Public Notice – Notice of Public Hearing by Tyre Town Board July 20, 2023 6:30 PM

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Tyre on the 20th day of July, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., at the Tyre Town Hall, 1082 Gravel Road, Seneca Falls, New York, regarding the adoption of a Local Law of the Town of Tyre for the year 2023 entitled “A Local Law to Adopt a New Defense and Indemnification Law”.  This local law would adopt a new Defense and Indemnification Law that would confer the benefits of section 18 of the NYS Public Officers Law upon the employees, as that term is defined therein, of the Town of Tyre, would have the Town agree to be held liable for the costs incurred under such provisions, and would have the Town agree to provide for the legal defense of any officer or employee of the Town in (a) any civil action or proceeding arising out of any alleged act or omission in which it is alleged that the officer or employee has violated the civil rights of the claimant, petitioner or plaintiff under sections 1981 and 1983 of the United States Civil Rights Act and (b) any criminal action or proceeding.

            Any person shall be entitled to be heard upon said proposed Local Law at such public hearing.  Copies of said proposed Local Law are available for review at the Tyre Town Hall, 1082 Gravel Road, Seneca Falls, New York.

            This by Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Tyre on June 15, 2023 (published in the Finger Lakes Times on June 22, 2023).

                                                    Carolyn Sosnowski, Town Clerk