§ 10-1008. Incorporation of Fire Department.
| |
A.
|
The members of the Norwood Hook and Ladder and Hose Company,
heretofore organized as a membership corporation and maintained in
pursuance of law, constitute a corporation by the name of the "Fire
Department of the Incorporated Village of Malverne, New York."
|
B.
|
The term "Fire Department of a Village," as used in this article,
refers to such corporation.
|
§ 10-1010. Election of company and department
officers and delegates; qualifications; term of office.
| ||
A.
|
The members of the Fire Department of the Village shall hold
an annual meeting on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in
April in each year. At such meeting the members shall elect by ballot
from their own number as officers of the Norwood Hook and Ladder and
Hose Company four Captains and four Lieutenants. They shall also elect
by ballot from their own number at such meeting the following officers
of the Fire Department of the Village:
| |
(1)
|
Chief.
| |
(2)
|
First Deputy Chief.
| |
(3)
|
Second Deputy Chief.
| |
(4)
|
Eight Wardens, one of whom shall be designated a Warden Secretary
and another a Warden Treasurer.
| |
(5)
|
One Financial Secretary.
| |
(6)
|
One Corresponding Secretary.
| |
(7)
|
One Sergeant-at-Arms.
| |
(8)
|
Three delegates to the Fourth Battalion District of the Nassau
County Fire Commission.
| |
B.
|
Immediately following such elections, the person acting as Secretary
of the annual meeting shall certify the results of the election in
writing to the Board of Trustees.
| |
C.
|
No member shall be elected to any such office unless at the
time of such election he is a member in good standing of the Fire
Department, an elector of the Village (except that neither the Corresponding
Secretary, the Sergeant-at-Arms nor any Company officer need be an
elector) and fulfills such further qualifications as may be imposed
by the bylaws of the Company and the Fire Department of the Village.
No member elected to any such office shall be entitled to office nor
assume his duties until his election has been approved and confirmed
by the Board of Trustees. Before commencing his duties, each member
so elected, approved and confirmed shall take the oath of office,
to be administered by the Mayor or other member of the Board of Trustees
designated by the Mayor.
| |
D.
|
The term of office of each member so elected shall commence
on the date of confirmation of his election by the Board of Trustees
and shall continue for a term of one year or until his successor is
elected to office and confirmed. Any officer may serve any number
of terms. Any vacancies occurring for any such office shall be filled
by the Council of the Fire Department of the Village for the unexpired
portion of the term, subject to confirmation and approval by the Board
of Trustees.
|
§ 10-1012. Bylaws.
|
---|
The Council of the Fire Department of the Village shall promulgate
bylaws governing generally the operations and affairs of the Fire
Department of the Village, the duties of its officers and of the officers
of the Company and their qualifications and the conduct of the members
of the Fire Department of the Village. Such bylaws shall not become
effective until approved by a majority of the members of the Fire
Department of the Village at a regular or special meeting of the members
and until ratified and approved by the Board of Trustees. The Council
shall have the power to amend such bylaws, but no such amendment shall
become effective until approved by the members and certified and approved
by the Board of Trustees in like manner as the original bylaws. Such
bylaws may be modified, amended, repealed, revoked in whole or in
part or suspended in whole or in part, at any time, and from time
to time, by the Board of Trustees. Action of the Board of Trustees
in promulgating, modifying, amending, repealing, revoking or suspending
the bylaws of the Fire Department of the Village shall become effective
without any vote or other action of the members of the Fire Department
of the Village or of the Council.
|