Licensing Review Board

Meetings: To Be Announced

Meeting Discussion Document : Chapter 79 HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS

Members

• Albert Dickson, Member
  Term Expires: June 27, 2028
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• Amber Brach-Williams, Member
  Term Expires: June 27, 2026
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• Peter Reich, Member
  Term Expires: June 27, 2027
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• Paul Shepherd, Member
  Term Expires: June 27, 2029
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One Position for Membership Open  

Please send your resume and letter of Interest to Coco Lee Thuman, Human Resources Manager, P.O. Box 970, Shelter Island, N.Y. 11964 CThuman@ShelterIslandTown.gov 631-749-0057

Licensing Review Board Member Wanted (PDF)

Town Code Overview

BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Shelter Island as follows:

Section 1. Legislative Intent.

The Licensing Review Board is a necessary body which provides a venue to review complaints from residents against potentially unscrupulous or negligent home improvement contractors. In recent years, the Town Board has not been able to establish such a Board as the Code requires that at least one of the members of said Board be an active resident contractor, who also has a place of business on the Island. Such a contractor is extremely rare and if found, for whatever reason they were unable to be appointed. Therefore, the Town Board has determined that to establish the Licensing Review Board the contractor pool must be broadened to include retired resident home improvement contractors who previously had a home improvement contractor place of business on the Island.

Section 2. Amendment

Article II of the Shelter Island Code Chapter 79 (Home Improvement Contractors) entitled “Disciplinary Procedures” is hereby amended by amending Section 79-20(A)(5) (Licensing Review Board-Formation and composition) by adding the underlined words and removing the stricken words as follows:

A. Formation and composition.

(1) There is hereby established in and for the Town of Shelter Island a Licensing Review Board, consisting of either three or five members, as may be determined from time to time by the Town Board, who shall be appointed by the Town Board to serve at the pleasure of the Town Board. In no event shall a member serve for more than two years unless reappointed by the Town Board.

(2) The Town Board shall designate one member of the Licensing Review Board to serve as Chairman thereof.

(3) A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum of the Licensing Review Board

(4) Members of the Licensing Review Board shall be residents of the Town and shall serve voluntarily without salary or compensation.

(5) At least one member of the Licensing Review Board shall be a current home improvement contractor who resides and has their his place of business within the Town or a retired home improvement contractor who currently resides and has had their place of business previously within the Town.

Section 7. Authority.

The proposed local law is enacted pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law §10.

Section 8. Severability

If any section or subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or provision of this law shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, any judgment made thereby shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part, provisions so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.