[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of East Hampton 4-28-2023 by L.L. No. 9-2023. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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The Village of East Hampton recognizes that the Constitution of the State of New York and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York afford villages the ability to structure their local governments as needed to promote the efficiency of village operations.
B. 
The Municipal Home Rule Law specifically authorizes a village to create or discontinue departments; to prescribe or modify the powers and duties of such departments; and to specify the powers, duties, qualifications, number and mode of selection of its officers and employees.
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New York General Municipal Law § 122-b provides that a village, acting individually or jointly with other municipalities, may provide an emergency medical service, a general ambulance service or a combination of such services for the purpose of providing prehospital emergency medical treatment or transporting sick or injured persons found within the boundaries of the municipality or the municipalities acting jointly to a hospital, clinic, sanatorium or other place for treatment of such illness or injury.
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The Village of East Hampton has determined that there is a need to establish a Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) given that emergency care, treatment and/or transportation of persons requiring ambulance services are matters affecting the health and welfare of Village residents.
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The Village Board of Trustees accordingly intends to exercise its powers to hereby create the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) as a Department of the Village government.
There is hereby created in the Village of East Hampton the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) as a Department of Village government. The Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall also be known as the East Hampton Village Emergency Medical Service (EMS).
The function of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall be to provide a municipal paid and volunteer general ambulance service in the Village and in contracted-for areas of the Town of East Hampton.
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The Village Board of Trustees shall be and shall act as the Board of Commissioners for the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS). The Chief of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall report to the Board of Trustees or the Board of Trustees' designee.
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The proper management of the functions of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall be subject to the direction and control of the Board of Trustees or the Board of Trustee's designee.
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Subject to the approval of the Village Board of Trustees, the Chief of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall propose the rules and regulations (the "EMS Department Rules and Regulations") governing the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) matters.
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The Village Board of Trustees, as Board of Commissioners, may from time to time by resolution engage, employ and appoint non-volunteer, non-voting, paid personnel of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS).
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All Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel (both volunteer and paid) shall report through the departmental chain of command pursuant to the EMS Department Rules and Regulations.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall be designated as the first person notified by the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Chief in the following circumstances:
(1) 
A declared state of emergency;
(2) 
An active incident requiring immediate notification; or
(3) 
Exigent circumstances that affect the immediate health, safety, and welfare of the general public.
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Nothing herein shall limit the powers of any Village officer otherwise provided by New York State Law.
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Effective May 1, 2023, the Village Board of Trustees shall appoint those persons who shall serve as volunteer members of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) (the "Initial Volunteer Membership").
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Subsequent to the appointment of the Initial Volunteer Membership, the Chief of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) may recommend other eligible persons as volunteer members, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
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The Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall consist of a Chief, First Assistant Chief, Second Assistant Chief and such other officers as may be created by the Village Board of Trustees or provided for in the EMS Department Rules and Regulations (the "Officers").
B. 
Effective May 1, 2023, the Village Board of Trustees shall appoint those persons who shall serve as the officers for a twelve-month term beginning May 1, 2023 (the "initial officers").
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Subsequent to term of the initial officers, the officers shall be elected annually by the volunteer members of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS), for a calendar-year term of office, subject to the approval of the Village Board of Trustees and pursuant to the EMS Department Rules and Regulations.
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Beginning in the year 2024, an annual meeting of the membership of the Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each year for the purpose of electing officers for a twelve-month term of office, which term shall commence on May 1 of each year. At such meeting the volunteer members shall elect the officers by ballot from among the volunteer membership. The election as officers of persons so elected shall become effective upon approval thereof by the Village Board of Trustees. Any vacancies occurring in any such offices shall be filled pursuant to election in accordance with the EMS Department Rules and Regulations.
If any section or subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or provision of this law shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, any judgment made thereby shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part or provision so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Nothing herein prevents the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Department members from joining or creating an ambulance or EMS association or associations for social, educational, charitable and honorific purposes and for purposes of providing volunteers for the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Department.
This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.