What's happening
This bill allows the Fair Harbor fire department to hold nomination meetings for chief and assistant chiefs on the third Sunday in September.
Why it matters
Gives the Fair Harbor fire department more flexibility. in scheduling their leadership nomination meetings, which could help accommodate local needs or seasonal challenges specific to their community.
Aligns Fair Harbor with other fire districts. (like Davis Park and Caton), which already have the option for alternative nomination meeting dates, promoting consistency and fairness among districts.
May improve volunteer participation and leadership continuity. by allowing nominations at a time that could be more convenient for members, potentially leading to stronger leadership within the department.
Ensures transparency and member involvement. by requiring that meeting notices specify when such a scheduling change will be voted upon, keeping the nomination process open and democratic.
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Who cares
Fair Harbor fire department members
The bill would let them adopt a resolution recommending that future chief and assistant chief nomination meetings be held on the third Sunday in September instead of April.
Fair Harbor fire district commissioners
They could approve the September schedule by rule or regulation after department members adopt the resolution.
Candidates for Fair Harbor chief and assistant chief
Their nomination meetings could move to September, with nominations considered by commissioners at the following January organization meeting.
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Change Fire Officer Nomination Date
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Substituted by S4944A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.502
- Rules report cal.502
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 6991a
- Amend (t) and recommit to local governments
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Change Fire Officer Meeting Date
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Phil Boyle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6991--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GARBARINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the nomination of fire district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11-b of section 176 of the town law, as amended by chapter 351 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
11-b. The members of the fire department at a regular or special meeting of the department held after the month of April but prior to the month of November in any year may adopt a resolution recommending that future meetings for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs be held in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday, the Thursday following the first Tuesday, the Saturday following the first Tuesday, the Thursday following the second Tuesday, or the Saturday following the second Tuesday in such month, instead of April as provided in subdivision eleven-a of this section. Provided, however, the Davis Park fire department may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for nomination of chief and assistant chiefs, on the last Sunday in September; [and] the Caton fire district may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for nominations of chief and assistant chiefs, on the second Tuesday in December; and the Fair Harbor fire department may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs, on the third Sunday in September. The notice or call for such meeting shall specify that such a resolution will be offered to be voted upon at such meeting. If such resolution is adopted, the board of fire commissioners may adopt a rule or regulation providing that future meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs shall be held in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday, the Thursday following the first Tuesday, the Saturday following the
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first Tuesday, the Thursday following the second Tuesday, the Saturday following the second Tuesday in such month, the last Sunday in September in the Davis Park fire department, [or] the second Tuesday in December in the Caton fire district, or the third Sunday in September in the Fair Harbor fire department, as specified in the fire department resolution, instead of April as provided in subdivision eleven-a of this section. Each nominee shall be a member of the fire department. In addition, the board of fire commissioners may by resolution require that any or all of such fire department officers shall be residents of the fire district. All nominations shall be made by ballot. The person acting as secretary of such meeting shall promptly notify the fire district secretary in writing of such nominations. The board of fire commissioners at its organization meeting in the month of January next succeeding the making of such nominations shall consider the same and shall appoint such persons to the offices to which they have been respectively nominated or, if a nomination is not approved the board of fire commissioners shall call another meeting of the members of the fire department at which a new nomination shall be made to take the place of any nomination not approved, which procedure shall continue until a full set of officers is approved. Any such person shall assume the duties of his office as soon as he has been appointed thereto by the board of fire commissioners and shall serve until his successor is appointed. A person who has been convicted of arson in any degree shall not be eligible for nomination, election or appointment to the office of fire department chief or assistant chief. Any fire department chief or assistant chief who is convicted of arson in any degree during his term of office shall be disqualified from completing such term of office.
If the date of meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs is changed from April to September or December pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, the members of the fire department at a regular or special meeting of the department held after the month of April but prior to the month of November in any year may adopt a resolution recommending that future meetings for the nomination for such officers shall be held in April pursuant to the provisions of subdivision eleven-a of this section. The call for such meeting shall specify that such a resolution will be offered to be voted upon at such meeting. If such a resolution is adopted, the board of fire commissioners may adopt a rule or regulation providing that future meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs shall be held in April pursuant to the provisions of subdivision eleven-a of this section and that the provisions of such subdivision eleven-a shall again become applicable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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