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City of Ithaca, NY
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Chapter C. CHARTER
Article VI. Board of Fire Commissioners
§C-96. Powers and duties of Board.
It shall be its duty and said Board of Fire Commissioners shall have power:
To assume control and management of all apparatus, fire alarm systems, equipment,
appliances, supplies, buildings and employees exclusively in the Fire Department
service.[1]
Editor's Note: Original §6.4, Subsections 2 and 3, wh ich dealt with the appointment
and compensation of engineers and employees and immediately followed this
subsection, was deleted 7-10-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985.
To organize new companies and to disband any Department company, subject to the
approval of the Common Council; to admit new members and to transfer members,
upon application and certification of company officers, from one company to
another; and to try, reprimand, suspend or expel any member or officer of any
company for cause.
[Amended 7-10-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
To authorize and direct the payment of bills and accounts incurred by it and to make
such rules and regulations in regards to the auditing and payment of such bills and
accounts and for the payment of all amounts payable out of the moneys appropriated
to the use of the Board as it may deem necessary and proper, and the same shall be
paid by the City Chamberlain. The Board shall file monthly with the Common Council
a detailed statement of all bills and expenses paid, together with the original vouchers
therefor, and shall render to the Common Council at such other times as may be
required either by the Mayor or by the Common Council an itemized statement of all
its receipts and disbursements properly classified and showing the balance on hand at
the beginning and at the close of the period covered; and at the close of each fiscal
year, it shall submit an annual statement showing by suitable summaries the expenses
and income of the Department. Whenever requested by either the Mayor or the
Common Council, the Board shall also furnish any additional information in regard to
its work or the cost thereof.
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To submit to the Common Council, on or before the first day of May in each year, an
estimate of the amount of money necessary to cover the expenses of maintenance of
the Department, including all salaries and wages, equipment and supplies and for the
maintenance, heating, lighting and ordinary repairs of buildings.
To make and promulgate from time to time such rules, regulations and bylaws as it
may deem necessary and expedient for the government and discipline of the
Department not inconsistent with this Charter or the ordinances of the City of Ithaca
or of the laws or Constitution of this state or of the United States.
To be trustees of all moneys now constituting the Active Firemen's Relief Fund,
together with 1/2 of all moneys that may hereafter be received by the City of Ithaca as
a Fire Department tax on premiums on policies of foreign and alien fire insurance
companies pursuant to §§9104 and 9105 of the Insura nce Law (except the amount
payable under the provisions of such law to the Firemen's Association of the State of
New York), together with any other moneys, gifts or property whatsoever acquired
for relief or benefit purposes, to be accumulated as a relief fund for sick, indigent or
disabled fire fighters, with power to draw upon such fund for temporary relief and
benefits only, as said Board shall determine. Said moneys shall not be used for any
other purposes, except that the Board may, at any time, distribute such Fire
Department tax moneys so received equally among each of the volunteer fire
companies of the City for the use and benefit of the Ithaca Fire Department and the
company or companies comprising the same so long as the balance of said relief fund
shall be at least the sum of $90,000. Said Board shall have full power and authority to
invest such funds in any investments legal for trust funds under the laws of the State
of New York. At the close of each fiscal year and at such other times as the Common
Council shall require, said Board of Fire Commissioners, as such trustees, shall submit
to the Common Council a detailed accounting of such fund.
[Amended 8-5-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992]
To be trustees of all moneys now constituting the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Relief
Fund and to pay the interest thereon to the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association
of Ithaca annually.
Said Board is further authorized to pay from the principal of such fund from
time to time such amounts as it may deem necessary or desirable for the relief
of any sick, indigent or disabled member of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's
Association of Ithaca, but the total amount so paid to any one member shall not
exceed the sum of $200. Such expenditures from principal shall be made,
however, only upon the written recommendation of the Board of Trustees and
President of said Association. Said Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association of
Ithaca is hereby authorized to adopt any further regulation or restriction relating
to the expenditure of the principal of such fund not inconsistent herewith as it
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may deem desirable for the preservation of the fund and for the purpose of
limiting properly the amount to be withdrawn and the use thereof.
Said Board of Fire Commissioners shall also pay to the Veteran Volunteer
Firemen's Association of Ithaca on March 1 and September 1 of each year 1/2 of
all moneys received by the City of Ithaca pursuant to the provisions of §9104 of
the Insurance Law of the State of New York as a Fire Department Tax on
premiums on policies on foreign and alien fire insurance companies, except the
amount payable under the provisions of such law to the Firemen's Association of
the State of New York. Said Board shall have full power and authority to invest
such funds in any investments legal for trust funds under the laws of the State of
New York.
[Amended 8-5-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992]
At the close of each fiscal year and at such other times as the Common Council
shall require, said Board of Fire Commissioners and said Veteran Volunteer
Firemen's Association of Ithaca, New York, shall submit to the Common Council
a detailed accounting of such fund.
To divide the employees of the Fire Department into platoons and prescribe the
tours of duty for said employees. Such tours of duty shall be in accordance with
§1015 of the Unconsolidated Laws, except that, in t he event of conflagrations or riots
or other emergencies, said employees shall remain on duty, subject to the orders of
their superiors, and shall receive an extra allowance based on their salary if they are
required to perform their duties during such period of emergency at a time when
they usually would be off duty or receive compensatory time off as provided in §1015
of the Unconsolidated Laws.
[Amended 8-5-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992]
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