2 CRR-NY 153.4NY-CRR
2 CRR-NY 153.4
2 CRR-NY 153.4
153.4 Content of approved training course.
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.
2 CRR-NY 153.4
Current through August 31, 2022
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IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING CONTENT CURRENCY: JULY 31, 2023, is the date of the most recently produced official NYCRR supplement covering this rule section. For later updates to this section, if any, please: consult editions of the NYS Register published after this date; or contact the NYS Department of State Division of Admisnistrative Rules at [email protected]. See Help for additional information on the currency of this unofficial version of the NYS Rules.