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Opinion 89-34
… -- Powers and Duties (authority to investigate misuse of highway equipment and discipline highway department employees); (authority to direct rescission of highway superintendent's appointment of deputy highway … is authorized to make inquiry into the activities of town highway department laborers suspected of using town vehicles …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-34Opinion 2010-3
… town board to submit the fire protection contract to voter approval ( compare e.g. Town Law §§ 81, 170 [4] with Town Law … loans from the New York State Emergency Services Revolving Loan Account ("Account') for such purchases ( see Budget … the contract price. 4 The town also may not make a gift or loan of money to the incorporated fire company to cover the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Opinion 88-66
… may obtain a copyright on a computer program developed by an employee of the school district. STATE CONSTITUTION, … school district to copyright computer programs developed by employees of the school district. Specifically, you ask: … obtain a copyright for computer programs developed by school district employees? May a school district obtain a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-66Opinion 98-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … Whether the moneys of a city with 125000+ inhabitants and the moneys of the city school district of such a city may be commingled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-12Opinion 92-56
… -- Compensation (payment of flat monthly allowance for use of private automobile on official business) WORDS AND … of employment" (as including payment of monthly allowance for use of automobile on official business) LAWS OF 1972, … pay the town manager a flat monthly fee as an allowance for use of his or her automobile on official business as part …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56Opinion 98-7
… (replacement of fire chiefs' cars); (acquisition of traffic signal control system) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus … (replacement of chiefs' cars and acquisition of traffic signal control system) -- Powers and Duties (acquisition of chiefs' cars and traffic signal control system) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-7Opinion 91-45
… 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 … of additional duties - drainage improvements); (highway repairs and improvements subject to agreement with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-45Opinion 99-14
… opinion. PERSONAL PROPERTY -- Disposition of (by exchange for work performed for municipality) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … this transaction is more appropriately characterized as a sale by the town of unneeded personal property, or as a … p 84; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-78, p 124). The method of sale chosen is within the sound discretion of the governing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-14Claims Auditing – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… enough detail and documentation so that the auditing body or official is supplied with sufficient information to … appropriations to pay the claim? Generally, no claim can be paid if sufficient budgetary appropriations are not … payable function. This document may be provided for use as an abstract. Such a process could be a convenient …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/claims-auditingOpinion 91-27
… for municipal purposes to be conveyed for private use ( Lake George Steamboat Co. v Blais , 30 NY2d 48, 330 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-27Opinion 89-18
… required basic course of assessors' training) TOWN ASSESSOR -- Training (reimbursement for wages lost from … TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to reimburse town assessor for wages lost from regular job while attending … a town may not reimburse an appointed or elected assessor for wages lost from his or her regular job while …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18X.3.A Agency Vendor Registration – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… Line 1.When entering DBA information, enter only the abbreviation "DBA" with no periods or slashes. Do not spell … not a required field. State If you are unsure of the state abbreviation, click on the magnifying glass to select the appropriate state abbreviation. Postal Code The five-digit zip code is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x3a-agency-vendor-registrationDiNapoli, Stringer Lead Investors Calling on Olympic Sponsors to End Their Silence, Defend Russian LGBT Rights
… written to four major corporate sponsors of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia that failed to respond … and human rights of all athletes and attendees of the Winter Games and visitors to the Games’ venues. Signatories … letters written to four corporate sponsors of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi Russia that failed to respond …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-stringer-lead-investors-calling-olympic-sponsors-end-their-silence-defend-russian-lgbtComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentence Of Former Met Council Chief Financial Officer For Role In Stealing $9m In Kickback Scheme
… be prosecuted and punished. I thank Comptroller DiNapoli for his continued partnership in our efforts to root out … protected. I also thank the Met Council board of directors for cooperating with our investigation.” State Comptroller … scheme. The thefts began in 1992, when Cohen devised the scam with Joseph Ross, of Century Coverage Corporation. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentence-former-met-council-chief-financial-officerOpinion 91-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … serving as his or her bookkeeper or confidential secretary) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(3); TOWN LAW, §29(15): … Whether it is still the opinion of this Office that there is no prohibited conflict of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-18Opinion 90-64
… in a town special district, the establishment or extension of the special district, as well as any increase in … when initiated by action of the town board under article 12-A of the Town Law (Town Law, §§209-e, 209-h). The … or special improvement authorized by articles 3-A, 12, 12-A or 12-C of the Town Law is not subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-64Opinion 90-63
… of the library (Education Law, §§226[5], 260; 1985 Opns St Comp No. 85-40, p 54). Based on these statutory … for and the cost of those meals is reasonable (1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-66, p 82; see also 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-263, p 330; 1980 Opns St Comp Nos. 80-282, p …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 94-10
… discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (human rights commission) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (part-town human rights commission) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Human Rights (establishment of joint townwide-village … Whether a town may establish a joint human rights commission for the portion of the town located …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-10Opinion 2002-8
… no improvement has been constructed for the district or services provided by the district and no indebtedness is … in 1982 but for which no improvements were constructed, no services provided and no indebtedness incurred, may be … no improvement has been constructed for the district or services provided by the district and no indebtedness is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-8Opinion 89-48
… in connection with the improvement of real property are held in the physical custody of the county clerk and are indexed in accordance with subdivision 10 of section 37. … for Discharge of Mechanic's Lien". You ask (i) where and how the bonds are to be indexed on your records, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-48