A.
Appointment. There shall be a Fire Coordinator
who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the County
Executive. He or she shall be appointed based upon his or her education,
experience and qualifications to perform the duties of the office,
subject to the confirmation of the County Legislature. He
or she shall be a resident of the County of Ulster.
B.
Powers and duties. The Fire Coordinator shall:
(1)
Administer the County programs for fire training
and mutual aid in cases of fire and other emergencies in which the
services of fire fighters are required;
(2)
Act as liaison between the Fire Advisory Board and
Ulster County Arson Task Force;
(3)
Act as the chief liaison between the County
government and the fire-fighting forces in the County and their governing
boards and bodies; and
(4)
Perform such other duties as the County government
may require or the County Executive may direct.
C.
Reports. On or before March 1 of each year, the Fire
Coordinator shall make an annual report to the County Legislature
and County Executive for the immediately preceding calendar year,
covering generally the work of the department. The Fire Coordinator
shall make such other reports at such times as may be required by
the County Legislature, County Executive or any applicable law. Copies
of all reports shall be filed with the Clerk of the County Legislature
and the County Executive.
A.
The Fire Coordinator shall have the power to appoint
one or more Deputy Fire Coordinators, within the limits of appropriations
therefor. Every appointment shall be in writing and filed in the Office
of the County Clerk and the Clerk of the Legislature.
B.
The term of office of any deputy not classified as
competitive under the County's civil service rules, appointed hereunder,
shall coincide with that of the Fire Coordinator, provided that such
appointment may be revoked at any time by the Fire Coordinator by
written revocation filed with the County Clerk. Positions of Deputy
Fire Coordinator may be in the exempt class of civil service; or in
the alternative, the deputy may also be an additional title which
may be designated by the Fire Coordinator for a department staff member.
C.
Deputy Fire Coordinators shall perform such duties
pertaining to the office of the Fire Coordinator as he or she may
direct and shall act generally for and in such place of the Fire Coordinator
and perform such other and further duties as the Fire Coordinator
may assign.
D.
The designation of an order of succession for the
position of Deputy Fire Coordinator shall be filed with the County
Clerk and the Clerk of the County Legislature and may be revoked at
any time by the Fire Coordinator filing a new written designation
of order of succession.
A.
There shall be a County Fire Advisory Board,
which shall be appointed as provided by law.
B.
Specifically, pursuant to § 225-a of the
County Law of the State of New York:
(1)
The County Fire Advisory Board shall consist of not
less than five members nor more than 21 members, each of whom shall
be appointed by the County Legislature for a term of not to exceed
one year, two years or three years. Such terms of office need not
be the same for all members.
(2)
It shall be the duty of such Board to cooperate with
the Office of Fire Prevention and Control in the Department of State
in relation to such programs for fire training, fire service-related
activities and mutual aid; to act as an advisory body to the County
Legislature and to the County Fire Coordinator in connection with
the County participation in such programs for fire training, fire
service-related activities and mutual aid and in connection with County
establishment and maintenance of a County fire training school and
mutual aid programs in cases of fire and other emergencies in which
the services of fire fighters would be used.
(3)
Such Board shall perform such other duties as the
County Legislature may prescribe in relation to fire training, fire
service-related activities and mutual aid in cases of fire and other
emergencies in which the services of firefighters would be used.
(4)
The members of such Board shall be County officers
and residents of the County of Ulster.
C.
Members of the Fire Advisory Board shall receive
no compensation for services rendered but shall be entitled to their
reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties, within appropriations made for such purposes.
D.
The Fire Advisory Board shall keep minutes of all
meetings, including the date and time of meeting and members in attendance.
The original of said minutes shall be filed with the Clerk of the
Legislature as soon as possible, but not to exceed 10 business days
after the next regular Board meeting at which the minutes were reviewed
and accepted. The Clerk of the Legislature or his or her designee
shall maintain an official record of the Board's agenda items. This
official record shall include the disposition of each agenda item,
including individual votes of each member on each item.
