N.Y. Town Law § 177: Powers and duties of fire district treasurer

§ 177. Powers and duties of fire district treasurer. The fire district

treasurer shall be the fiscal officer of the fire district and shall

receive and have the custody of the funds of the district and shall

disburse the same for the purposes herein authorized when so ordered by

resolution of the board of fire commissioners, except that no such

resolution of the board of fire commissioners shall be required for the

payment of fixed salaries, compensation for services of officers or

employees regularly engaged by the fire district at agreed wages by the

hour, day, week, month or year unless so required by resolution of the

board of fire commissioners adopted at the organization meeting in the

month of January, the principal of or interest on obligations issued by

the fire district, fixed amounts becoming due on lawful contracts for

the purchase of water for fire protection, and amounts which the fire

district may be required to pay to the state and local employees'

retirement system on account of contributions for past and current

services of firefighters. All such disbursements shall be made by check

payable to the order of the person or persons entitled thereto. The fire

district treasurer shall also be responsible for filing any paperwork

necessary to obtain permits or secure any refunds provided pursuant to

section three hundred seventy-eight-a of the public authorities law. The

board of fire commissioners shall designate in the manner provided by

section ten of the general municipal law the depositaries in which the

fire district treasurer shall, within ten days, deposit and secure all

moneys coming into his or her hands by virtue of his or her office.

At the annual organization meeting of the board of fire commissioners

of a fire district the fire district treasurer shall account with the

board of fire commissioners for all moneys received and disbursed by him

during the preceding fiscal year and shall produce all books, records,

receipts, orders, vouchers and cancelled checks or check images as

authorized by section ninety-nine-b of the general municipal law

respecting the same. At such meeting the fire district treasurer shall

file with the board of fire commissioners a statement in writing showing

his receipts and disbursements for the preceding fiscal year, which

statement shall be in detail and shall be entered in the minutes of the

meeting by the fire district secretary, except that the fire district

treasurer, if authorized by the board of fire commissioners at a meeting

held prior to the annual organization meeting, may within sixty days

after the end of the fiscal year, submit to the said board a copy of the

annual report required by section thirty of the general municipal law,

in lieu of such statement, in which case the fire district treasurer

shall account for all moneys received and disbursed by him during the

preceding fiscal year, and shall produce all books, records, receipts,

orders, vouchers and cancelled checks or check images as authorized by

section ninety-nine-b of the general municipal law respecting the same,

at the meeting of the board of fire commissioners at which the said

annual report is submitted or at the next meeting held subsequent to the

submission of the report if not submitted at a meeting of the board, in

lieu of producing such records at the annual organization meeting. Such

authorization shall remain in effect from year to year until rescinded

by the board of fire commissioners. The annual report shall be entered

in the minutes of the meeting by the fire district secretary. The board

of fire commissioners may require the fire district treasurer to submit

to the board of fire commissioners at any time for examination his

books, records, receipts, orders, vouchers and cancelled checks or check

images as authorized by section ninety-nine-b of the general municipal

law.