Opinion 91-53

TOWN BOARD -- Compensation (additional compensation for additional assigned duties); (additional compensation if also serve as deputy supervisor) -- Powers and Duties (appointment of board member as deputy supervisor)
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Compensation (additional compensation for performing services for special district)
TOWN ASSESSOR -- Compensation (additional compensation for chairman of board of assessors)
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (additional compensation for various town officers)
LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (necessity for local law when paying additional compensation to town board members and highway superintendents)

Opinion 91-52

PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Award (preference to bidder employing prescribed percentage of local residents); (requiring apprenticeship training program as pre-condition to) -- Bids (restricting bids only to bidders employing prescribed percentage of local residents) -- Lowest Responsible Bidder (responsibility of bidder as distinguished from debarment)
LOCAL LAWS -- Competitive Bidding (pre-emption by General Municipal Law, §103) -- Pre-emption (preference to bidder employing prescribed percentage of local residents); (requiring apprenticeship training program as pre-condition to); (restricting bids only to bidders employing prescribed percentage of local residents); (responsibility of bidder as distinguished from debarment)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Equal Protection (preference to bidder employing prescribed percentage of local residents) -- Privileges and Immunities (preference to bidder employing prescribed percentage of local residents) -- Commerce Clause (preference to bidder employing prescribed percentage of local residents)

Opinion 91-51

MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Inter-fund Advance (from county sewer district fund to general fund)
COUNTIES -- Fund Transfers (inter-fund advance from sewer district fund to general fund)

Opinion 91-50

PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Retained Percentages (substitution of Local Government Assistance Corporation bonds for)

Opinion 91-49

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Discontinuance of (county conveyance to other than owners of abutting lands)
COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (conveyance of abandoned county highway property)

Opinion 91-48

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Contracts (planning board review of shopping center expansion) -- Interest in Contract (planning board review of shopping center expansion)
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Ethics (applicant before planning board represented by board member's personal attorney)
ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning Boards (board member participating in review of project when applicant represented by board member's personal attorney)

Opinion 91-47

FEES -- Court Fees (filing of an objection to the issuance of letters testamentary)

Opinion 91-46

COUNTY CLERK-- Compensation (increase during term of office)
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (increase or decrease for county clerk during term of office)

Opinion 91-45

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (performance pursuant to agreement between the town board and highway superintendent) -- Repairs (performance pursuant to agreement between town board and highway superintendent)
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (scope of duties); (assignment of additional duties - drainage improvements); (highway repairs and improvements subject to agreement with town board) -- Relations With Town Board (remedies available to town board to enforce agreement for highway repairs and improvements)
TOWN BOARD -- Power and Duties (authority to assign additional duties to highway superintendent); (remedies to enforce agreement with highway superintendent for repair and improvement of town highways)

Opinion 91-44

FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health insurance)
FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners)
INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover fire district fire commissioners under State health insurance plan)

Opinion 91-43

CLAIMS -- Audit (procedure in towns); (delegation of pre-audit functions)
LOCAL LAWS -- Transfer of Function (town clerk's function in connection with preparation and custody of claims)
TOWN CLERK -- Powers and Duties (preparation and custody of claims)

Opinion 91-42

FIRE DEPARTMENT -- Villages (authority to transfer department funds to village treasurer); (cooperative investment of department funds and village funds); (gift of department funds to village subject to condition regarding use)
VILLAGE TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (authority to have custody of fire department funds)
VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (cooperative investment of fire department funds and village funds)

Opinion 91-41

REFERENDUM -- Tax Limitation (authority by petition to compel referendum)

Opinion 91-40

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Military Leave (compensation- determination of period of entitlement); (rescheduling of work days to avoid conflict with military duty)

Opinion 91-39

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (waiver of public salary exceeding statutory limit)
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (waiver of post-retirement salary - effect on retirement allowance)

Opinion 91-38

PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Bid Specifications (amount returned from the deposit for copies of)
LOCAL LAWS -- Pre-emption (deposits on plans and specifications)

Opinion 91-37

FINES AND PENALTIES -- Disposition of Parking Fines (received by city parking violations bureau for violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law, §§306 and 402)
PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Parking Regulations (disposition of fines received by city parking violations bureau for violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law, §§306 and 402)

Opinion 91-36

ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (use of village park trust fund moneys to develop facilities in town park)
PARKS AND RECREATION -- Joint Parks (use of village park trust fund moneys to develop facilities in town park)

Opinion 91-35

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (amount of salary increases for heads of police departments)
POLICEMEN AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (amount of salary increase pursuant to General Municipal Law, §207-m)

Opinion 91-34

PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Bid Specifications (authority to require timeliness and prior experience by vendor) -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (printing of election materials) -- Professional Services (printing of election materials as not constituting)
ELECTIONS -- Printing of Election Supplies (necessity for bidding)