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Opinion 2002-12
… -- Streets and Highways (combining two village street departments) -- Water (combining two village water … Department (cooperation agreement to combine two village street departments) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (municipal … cooperation agreement to combine sewer, water and street departments of the two villages) WATER SUPPLY AND …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-12-0Opinion 2002-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … may combine its sewer water and street departments with the sewer water and street departments of another village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-12Opinion 2001-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … corporation doing business with fire district not relevant for purposes of section 801 of the General Municipal Law) -- … chief of a fire district fire department who owns more than 5% of the stock of a corporation would not have a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 92-28
… -- Tax Anticipation Notes (payment of proceeds to a public library); (payment of interest for notes issued for library taxes) LIBRARIES -- Finances (issuance and payment of … for payment over by school district) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Library Appropriation (disposition of interest on investment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-28Opinion 96-15
… pursuant to this judgment are a townwide or a part-town charge. The general rule is that all taxes for town purposes … above, the amount of a judgment would always be a townwide charge because section 121 does not require or permit the … building inspector's duties under that section a part-town charge (1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-61, p 135). In relation to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Opinion 97-26
… in a fire district pursuant to Town Law, §176(27). You ask the following questions: (1) May the cost of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26XII.8.A Workflow in the Accounts Payable Module – XII. Expenditures
… and guidance to Business Units regarding voucher workflow in the Accounts Payable module. Online Business Units should document voucher approvals in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) whenever it is practicable. Completing approvals in the SFS will ensure the system contains comprehensive and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8a-workflow-accounts-payable-moduleOpinion 90-14
… (direct payment by developer of subdivision review fees to engineer or lawyer) TOWN LAW, §277(1): A town may impose a … inquire whether a town may be reimbursed by a developer for the costs of an engineer, attorney and land surveyor … the town. There is no express authority in the Town Law for a town to impose fees in connection with applications for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-14Opinion 2008-2
… the official record of the governing body's proceedings ( id .). In this instance, the consideration received by the … Parker v Town of Gardiner Planning Bd. , 184 AD2d 937, 585 NYS2d 571, lv denied 80 NY2d 761, 592 NYS2d 670; Cahn v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 92-15
… unreported is superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether a county is required to provide benefits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-15Opinion 90-60
… GARBAGE -- Solid Waste Facility (validity of installment purchase contract to finance recycling center under General … §§109-b, 120-w: A county may enter into an installment purchase contract to finance the construction of a recycling … opinion that the "lease" agreement contemplated is a lease-purchase or installment purchase contract and not a true …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-60Opinion 2008-1
… of a not-for-profit foundation that raises money and makes gifts to the school district. The school board member, … under the contract; or (c) appoint an officer or employee who has any such powers or duties. Any contract willfully … (General Municipal Law § 804), and any officer or employee who willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-1Opinion 95-15
… discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Taxes (authority of school district to charge public library with proportionate … AND ASSESSMENTS -- Refunds and Chargebacks (authority of school district to charge public library with proportionate share of tax refund) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Library appropriation (authority to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-15Opinion 2005-4
… to be submitted at the meeting ( id .). The proposition vote at the meeting is by ballot ( id . at §1951[2][f]) or if … . at §1951[2][g]). Under section 1951, to be eligible to vote at a BOCES meeting, an individual must be (1) a citizen … requiring that the question of the sale be submitted to a vote by the qualified voters of the district. The petition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-4