[Amended 7-28-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
The membership of the Fire Department shall consist of those
persons elected to membership pursuant to the bylaws of the Fire Company.
Such membership shall become effective only upon subsequently being
approved by resolution of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees
may approve or disapprove of a membership applicant as a member of
the Fire Department based upon its own independent review and application
of any criteria established under the bylaws or otherwise as membership
criteria independently established by the Board of Trustees based
upon any legally permissible and fairly applied rationale and grounds
and established by resolution duly adopted from time to time. Any
person so approved shall be a member of the Fire Department. Such
criteria may include, and mandate as a condition of application, without
limitation, the submission of a detailed, sworn-to application for
membership and applicant-authorized criminal- and vehicle-and-traffic-related
background searches and personal reference checks. Any person elected
to membership in the Fire Company but not subsequently approved as
a member of the Fire Department by the Board of Trustees may be permitted
to continue such membership in the Fire Company but shall not enjoy
any benefits accruing to a member of the Fire Department, may not
participate in any firematic or training activities or duties of the
Fire Department, and shall not be deemed a member of the Fire Department
for and to the extent such membership is necessary for entitlement
to any such benefits, entitlements, insurance coverages and the like
provided or available to duly appointed members of the Village Fire
Department. All such unapproved applicants shall, pursuant to the
bylaws, be classified as a type of member different from any classification
of membership that duly appointed/approved members of the Fire Department
shall be classified as. All officers of the Fire Department shall
be members, and any reference to "member" herein shall mean inclusive
of officers.
[Amended 7-28-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
Election to membership in the Fire Department shall be pursuant
to the bylaws. The membership of any person so elected to the Fire
Company shall become effective as a member of the Fire Department
only upon approval (appointment) by duly adopted resolution of the
Board of Trustees. Membership shall however be deemed to have been
approved pursuant to this section in the event that no action is taken
by the Board of Trustees, either approving or disapproving of such
appointment, within 40 days after the service of written notice of
election to membership shall have been made by the Secretary of the
Fire Department upon the Village Mayor and the Village Clerk, either
personally or by mail.
[Amended 7-28-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
A member, in accepting election and approval/appointment to
the Fire Department, assumes the duty and obligation to obey and support
the bylaws and these Fire Department Rules and Regulations.
[Amended 7-28-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
A.Â
The bylaws of the Fire Company comprising the Village of Camillus
Fire Department and any amendments to same shall be subject to approval
of the Village Board of Trustees by resolution duly adopted. No bylaws
of the Fire Company nor amendments thereto shall be deemed as effective
in relation to the conduct and operations of the Fire Department unless
and until such time as approved by the Village Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees may approve or disapprove of the bylaws and/or
any amendments to same in whole or in part and in its sole discretion,
based upon any rationally based and clearly articulated concern, including
such as that same may violate, by its language per se or in its potential
or actual application, any applicable laws, rules, regulations of
the federal, state, county or local governments, that as proposed
the language is ambiguous, vague or otherwise unclear, that same proposes
policies or practices that while per se legal may be contrary to the
intent of the Village Board on such issue or that may, as explicitly
stated or in application or effect, include or impose provisions or
policies contrary to this chapter or to any other expression of Fire
Department policy clearly articulated by Village Board resolution,
and which policy may be so articulated in response to consideration
of the proposed objectionable provision.
B.Â
The Board of Trustees may, but is not obligated to, hold a public
hearing prior to consideration of the adoption of bylaws proposed
by the Fire Company. A copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Fire
Department established hereunder and such approved bylaws of the Fire
Company, any approved amendments to the foregoing and any resolutions
of the Village Board of Trustees duly adopted hereunder shall be provided
by the Fire Company to each and every member of the Fire Department
as soon as practicable from the date hereof and to each new member
upon the commencement of his or her respective probationary period.
Every present member and prospective new member shall sign and acknowledge
the receipt of copies of the rules and regulations and the bylaws.
Reference herein to the "bylaws" shall mean only those bylaws (and
amendments or parts thereof) that have been approved by the Village
Board of Trustees. Any unapproved bylaws or provisions purporting
to amend same shall not be effective unless and until approved by
the Board of Trustees.
