TOWN OF CHESTER
Introductory Local Law No. 10 of 2024
A LOCAL LAW TO REPEAL AND REPLACE

CHAPTER 7 OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER CODE, ENTITLED “ETHICS, CODE OF”

Please take notice that the Town Board of the Town of Chester will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:45PM in the Town Hall Meeting Room, 1786 Kings Highway, Chester, NY. Said public hearing is to hear comments on the above captioned proposed local law.

Section 1. Legislative Intent.

It is the purpose of this local law to establish standards and guidelines for ethical conduct of officials and employees. Though assurance of good conduct will rest primarily upon personal integrity and community vigilance, these provisions of standards are designed to establish parameters within which the public may have confidence that decisions of local government are arrived at with impartiality and free of conflicts of interest. It is the purpose of this chapter to protect officials and employees from unwarranted attacks upon their integrity while raising public confidence by defining courses of conduct contrary to the public interest and thereby separating real from inconsequential conflict recognizing that local government attracting and retaining competent persons in the public service should not require divestiture of only those proprietary interests which would appear to bear upon independence of judgment and/or the appearance of bias.

A copy of the proposed local law is on file in the Town Clerk’s Office and is available for inspection during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 am to 5 pm).

Any person interested in the proposed local law may appear in person or by agent. All written communications should be addressed to the Town Clerk at the above address.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
TOWN OF CHESTER
LINDA A. ZAPPALA
TOWN CLERK
DATED: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

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