NY Town L § 29 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 29 - Powers and Duties of Supervisor.

§  29.  Powers and duties of supervisor. Except where powers or duties   specified herein are devolved upon  the  town  comptroller  pursuant  to   section thirty-four of this chapter, the supervisor of each town.1.  Shall  act as treasurer thereof and shall demand, collect, receive   and have the care and custody of moneys belonging to  or  due  the  town   from  every  source,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by law. Except as   otherwise provided in articles eleven and thirteen, he shall also act as   treasurer and disbursing officer for every special district therein.2. Within ten days after their receipt, shall deposit  and  secure  in   his  name  as  supervisor,  all  such  moneys  in the manner provided by   section ten of the general municipal law.3. Shall disburse such moneys only by checks payable to the person  or   persons entitled thereto, which checks shall, if the town board requires   such  countersignature,  be  countersigned  by the town clerk, or by the   comptroller in towns where the  office  of  town  comptroller  has  been   established.  When  authorized  by  resolution  of  the town board, such   checks may be signed with the facsimile signature of the  supervisor  or   other  town  officer  whose  signature  is  required, as reproduced by a   machine or device commonly known as a checksigner.  By  resolution  duly   adopted,  the  town  board  may  determine  to  enter into a contract to   provide for the deposit of the periodic payroll of the town in a bank or   trust company for disbursal by  it  in  accordance  with  provisions  of   section ninety-six-b of the banking law.4.  Shall  keep  an  accurate  and complete account of the receipt and   disbursement of all moneys which shall come into his hands by virtue  of   his  office,  in  books  of  account in the form prescribed by the state   department of audit and control for all expenditures under  the  highway   law  and  in  books  of  account  provided  by  the  town  for all other   expenditures. Such books of account shall be public  records,  open  and   available  for  inspection at all reasonable hours of the day, and, upon   the expiration of his term, shall be filed in the  office  of  the  town   clerk.7.  Shall  pay  fixed  salaries,  the  principal  of  or  interest  on   indebtedness, amounts becoming due upon  lawful  contracts  for  periods   exceeding  one  year,  and  compensation  for  services  of  officers or   employees regularly engaged by the town at agreed  wages  by  the  hour,   day, week, month or year without prior audit.8.  Shall  prosecute, in the name of the town, for all penalties given   by law to such town for its use and for all moneys or property  due  the   town.9. Shall cause a survey to be made of the bounds of his town, whenever   required  by  the state department of transportation, and transmit a map   and description thereof to such department within sixty days thereafter.   The expense of such survey and map shall  be  defrayed  by  the  several   towns  whose  bounds  either  wholly,  or  in  part,  shall be described   thereby; such expense to be apportioned by the board of  supervisors  of   the county.10.  Shall  prepare  and  file  with the town clerk within thirty days   after the expiration of each fiscal year,  an  annual  financial  report   accounting  for  all moneys received and disbursed by him, together with   the certificate, or certificates, of the bank  or  trust  company  where   town  moneys are deposited, showing the amount of such moneys on deposit   with said bank or trust company, and cause  a  certified  copy  of  such   report  to  be  published  in  the official newspaper, and in such other   newspapers, if any, as the town board may require. In addition  thereto,   if  and  whenever  required,  such  supervisor shall submit to the other   members of the town  board  at  the  time  of  filing  such  report  all   vouchers,  cancelled  checks  or  check  images as authorized by section    ninety-nine-b of the general municipal law, check stubs,  ledgers,  cash   books,  journals,  and  financial  and  accounting records of every sort   required to substantiate the accuracy and completeness of such report.10-a.  In  lieu of preparing the report required by subdivision ten of   this section, the town board may  determine,  by  resolution,  that  the   supervisor  shall  submit  to  the  town  clerk,  within the time period   prescribed in section thirty of the general municipal law, a copy of the   report to the state  comptroller  required  by  section  thirty  of  the   general  municipal  law,  providing,  however,  that if the time for the   filing of the annual report has been extended by the  state  comptroller   as  provided in the said statute, then the time for submitting a copy of   the report to the town clerk similarly shall be extended. The town clerk   shall cause either a summary of such report to be published  within  ten   days  after  receipt thereof in a form approved by the state comptroller   or a notice that a copy of such report is on file in  the  town  clerk's   office  and  is  available  for  public  inspection  and copying, in the   official newspaper and in such other newspapers as the  town  board  may   direct.11.  Shall  lease,  sell  and convey in the name of the town, property   owned by it, whenever and in the manner authorized by the provisions  of   this  chapter  or any other general or special law and shall execute and   deliver, in the name of the town, grants of easements or other rights in   lands or other property owned by the town, whenever so directed  by  the   town board.12.  In  towns  other  than  those  mentioned in section 9-1107 of the   environmental conservation law, and  other  than  those  included  in  a   forest  fire district as defined in subdivision two of section 9-1109 of   the environmental conservation law, shall be superintendent of fires  of   his  town  and  charged  with  the  duty of preventing and extinguishing   forest fires. In such capacity, he shall also be charged with  the  duty   of  preventing  and extinguishing muck fires. He shall have the power to   employ persons to act as forest rangers and fire wardens  in  preventing   and  fighting  forest  and muck fires and to employ necessary assistants   therefor, and shall possess, for both such purposes, all the  power  and   authority  conferred  upon the department of environmental conservation,   district forest ranger, forest ranger and fire warden under subdivisions   one, two, three, four, five and twelve of  section  9-1103,  subdivision   two   of  section  9-1111  and  section  71-0705  of  the  environmental   conservation  law  with  respect  to  forest  fires  and   forest   fire   protection.  Any  person  summoned  to fight forest or muck fires who is   physically able and refuses to assist, shall be liable to a  penalty  of   twenty  dollars.  The town board of each town shall designate one of its   members to act as such superintendent of fires for the ensuing  year  in   case  of  absence  of  the  supervisor.  The  town  board  shall fix the   compensation  of  all  forest  rangers,  fire  wardens,  and  assistants   employed under the provisions of this section, and all expenses incurred   under  the provisions of this section shall be a charge upon and paid by   the town.13. Shall notify the state department of transportation,  in  writing,   regarding  the  construction,  reconstruction or repair by any person or   corporation, or political subdivision of the state within his  town,  of   any  dam  or other structure for impounding water, and of any dock, pier   or wharf, or other structure used as a landing place. This notice  shall   be  given  within  ten  days  after  the commencement of such work. This   subdivision shall not apply to a dam where the area  draining  into  the   pond  formed  thereby does not exceed one square mile, unless the dam is   more than ten feet in height above the natural bed of the stream at  any    point or unless the quantity of water which the dam impounds exceeds one   million gallons.14. Shall attend the annual meeting of the board of supervisors of the   county, and every regular, adjourned or special meeting thereof of which   he shall receive notice.15.  In  towns  of  the  first  class,  may  designate a bookkeeper or   confidential secretary, or both. In towns of the second class, the  town   board  may  by  resolution  authorize  the  supervisor  of  the  town to   designate a bookkeeper or confidential secretary, or both. A  person  so   designated  by  the  supervisor, shall receive a reasonable compensation   for his services, to be fixed by the town board  and  such  compensation   shall be a town charge.16.  Shall  have  and  exercise  any  other  power  or  duty expressly   conferred or imposed upon him by law  and  such  powers  and  duties  of   administration  and  supervision  of  town  or  special  or  improvement   district functions as shall be provided by resolution of the town board,   to be performed on behalf of such board.