New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL
Chapter IV - Miscellaneous Rules
Part 153 - Required Training For Commissioners Of Fire Districts
Section 153.4 - Content of approved training course
Universal Citation: 2 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 153.4
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
An approved training course shall consist of instruction in the following six course modules:
(a) Fire district management, including:
(1) the
roles and responsibilities of fire district officers, including the board of
fire commissioners;
(2) the
relationship between a fire district and the fire district fire department,
including the powers and duties of the chief of the fire district fire
department;
(3) the election,
appointment and employment of fire district officers and employees;
(4) public notice requirements for, and the
conduct of, fire district elections and hearings, permissive referenda, and
meetings of the board of fire commissioners; and
(5) public access to fire district
records.
(b) Financial administration, including:
(1) preparation,
adoption, and modification of fire district budgets;
(2) methods of financing fire district
capital expenditures;
(3) custody,
deposit, disbursement and investment of fire district moneys;
(4) financial reporting requirements;
and
(5) internal and external
audits.
(c) Travel procedures and policies, including:
(1)
payment or reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses incurred by officers,
employees and members of the fire district or the fire district fire
department;
(2) expenses incurred
in connection with conferences and training;
(3) pre and post travel procedures;
and
(4) travel policies.
(d) Procurements and disposition of fire district assets including:
(1)
procurements of goods and services, including competitive bidding, and the
adoption of procurement policies and procedures for procurements for which
competitive bidding is not required;
(2) cooperative purchasing;
(3) audit of claims;
(4) use of requisitions, purchase orders and
claim vouchers;
(5) maintenance of
asset inventories; and
(6) the sale
or other disposition of fire district assets.
(e) Internal controls, and detection of fraud and abuse, including:
(1) prevention of fraud
and abuse;
(2) the need for
internal controls;
(3) specific
measures to create a control environment; and
(4) warning signs of potential fraud and
abuse.
(f) Conflicts of interest and ethics, including:
(1) statutory
conflicts of interest;
(2) codes of
ethics;
(3) incompatibility of
positions; and
(4) situations
warranting recusal and abstention.
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