N.Y. General Municipal Law § 120-b: Supervision of sewage system

§ 120-b. Supervision of sewage system. If the public works herein

provided be constructed and operated by the municipalities acting

jointly, the local authorities of the contracting municipalities or

districts having charge of sewage shall jointly supervise the

construction and operation of such sewage system, or they may jointly

engage or employ a competent sanitary engineer for such purpose. They

shall jointly elect or appoint all necessary employees at the disposal

plant and for the care of the trunk line sewer, and severally appoint

such employees as they may be authorized so to do by the respective

governing bodies to work on the system within the bounds of such

municipality.