NY Town L § 177 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 177 - Powers and Duties of Fire District Treasurer.

§ 177. Powers and duties of fire district treasurer. The fire district   treasurer  shall  be  the  fiscal officer of the fire district and shall   receive and have the custody of the funds  of  the  district  and  shall   disburse  the same for the purposes herein authorized when so ordered by   resolution of the board of  fire  commissioners,  except  that  no  such   resolution  of the board of fire commissioners shall be required for the   payment of fixed salaries, compensation  for  services  of  officers  or   employees  regularly engaged by the fire district at agreed wages by the   hour, day, week, month or year unless so required by resolution  of  the   board  of  fire commissioners adopted at the organization meeting in the   month of January, the principal of or interest on obligations issued  by   the  fire  district,  fixed amounts becoming due on lawful contracts for   the purchase of water for fire protection, and amounts  which  the  fire   district  may  be  required  to  pay  to  the state and local employees'   retirement system on account  of  contributions  for  past  and  current   services  of firefighters. All such disbursements shall be made by check   payable to the order of the person or persons entitled thereto. The fire   district treasurer shall also be responsible for  filing  any  paperwork   necessary  to  obtain permits or secure any refunds provided pursuant to   section three hundred seventy-eight-a of the public authorities law. The   board of fire commissioners shall designate in the  manner  provided  by   section  ten  of the general municipal law the depositaries in which the   fire district treasurer shall, within ten days, deposit and  secure  all   moneys coming into his or her hands by virtue of his or her office.At  the annual organization meeting of the board of fire commissioners   of a fire district the fire district treasurer shall  account  with  the   board of fire commissioners for all moneys received and disbursed by him   during  the  preceding fiscal year and shall produce all books, records,   receipts, orders, vouchers and  cancelled  checks  or  check  images  as   authorized  by  section  ninety-nine-b  of  the  general  municipal  law   respecting the same. At such meeting the fire district  treasurer  shall   file with the board of fire commissioners a statement in writing showing   his  receipts  and  disbursements  for  the preceding fiscal year, which   statement shall be in detail and shall be entered in the minutes of  the   meeting  by  the  fire district secretary, except that the fire district   treasurer, if authorized by the board of fire commissioners at a meeting   held prior to the annual organization meeting,  may  within  sixty  days   after the end of the fiscal year, submit to the said board a copy of the   annual  report  required by section thirty of the general municipal law,   in lieu of such statement, in which case  the  fire  district  treasurer   shall  account  for  all moneys received and disbursed by him during the   preceding fiscal year, and shall produce all books,  records,  receipts,   orders,  vouchers  and cancelled checks or check images as authorized by   section ninety-nine-b of the general municipal law respecting the  same,   at  the  meeting  of  the  board of fire commissioners at which the said   annual report is submitted or at the next meeting held subsequent to the   submission of the report if not submitted at a meeting of the board,  in   lieu  of producing such records at the annual organization meeting. Such   authorization shall remain in effect from year to year  until  rescinded   by  the  board of fire commissioners. The annual report shall be entered   in the minutes of the meeting by the fire district secretary. The  board   of  fire commissioners may require the fire district treasurer to submit   to the board of fire commissioners  at  any  time  for  examination  his   books, records, receipts, orders, vouchers and cancelled checks or check   images  as  authorized by section ninety-nine-b of the general municipal   law.