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Opinion 2000-2
… RULE LAW, §10(l)(i): A village, by resolution, may provide for bands, movies and similar events as part of its … youth programs. It also may enter into agreements with not-for-profit agencies accepting federal funds pursuant to the … In addition, it may, by local law, further provide for the promotion of literary, graphic, dramatic and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 2008-4
… matters) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (costs for park district improvements not payable from general fund) PARK DISTRICTS -- Increase and Improvement of Facilities … or worn out facilities, undertaken in an existing town park district pursuant to the authority in Town Law § 202-b, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-4Opinion 90-16
… opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Employment Contracts (member of county board of health retained by county health department) -- Medical Services (member of county board of health retained by county health … department) HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES -- Board of Health (member as consultant to health department) -- Contracts for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16Opinion 89-54
… MUNICIPAL FUNDS--Capital Reserve Fund (creation of by town for construction of water improvements) WATER … fund may be established and moneys expended therefrom for the construction of any improvements the town board … You ask whether a capital reserve fund may be established for the construction of a type of improvement provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-61
… of OSC’s automatic processing of the October 2013 LLS payment and provide instructions for payments not processed … 0810 who meet the eligibility criteria Effective Date(s) Payment will be processed in a separate check dated 10/23/13 … Pay Period 14L). There is no direct deposit for this payment. Eligibility Criteria Employees in graded positions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-61-october-2013-district-council-37-dc37-longevity-lumpOpinion 95-23
… may, in determining the form of vouchers to be presented for audit, permit the statement by the town officer whose … review of documentation relating to the claim. This is in response to your inquiry concerning the form of … NY 317; see also 1971 Opns St Comp No. 71-659, unreported; 26 Opns St Comp, 1970, p 209). Section 118(1) does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-23Opinion 91-24
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. SEWERS AND SEWER SYSTEMS -- Contracts (to provide service outside town district) SEWER DISTRICTS -- Contracts (between town and … of sewage ... with any public corporation or any county or town on behalf of any improvement district and also with any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-24Opinion 2006-5
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … to mandatory referendum) TOWN LAW §27(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW §23(2)(e): A town board may reduce the salary of an … Prior inconsistent opinions are hereby superseded. 4 July 25, 2006 Brian R. Haak, Esq., Town Attorney Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 2007-3
… benefits and employer contributions to pension or annuity funds”. For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-3Opinion 88-24
… an interest in a contract with the town where she and her husband are reimbursed for expenses incurred in maintaining a … conflict of interest if the board member and her husband are reimbursed for costs incurred in connection with … submitted for reimbursement by the board member or her husband for expenses in connection with maintaining the pond …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-12
… Purpose To define Increment Codes and Anniversary Dates and to explain their use in payroll processing. Affected Employees Graded employees in … the grade plus $1700.00. Increment Codes and Anniversary Dates are essential to the automatic processing of … To define Increment Codes and Anniversary Dates and to explain their use in payroll processing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-12-performance-advance-payments-rent-regulations-servicesOpinion 97-19
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … of the insurance agency which was the successful bidder for the fire district's insurance business would have a … were inconsistent with public policy, or suggested self interest or partiality or economic impropriety, and (2) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-19Opinion 92-30
… (contracts with not-for-profit agencies) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 802(1)(f), 803, 806: A member of a county … interest in such a contract pursuant to General Municipal Law, §803 and should not participate in the discussion or … is deemed to have an interest in any contract with a firm, partnership, association or corporation of which he or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-30Opinion 96-19
… with town of real property and construction of building for use as town hall and fire station) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION … acquisition of real property by town and fire district for construction purposes) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (joint … district of real property and construction of building for use as town hall and fire station) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-19Opinion 2001-11
… of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views … the fire district on such transactions for the past year was approximately $7,600. You further indicate that, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 2000-17
… Whether a town on behalf of a water district may enter into a contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-17Opinion 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
… -- 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-2002-12Opinion 97-26
… of district); (authority to use equipment purchased for use within a zone of assessment in other areas of fire … of a fire district may establish, after a public hearing, one or more zones in which the rate of tax for fire … not included in any zone. The notice of the public hearing must specify the boundaries of the proposed zone(s), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26Opinion 91-45
… those granted [citation omitted]" ( Blumberg v Town of North Hempstead , 114 Misc 2d 8 at 12, 450 NYS2d 698 at 701, … other duties imposed by law will be neglected (24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 146; 21 Opns St Comp, 1965, p 503). We have stated that pursuant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-45