April -May 2020 Fire District Affairs Bulletin Available

The April - May 2020 Fire District Affairs Bulletin is available in the "Member Center". Members Must Log-in to access the read, print or download the digital copy (pdf format) of the bulletin: If your district has never registered for access or you are a new commissioner, please contact Cathy DeLuca, Program/Education Coordinator at (C) (518) 275-6585 or by email to program.coordinator@afdsny.org ; please have available the names and email addresses of your district officials to be added or changed. If you are already registered you should receive the same information via email. The printed copy of the bulletin should reach your district post office next week.

There is a lot of important and time sensitive information in this bulletin regarding holding remote board meetings and the open meeting law. This bulletin contents:
  • AFDSNY Annual Meeting and Conference Postponed Announcement
  • AFDSNY Fire Commissioner On-site Classroom Training Postponed
  • Fire District Operations; Corona virus Covid 19; Governor Cuomo’s Executive Orders
  • Conducting the Remote Board Meeting Based upon Executive Order 202.1 of 2020
  • Sample Form: Legal Notice – Remote Meeting during Covid-19 Period
  • VFBL coverage and coronavirus Covid 19
  • 2020 Edward “Ned Carter” Scholarship Winners Announced
  • Videoconferencing; The New Frontier
  • Internal Financial Controls for Volunteer Fire Departments and Fire Companies
  • LOSAP Administration; the certified list, posting and appeals
  • Disciplinary hearings; reviewing the report and recommendation of the hearing officer
  • Workplace violence and the threat of “going postal”