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NY Vill L § 10-1014 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1014 - Council of Fire Department.

§ 10-1014  Council  of fire department. In a village in which separate   fire commissioners are not appointed, the chief, the assistant, and  the   wardens  of  the  several  companies  constitute the council of the fire   department. The council shall meet on the third Tuesday in April in each   year, except for the council of the fire department of  the  village  of   Fishkill,  Dutchess  county,  which  shall  meet on the first Tuesday of   December, and choose from its own number a secretary, a treasurer and  a   collector  of  the  fire  department,  who  shall  hold their respective   offices for one year unless sooner removed by the council. A vacancy  in   the  office  of secretary, treasurer or collector shall be filled by the   council at its next meeting for the balance of the unexpired term.  Such   council  shall have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities   and perform all the duties of a separate board of fire commissioners, as   prescribed in section 10-1000 of this article, except subdivisions  two,   three,  four and eight and the fixing of compensation under subdivisions   five and seven of such  section,  and  as  to  the  provisions  of  such   subdivisions  such council shall only recommend to the board of trustees   of the village. A majority of the members of such council  constitute  a   quorum,  and may make and prescribe by-laws for the proper management of   the affairs and the disposition of the funds of the fire department, may   call meetings of the members, and designate one or  more  days  in  each   year for public exercise, inspection and review.
NY Vill L § 10-1016 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1016 - Annual Meeting of Fire Department.

§ 10-1016  Annual  meeting  of  fire  department.  The  members of the   several companies constituting the fire department shall hold an  annual   meeting at such time and place as the council may direct.
NY Vill L § 10-1018 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1018 - Duties of Chief and Assistants.

§ 10-1018 Duties of chief and assistants. The chief shall be president   of  the  council  and of the meetings of the fire department.  He shall,   under the direction of a separate board of fire commissioners,  if  any,   have  exclusive  control  of  the  members at all fires, inspections and   reviews, the supervision of the engines, hose and other apparatus  owned   by  the  village  for  the prevention or extinguishment of fires, of all   property owned by the fire department, and of all officers and employees   thereof elected or employed by the council or by  a  separate  board  of   fire  commissioners, if any. He shall, whenever required by the board of   fire commissioners, report to the board the condition of the property of   the department and such other information respecting the  department  as   may  be  required.  He shall hold the members, officers and employees of   the department strictly to account for neglect of duty, and  may,  in  a   village  in which separate fire commissioners are not appointed, suspend   or discharge them at any time, subject to the approval of two-thirds  of   the  members  of  the  council  at  the  next  meeting.   He shall, upon   application, and if authorized by the council, or a  separate  board  of   fire  commissioners,  if  any,  issue  through the secretary of the fire   department a certificate of the time of service of a member of the  fire   department, and shall give to each officer of the department immediately   after his election a certificate thereof countersigned by the secretary.   In  case  of  the inability or absence of the chief, the first assistant   and in case of the absence or inability of  both  the  chief  and  first   assistant,  the  second  assistant,  and  in  the  absence of the second   assistant, the third assistant, if any, and in the absence of the  third   assistant,  if  any,  the  fourth  assistant,  if any, shall perform the   duties and have all the powers of the chief.
NY Vill L § 10-1020 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1020 - Abolition of Fire Department; Employment of Paid Firefighters.

§   10-1020   Abolition   of   fire  department;  employment  of  paid   firefighters.  The board of trustees of any village may, by  resolution,   abolish, in whole or in part, the fire department in such village, which   action  of  the  board  of  trustees  shall  be  subject to a permissive   referendum as defined in  this  chapter;  if  such  fire  department  is   abolished, all the money and property of such department shall be turned   over  by the officers of such department or by the fire commissioners to   the board of trustees within ten days after service of  notice  on  such   officers  or  commissioners  of the action of the board of trustees. Or,   the board of trustees may, by resolution, determine  that  one  or  more   firefighters shall be employed to act with such voluntary department and   may  fix the salary of such firefighters; the board of trustees may also   determine that such paid firefighters shall have charge of all apparatus   and other equipment and that the voluntary department  shall  act  under   the orders of such paid firefighter or firefighters.
NY Vill L § 10-1022 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1022 - Fire Inspection in Contract Areas.

§ 10-1022  Fire inspection in contract areas. The chief officer of the   fire department or fire company which  is  to  furnish  fire  protection   service  to  a  village under a contract for fire protection may inspect   (1) any public building and (2) with  the  consent  of  the  owner,  any   privately-owned  building,  located  within  the  village or the portion   thereof required to be protected under such contract, for fire  hazards,   or  such  chief  officer  may  delegate  such  power of inspection to an   officer or member of such department or company.The term "building," as used  in  this  section  does  not  include  a   multiple  dwelling  which  may  be  inspected by such fire department or   company under and pursuant to the  provisions  of  subdivision  four  of   section three hundred three of the multiple residence law.The  failure  of  any  such officer or member to discover and properly   report any such fire hazards or  his  or  her  neglect  or  omission  to   perform  such  duties  shall  not  subject  him  or her, his or her fire   department, fire company, or the city, village, fire district or town in   which or of which he or she is a  firefighter  to  any  civil  or  other   liability.  Any  such fire officer or member shall not be liable civilly   for any act or acts  done  by  him  or  her  as  a  firefighter  in  the   performance of such duties, except for wilful negligence or malfeasance,   but  the  provisions  of  this  section shall not relieve any such city,   village, fire district, town, or fire company from  liability,  if  any,   for  the  negligent  or  wrongful  acts  of the officer or member in the   actual performance of such duty.
NY Vill L § 11-1100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1100 - Contracts for Water Supply.

§ 11-1100 Contracts for water supply. The board of water commissioners   may  contract,  in  the  name  of  the  village,  with  an individual or   corporation for supplying water to the village for  extinguishing  fires   or for other public purposes; but such contracts shall not be made for a   longer  period  than  forty  years. The amount of such contract shall be   paid in installments in accordance with  the  resolution  of  the  board   authorizing same.
NY Vill L § 11-1102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1102 - Resolution for Establishment of Water Works.

§  11-1102  Resolution  for establishment of water works. The board of   trustees  of  any  village  may  by  resolution   determine   upon   the   establishment  of  a system of water works for supplying the village and   its inhabitants with water,  or  for  the  acquisition  of  an  existing   private  system,  at  an  expense  in  either case not exceeding the sum   stated in the resolution.
NY Vill L § 11-1104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1104 - Acquisition of Existing System.

§  11-1104. Acquisition of existing system. If a resolution be adopted   for the acquisition of an existing system of water works, the  board  of   water  commissioners  may purchase the same at a price not exceeding the   sum specified therein. If the board cannot agree with the owners of  the   system  for  its  purchase, proceedings may be taken to acquire the same   pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.
NY Vill L § 11-1106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1106 - Establishment of Water Works.

§ 11-1106 Establishment of water works. If a resolution to establish a   system of water works be adopted, the board of water commissioners shall   proceed to construct such system accordingly. It shall prepare a map and   plans  showing  the  sources  of  water  supply and a description of the   lands, streams, water or water rights to be acquired therefor,  and  the   mode  of constructing the proposed water works and the location thereof,   including reservoirs, mains, distributing pipes and hydrants. The  water   commissioners,  their agents, servants and employees, may enter upon any   lands for the purpose of preparing such map and plans. The map and plans   shall be filed with the village clerk, and a certified copy of such  map   shall also be filed in the county clerk's office of each county in which   any  of  the  lands  are  situated. The board of water commissioners may   acquire, in the name of the village, by purchase, if it can  agree  with   the  owners,  or  otherwise by condemnation, any land, streams, water or   water rights necessary for such system. The board may amend the map  and   plans  at  any time and such amended map shall be filed in the office of   the village clerk, and of the  county  clerk,  in  like  manner  as  the   original.  The  board  may  construct  such  water system by contract or   otherwise, and may appoint, and at pleasure remove, a superintendent  to   take  charge  of  the  system,  and  may fix his compensation or may, by   resolution, provide that any other village officer shall also act as the   superintendent of water.
NY Vill L § 11-1108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1108 - Supervision and Extension of System.

§ 11-1108 Supervision and extension of system. A system of water works   acquired  or  established  under this article shall be under the control   and supervision of the board of water  commissioners.  The  board  shall   keep  it  in  repair  and  may,  from  time to time, extend the mains or   distributing pipes within the  village,  replace  obsolete,  inadequate,   damaged,  destroyed  or  worn-out  apparatus  and  equipment, improve or   reconstruct  existing  facilities  and  appurtenances  and  acquire   or   construct  additional  facilities.  The board of water commissioners may   determine that the cost of extending the mains or distributing pipes, as   herein provided, shall be borne wholly by the village, or wholly by  the   owners of land benefited or abutting on the street on which said work is   done,  or  partly  at  the  expense of each. If such expense or any part   thereof is to be assessed  upon  adjoining  land,  the  board  of  water   commissioners  may  apportion  it upon the land and assess the same as a   whole or by installments. Such assessment  and  the  collection  thereof   shall  be  made  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  article five of this   chapter.
NY Vill L § 11-1110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1110 - Water Pipes in Highways Outside of Village.

§  11-1110  Water  pipes  in highways outside of village. The board of   water commissioners of a village may  cause  water  pipes  to  be  laid,   relaid  or  repaired  under  any public highway in a county in which any   part of such village is situated, or in an  adjoining  county,  for  the   purpose  of  introducing  water  into and through the village; and shall   cause the surface of such highway to be restored to its usual condition;   and said board of water commissioners may also acquire, take  over,  and   accept from any individual or corporation, gratuitously, or at a nominal   consideration  any water pipes which have been heretofore laid under any   of such public highways in a county in which any part of such village is   situated, or in an adjoining county, for the purpose of  continuing  the   supply of water or for the purpose of introducing water into and through   such  territory,  outside  of  such  village, where such water pipes are   situated, and supplying the inhabitants thereof with water.
NY Vill L § 11-1114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1114 - Alternative Provision for Connections With Mains.

§  11-1114 Alternative provision for connections with mains. The board   of commissioners shall  have  authority  to  determine  the  manner  and   conditions  under  which  said supply pipes shall be installed and shall   have authority to install and maintain said supply pipes  and  to  adopt   such  uniform  service charges as they deem just for each supply pipe so   connected with the mains or distributing  pipes  and  extending  to  the   street  or  right of way lines, regardless of the location of said water   mains or distribution pipe within said streets or rights  of  way  lines   and  regardless  of  the  soil, rock or other physical conditions within   said streets or rights of way lines.Such uniform service charge as  the  board  may  adopt  shall  be  any   percentage  of  the cost up to but not exceeding the average actual cost   of installing such supply pipes as before described. Such percentage  of   the  average  actual  cost of installing such supply pipes as may not be   charged shall be borne by the village.The said board shall have authority to apply such  percentage  of  the   average actual cost of installing such supply pipes as the village might   pay,  to  such  other  supply  pipe  connection for the same property or   properties as in the judgment of the board might be advisable.The board of water commissioners may cause a notice to be published in   the official newspaper of the village and if so published,  shall  serve   on  the  owners  or occupants a printed notice notifying such owners and   occupants of any and all property fronting or abutting  on  any  street,   right  of way or portion thereof, in or upon which any public water main   or distributing pipe is about to be laid or is being laid  or  has  been   laid by said board, that connection pipes to and from the water mains or   distribution  pipes  in said street, right of way or any portion thereof   in front of each separate piece of property and where directed  by  said   board,  shall  be  installed by said board in such manner and under such   conditions and at such prices as said board shall prescribe.The said board shall have authority to assess the actual cost of  such   connection  pipes  or  such  service charge as may be determined and the   actual cost of maintaining the same  upon  the  property  so  connected.   Should  the  owner of said property so connected fail to pay the cost or   charge thereof, the said board shall have authority to add such cost  or   charge  to  the  annual  tax  on  such  property  and  collect the same,   therewith, and when so collected, the amount thereof shall be paid  into   the  water  fund  of  the  village.  Nothing  herein  contained shall be   construed to prevent the financing, in whole or in part, pursuant to the   local finance law, of any expense incurred by the  village  pursuant  to   this section.
NY Vill L § 11-1116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1116 - Rules, Regulations, and Local Laws.

§  11-1116  Rules,  regulations,  and  local  laws. The board of water   commissioners  may  adopt  rules,  regulations  and   local   laws   not   inconsistent  with  law, for enforcing the collection of water rents and   relating to the use of the water, and may enforce observance thereof  by   cutting off the supply of water.
NY Vill L § 11-1118 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1118 - Establishment of Water Rents.

§   11-1118   Establishment   of  water  rents.  The  board  of  water   commissioners shall establish a scale of rents for use of water,  to  be   called "water rents", and to be paid at such times and in such manner as   the  board may prescribe. The board may provide that a discount shall be   allowed for the prompt payment of water rents within the  time  required   by  the  board  for  the  payment thereof. Such rents, together with the   amount of any penalty prescribed by the board and due for non-payment of   such rents within a time prescribed by the board, shall be a lien on the   real property upon which or in connection with which the water is  used,   and  such  a  lien  is  prior and superior to every other lien or claim,   except the lien of an existing tax.   Such board shall  certify  to  the   village  clerk  the  amounts  of  all such unpaid water rents, including   penalties computed to the first day of the month following the month  in   which the fiscal year commences, with a description of the real property   affected  thereby.  The  village clerk shall present such certificate to   the board of trustees and shall enter the same or an abstract thereof in   the minutes of the meeting. The board of  trustees  shall  include  such   amounts  in  the  annual  tax levy and shall levy the same upon the real   property in default. Whenever an unpaid water rent shall be included  in   the  annual village tax levy, as above provided, the water fund shall be   credited with the amount of the unpaid rent,  including  penalties,  and   the  amount  so  levied,  when collected, shall be paid into the general   fund.
NY Vill L § 11-1120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1120 - Supplying Water Outside of Corporate Limits.

§  11-1120  Supplying  water outside of corporate limits. The board of   water commissioners may sell  to  a  corporation,  individual  or  water   district  outside  the  village  the  right to make connections with the   mains or reservoirs of such village for the  purpose  of  drawing  water   therefrom and fix the prices and conditions therefor. The board of water   commissioners  of any village may contract with the state of New York or   with the state authority having control and  supervision  of  any  state   institution  to  furnish water to such state or state institution either   within or without  the  corporate  limits  of  said  village  upon  such   conditions  and  conferring  such  powers  in  the  state  or such state   authority and for such compensation as said board of water commissioners   and the state of New York or such state authority may  agree.    If  the   mains  are  or shall be laid in or through another municipal corporation   not  having  a  public  system  of  water  works,  the  board  of  water   commissioners  may  itself  lay  additional  pipes  for  the  purpose of   distributing water from such mains, and shall have the  same  rights  in   the  streets  or  highways of such other municipal corporation as if the   principal system were established therein. The board shall not sell  nor   permit the use of water under this section if thereby the supply for the   village or its inhabitants will be insufficient.
NY Vill L § 11-1122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1122 - Outside Extension of Mains.

§  11-1122  Outside  extension of mains. The board of trustees may, by   resolution, determine to extend water mains outside the village.    Such   resolution shall contain a general description of the proposed extension   and  the estimated expense thereof and the amount thereof, if any, to be   expended by the village. If the resolution  be  adopted,  the  board  of   water  commissioners  shall  make  the  extension  accordingly.  If such   extension is made, the board of water commissioners shall  adopt  rules,   regulations and rates to apply to all consumers outside of the village.
NY Vill L § 11-1124 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 11 - Water 11-1124 - Contracts for Purchase and Sale of Water.

§  11-1124  Contracts  for purchase and sale of water. 1. The board of   water commissioners may contract with the town board on  behalf  of  the   town  or a water supply, fire alarm or fire protection district thereof,   or with the board of  trustees  of  a  village  or  the  board  of  fire   commissioners of a fire district, respectively, to furnish water for the   extinguishment   of   fires,   including   the   furnishing,   erection,   maintenance, care and replacement of fire  hydrants,  the  erection  and   maintenance  of  markers  therefor,  and  the removal of snow and ice to   provide access thereto, or for sanitary or other  public  purposes,  for   any  period  not exceeding ten years. The amount payable each year under   such a contract shall be raised as a part of the expenses of  such  town   or water supply, fire alarm or fire protection district thereof, village   or  fire  district, and paid to the treasurer of the village owning such   system of water works. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to alter   or  remove  any  of  the   limitations,   restrictions   or   procedural   requirements  provided  in  sections  one  hundred eighty-four-a and one   hundred eighty-four-b of the town law.2. The board of water commissioners of any village maintaining its own   water distribution system may contract in the name of such village  with   any public corporation or improvement district which possesses the power   to  sell  a  supply  of  water, for the purpose of purchasing all or any   portion of the water supply of such village from such public corporation   or improvement district for such period as may be deemed necessary,  but   not  in  excess of forty years. The term "public corporation" as used in   this subdivision shall mean a  public  corporation  as  defined  in  the   general  corporations  law  and  also  any joint water works corporation   formed under the provisions of chapter six  hundred  fifty-four  of  the   laws of nineteen hundred twenty-seven, as amended.