Each commissioner shall before entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the constitution of the state, which oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. The clerk of the board of supervisors of the county shall call a meeting of said commissioners to be held at the court house within ten days after their appointment for the purpose of organization. Such commissioners shall thereupon proceed to organize and at such meeting, or at any subsequent meeting, select a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall, except the secretary, be members of the commission. Such commission may adopt a seal and a majority of such commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The commisison may employ such counsel as may be necessary and may also employ experts and other assistants and incur such other expenses as may be found necessary within the amounts appropriated by the board of supervisors of said county, and the disbursements and expenses of the commission within the amounts thus appropriated are hereby declared to be a county charge. The commission shall keep a record of its proceedings which together with its approved maps, adopted plans, documents and acts shall be a public record and be open to public inspection at such times and under such reasonable regulations as the commission shall determine. The said commission shall maintain a suitable office where its maps, plans, papers and records shall be kept. And for the purposes of this act such commission is empowered to employ and at pleasure discharge such officers and employees as it may deem necessary and may determine their duties and fix their compensation, to be paid as other county salaries are paid, provided, however, that the total of such salaries shall be within the amount appropriated by the board of supervisors for that purpose.
N.Y. High. Law § 131-J