County affairs for a temporary period of time whether as a result of absence from the County or illness. The election of a Vice-Chairman shall coincide with the term of the Chairman.
3. The regular meetings
of the Legislature, after the said organizational meeting, shall be held on the
second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. Any
meeting may be adjourned to such date as may be fixed by the adjournment
motion.
4. Special meetings
shall be held at the call of the Clerk upon direction of the Chairman or upon
written request signed by a majority of the members of the Legislature. A notice in writing stating the time, place
and purpose of the special meeting shall be sent 48 hours before the date fixed
for holding the meeting, or a member may waive the service of a notice for such
meeting in writing signed by him. Only
business specified in the notice may be transacted at a special meeting.
5. Conference
sessions of the Legislature shall be held at 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon on the
days the Legislature meets for regular sessions.
MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
6. To
facilitate the communication of County business between the Chairman and the
members of the Legislature belonging to the two major political parties, the
members of the Legislature belonging to the political party having the greatest
number of votes of said Legislature shall annually choose from such members a
“Majority Leader”, and the members of the Legislature belonging to the
political party having the second greatest number of votes on said Legislature
shall annually choose a “Minority Leader.”
The names of such Majority Leader and Minority Leader shall be submitted
to the Clerk of the Legislature in writing signed by the members of each party.
COMMITTEES
7. The
Chairman of the Orleans County Legislature shall make standing, special
committee and liaison appointments within ten (10) days from the date of the
organizational meeting, or as needed, and shall file a list of appointments
with the Clerk who is directed to deliver a copy of the list and/or amendments
to the list to each Legislator within three (3) days after appointment is
made. Standing Committees may consist
of one (1) to three (3) member depending on need. The first person named to a committee shall be Chairman. Chairmanship shall pass, when the Chairman
is absent, in the order the additional members are named.
8. The
Chairman of the Orleans County Legislature shall be an ex-officio member of all
standing committees without voting power, except in the event of a tie vote by
committee members. When the committee
is a “Committee of one”, and the Committee member is absent, then the Chairman
of the Legislature will assume Chairmanship of that committee with voting
power.
9. The following shall be the Standing Committees of the Orleans County Legislature with responsibility for the programs and appropriations indicated.
Legislative
Chief Administrative Officer
Clerk of the Legislature
County Attorney
Emergency Management Office
Employee Assistance Program
Fire Advisory Board
Historian
Off Track Betting
Safety Committee
Administration & Finance
Budget Officer
Communications Technology Committee
Computer Services
County Clerk
Delinquent Taxes
Education (Community College, Medical
Scholarship, Libraries)
Equalization & Assessment
Records Management
Treasurer
Personnel & Self-Insurance
Industrial
Development Agency
Public
Safety
Animal Control Officer
Courts
District Attorney
Emergency Medical Services
Probation
Public Defender
Sheriff
Stop DWI
Home & Community Services
Parks
Planning & Economic Development
Soil
& Water Conservation
Solid
Waste
Tourism
Cooperative
Extension
Rochester
Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
Health
ARC
Health Miscellaneous
Mental Health – Community Services Board
Physically Handicapped Children
Public Health
Economic
Assistance & Opportunity
Housing Assistance
Job Development
Nursing Home
Office for the Aging
Social Services
Veterans Service Agency
Youth Board
Elections
Board of Elections
Highway
Buildings & Grounds
Highway
Weights & Measures
The
Standing Committees shall advise the Legislature on matters of policy. Presence of a majority shall constitute a
quorum for committee purposes. Standing
Committees shall meet at the Chairman’s call, and the Chairman shall report to
the Legislature at the Conference Session.
All Standing Committee Meetings shall be held on not less than 24 hours
written notice to the members or not less than 72 hours written notice shall be
mailed to the members, except in the case of emergency when telephone notice to
the members shall be deemed sufficient proper notice.
10. A. Call to Order
B. Pledge to the Flag
C. Presentation of Communications, Petitions
D. Open Discussion
E. New Business; Policy Items and Routine
Items
F. Unfinished Business
G. Adjournment
11. The Chairman shall
preserve order at the session and have power to call any member of the Board
temporarily to the Chair, and shall appoint all committees of the Board unless
specifically ordered.
A member desiring to speak or present any
subject to the Board shall address the Chair, and shall not proceed further
until recognized by the Chair and awarded the floor for such purpose. No member shall speak more than once on any
question, or in any case, until every member choosing to speak shall have
spoken; nor more than twice without consent of the Board.
RULES
OF DEBATE
12. A debate shall not be in order until the pending questions have been stated by the Chair.
When two or more members arise to speak at
the same time, the Chair shall determine who is entitled to the floor.
A member, called to order, shall
immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; if an appeal is taken from
the decision of the Chairman, the Board shall decide the case without debate,
and the question to be stated by the Chair shall be, “Shall the decision of the
Chair stand as the judgment of the Board?”
MOTIONS
AND THEIR PRECEDENCE
13. A motion for the reconsideration of the vote upon any question shall not be entertained unless made by one who voted in the majority upon such question.
A motion for the reconsideration of any
question has been made and when decided in the negative, no proposition for
further reconsideration shall be entertained.
When a roll call is requested, the member making the original motion shall
vote first, followed by voting of members in alphabetical order.
14. A motion to “call the question” shall require a
second and must be approved by a 2/3 majority.
Upon such a motion and second, all amendments and debate shall cease
until the question is decided.
15. Members present possessing 50% of the total
voting power shall constitute a quorum for the transacting of business. If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes
after the time set for a meeting, the members present shall adjourn.
16. The Clerk shall deliver or mail copies of the Minutes of each meeting of the Legislature and Standing Committees to each member of the Legislature within seven (7) days after said meeting, and the Minutes shall be deemed approved as filed. A reading of the Minutes or corrections, thereof, may be directed by majority vote at a meeting within twenty (20) days following the meeting date of the Minutes.
17.
The agenda
for the regular meetings of the Legislature shall be prepared by the Chairman
of the Legislature, with the assistance of the Clerk of the Legislature. Items will be placed on the Agenda in any of
the following ways:
1. From the conference session
2.
With the
mutual consent of the Committee Chairman and the Chairman of the Legislature
3.
From the
request of two (2) Legislators
4.
From the
Chairman of the Legislature
All
items to be placed on the agenda must be received by the Clerk of the
Legislature not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the Regular
Meeting. Resolutions must be submitted in draft form as prescribed by the
Clerk and must contain essential information.
Draft Resolutions must be accompanied by all appropriate supporting
documentation such as:
Contracts, fact sheets, Civil Service forms, Grant
Applications.
The submitting department shall be
responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in
the Draft Resolution.
Emergency
items, which if left unattended, would have a significant negative impact on
the county, may be added to the Agenda on the day of the Regular Meeting with a
majority vote of the members present at the Conference Session. Such vote will not be in order until the
resolution is printed in final form and reviewed by the Chairman, Committee
Chairman, as well as the Chief Administrative Officer, County Attorney, and
Budget Officer, when appropriate.
CONFERENCE SESSION
The Conference Session Agenda shall be
prepared after consultation with the Chairman of the Legislature and Standing
Committee by the Chief Administrative Officer.
The Agenda may indicate which matters have
prime policy impact to the County and which matters are routine. Items to appear on the Conference Session
Agenda shall be given to the Chief Administrative Officer by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday
preceding the Conference Session. Any
additional matters needing discussion may be added to the Agenda at a
Legislator’s request the day of the Session.
NOTIFICATION
Copies of the Conference Session and
Regular Meeting Agenda, as well as all resolutions will be mailed to the County
Legislators, the County Treasurer, and County Attorney no later than noon on
the Monday preceding the meeting.
Should an emergency arise which prevents this mailing, these items will
be delivered to the residence of each Legislator no later than 5:00 p.m.
Monday.
18. The open discussion portion of the agenda is a time set-aside for any Legislator or individual to initiate discussion of any item pertaining to the business of the County or its Legislature. Any person other than a Legislator must register with the Clerk of the Legislature at least fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the Legislature meeting. The person shall specify the subject to be discussed and will be limited to five (5) minutes per subject. The open discussion portion shall last not more than one hour.
19. No appointment, including reappointment, required to be made by the Legislature, or by the Chairman with the approval of the Legislature, to any Board, Agency, Commission or similar body shall be made unless each member of the Legislature is notified in writing of the vacancy; and the term, at least ten (10) days prior to the filling of any such vacancy. In the case of policy making Boards, including the Community Services Board, the Public Health Board and the County Industrial Development Agency, no appointments shall be made until the nominees have been interviewed by the Legislature.
20. Any rule may be suspended by the consent of two-thirds of the total membership of the Orleans County Legislature. A person, upon offering a motion to suspend the Rule in order to place an item on the agenda, shall state the nature of the resolution to be added to the agenda.
21. All questions not covered in the rules shall be decided according to Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised.
22. Conference session
agendas shall be prepared after consultation with the Chairman of the
Legislature and Standing Committees, by the Chief Administrative Officer. The agenda shall be sent or delivered to
each Legislator at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting.
The agenda shall indicate
which matters have prime policy impact to the County and which matters are
routine. Items to appear on the
Conference Session Agenda should be given to the Chief Administrative Officer
by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the Conference Session. Any additional matters needing discussion
may be added to the agenda at a Legislator’s request the day of the session.
23. All reports of
Standing Committees on the Auditing of Accounts, the report of the Committee on
Equalization, and any resolution which by the terms thereof, calls for an
appropriation of money, upon the request of any member of the Legislature shall
lie over at least one meeting day before being acted upon.
24.The succession of executive authority to be
exercised in the absence of the Chairman of the Orleans County Legislature, (in
addition to that already established for emergency situations by Local Law No.
2 of 1980) is as follows:
EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION
Legislator
Kenneth Rush, District 4
Legislator
John W. Beedon, District 2
Legislator
Donald J. Allport, At Large
Legislator
Henry Smith, Jr., District 3
Legislator
David B. Callard, At Large
Legislator
William H. Eick, District 1
January & October J. Beedon
February & March W. Eick
April & November H. Smith
May & September D. Callard
June & December K. Rush
July
& August D.
Allport
Eliot
Spitzer 716-847-7120 518-474-8390
The State Capitol Buffalo, NY
14202 Albany, NY 12224
Lieutenant Governor
David
A. Patterson 518-486-4101
United States Senate
Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton United States
Senate
Guaranty Building – Suite 208 Washington,
D.C. 20510
28 Church Street,
Buffalo, NY 14202 202-224-4451
716-854-9725
Senator
Charles E. Schumer United States
Senate
130 S. Elmwood Avenue,
Room 660 Washington,
D.C. 20510
Buffalo, NY 14202 202-224-6542
716-846-4111 Fax: 716-846-4113
100 State Street – Room
3040
Rochester, NY 14614
716-263-5866
United States House of Representatives
26th Congressional District
Albion,
Barre, Clarendon, Gaines, Murray, Ridgeway, Shelby
Hon.
Thomas M Reynolds
500 Essjay Road – Suite
260 1577 W. Ridge Road 332 Cannon - HOB
Williamsville, NY 14221 Rochester,
NY 14626 Washington, D.C.
20515
716-634-2324
585-663-5570 202-225-5265
716-634-2325
United States House of Representatives
28th Congressional District
Carlton, Kendall, Yates
Hon.
Louise Slaughter 2369 Rayburn - HOB
3120 Federal Bldg. – 100
State Street Washington,
D.C. 20515
Rochester, NY 14614 202-225-3615
585-232-4850 FAX: 202-225-7822
New York State Senate
62nd Senatorial District
George D. Maziarz 811 Legislative Office Bldg.
2578 Niagara Falls Blvd. Albany, NY 12247
Wheatfield, NY 14.304 518-455-2024
716-731-8740 FAX:
716-731-8746 FAX: 518-426-6987
Website: www.senatormaziarz.com Email: maziarz@senate.state.ny.us
New York State Assembly
139TH Assembly District
Steve Hawley 433 Legislative
Office Bldg.
121 N. Main Street Albany, NY 12248
Albion, NY 14411 518-455-5811
585-589-5780
FAX: 585-589-5813 FAX: 518-455-5558
County,
Surrogate & Family Court Judge
Courthouse Square
Hon.
James P. Punch 589-4457
Deborah R. Berry, Chief
Clerk Surrogate’s
Court
Laurie A. Bower, Chief
Clerk Family
Court
Barbara Hale, Chief
Clerk County & Supreme
COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
Albion, New York 14411
Kathleen
Smith 589-5527
13925
Route 31 West – Suite 400
Charles
H. Nesbitt, Jr. 589-7053 FAX:
589-1618
Susan
M. Heard, Deputy 589-5353 FAX:
589-9220
Mark
Watts, Superintendent 589-2820 FAX:
589-2823
Jim Noreck, Assistant E-mail: mwatts@orleansny.com
14014 Route 31 West
Charles H. Nesbitt 589-7053 FAX:
589-1618
3
South Main Street E-mail: cnesbitt@orleansny.com
Clerk of Legislature
Nadine
P. Hanlon 589-7053
FAX: 589-1618
3
South Main Street E-mail: hanlonn@orleansny.com
Charles
Kinsey, Director 589-0387 FAX:
589-0389
34
East Park Street E-mail: ckinsey@orleansny.com
Scott Schmidt 589-4471(w) 589-6337 (h) Charles
Smith 798-2000(w)
John
R. Thompson III, MD 589-0743(w)
798-1225 (h) 798-4055(h)
David C. Schubel 798-2250 FAX:
798-0776
John C. Gavenda, Assistant 589-8033
James D. Bell, Assistant
Susan
Howard Silleman, Assistant E-mail: occoa@orleansny.com
P.O. Box 606 Medina, NY 14103
Karen Lake-Maynard 589-5334 FAX:
589-0181
Diane L. Shampine, Deputy Susan Rustay, Deputy
3 South Main Street E-mail: lakemaynardk@orleansny.com
Joseph Cardone 590-4127 FAX: 590-4129
Diane M. LaVallee, 1st Assistant E-mail: da@orleansny.com
Katherine Kersch Bogan, 2nd Assistant
Susan Howard Silleman, 3rd Assistant
13925 Route 31 West – Suite 300