LAWS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK, v76 Updated 12-25-2006
PART I CHARTER

ARTICLE XI, Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services [Added 9-27-1983 by L.L. No. 16-1983

§ C11-4. Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Commission.

§ C11-1 . Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Commission.

A.  There shall be a County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Commission pursuant to County Law § 225-a. The Commission shall be comprised of 18 members. Each member shall be appointed by the County Executive with approval of the County Legislature. The term of office for members shall be three years, except that of those members first appointed, six shall serve for three years, six shall serve for two years and five shall serve for one year. At such time that members are reappointed or new members are appointed, the term of office shall be three years. [Amended 10-13-1993 by L.L. No. 25-
1993]

NOTE: Local law No. 25·1993 also provided as follows:

Section 1. Legislative Intent.

This Legislature hereby finds and determines that Suffolk County Charter § C11-4 established the Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Commission.

This Legislature further finds that when this Charter law was amended by Local Law No. 39-1988, a discrepancy in the number of CommissIon members was created.

Therefore, the purpose of this law is to correct the internal discrepancy which now exists within this Charter law.

B.  The County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services Commission shall include one member from each township and an alternate member, two members from the Suffolk County Fire District Officers Association, two members from the Fire Chiefs Council of Suffolk County, two members from the Suffolk County Volunteer Firemen's Association, one member from the Suffolk County Ambulance Chiefs Association and an alternate member and one member from the Fire Inspectors Association of Suffolk County and an alternate member. The alternate members shall vote in the absence of the appointed members. The members of the Commission shall be county officers and shall serve without compensation; however, members shall be reimbursed at standard county rates for travel expenses incurred for meeting attendance. The members of the Fire Advisory Board in office at the time of enactment of this legislation shall continue in office as members of the new Commission until expiration of their cutTent terms of office. [Amended 8-30-1988 by L.L. No. 39-1988]

C.  Ex officio members, who shall not vote, shall include, but not be limited to, the Commissioner of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, the Fire Marshal or alternate, the Director of Emergency Preparedness or alternate, the Director ofVEEB or alternate and two County Legislators.

D.  The presence of a majority of voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.

E.  It shall be the duty of such Commission to cooperate with thc Ncw York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control in effectuating the purposes for which the Division was established in relation to such programs for fire training and mutual aid; to act as a policy-making body to the County Executive, the County Legislature and the Commissioner of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services in connection with the county participation in such programs for fire training and mutual aid and in connection with county establishment and maintenance of the County Fire Training Academy and mutual aid programs in cases of fire and other emergencies in which the services of firemen would be used; and to perform such other duties as the County Legislature may prescribe in relation to fire training and mutual aid in cases of fire and other emergencies in which the services of firemen would be used, excluding emergency and disaster planning done within the Division of Emergency Preparedness.