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City of Schenectady, NY
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New Laws (3) Index Notes (14)
[Adopted 9-24-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-11]
There is hereby established a Public Safety Foundation to assist in community outreach while also aiding in the moral support of the Schenectady Police and Fire Departments. The Public Safety Foundation will allow the Schenectady Police and Fire Departments to strengthen their departments and increase civic engagement, as well as enhance education and outreach within the community.
A. 
The Public Safety Foundation shall consist of seven individual members and five ex officio members consisting of the Mayor, Schenectady City Council Public Safety Chairperson, Schenectady Police Chief, Schenectady Fire Chief, and Public Safety Commissioner for the City of Schenectady. It shall be a goal that the seven ex officio members would serve in an advisory capacity.
B. 
The board members of the Public Safety Foundation shall be appointed as follows: two board members selected by the Mayor, two board members selected by the Schenectady Police Chief, two board members selected by the Schenectady Fire Chief, and one board member appointed by the City Council.
C. 
The Foundation may sponsor and establish such other subsidiary memberships as it may find desirable and necessary, on such terms as it may decide, for general, associate, or youth membership in the foundation. All other such memberships shall be nonvoting.
A. 
Each board member appointed shall serve a term of two years starting on the first of the month after their appointment they are appointed and running for 24 months.
B. 
Members of the foundation shall serve without compensation for such service unless the Schenectady City Council shall provide otherwise.
C. 
Members of the foundation may be removed by a majority vote of the advisory board for missing three consecutive meetings of the Foundation without justification or excuse communicated to the Chairperson.
A. 
The Mayor shall appoint the initial Chairperson.
B. 
A Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, and Secretary must be appointed by the Board.
C. 
The Foundation shall have the authority to promulgate its own rules and regulations where the same are not inconsistent with this article.
A. 
A quorum for the conduct of the lawful business of the foundation shall be a majority of the current appointed members of the Foundation; in other words, four of the seven appointed board members must be present to conduct lawful business.
B. 
All actions and decisions of the Foundation may be by a simple majority vote of the members, both appointed and ex-officio, at a lawful meeting of the Foundation.
A. 
In June and December of every year, the Foundation shall advise the City Council of the funds it expects to make available for the support of the Schenectady Public Safety Foundation. Such amounts may be allocated to specific activities, including, but not limited to, supplies and training for police officers and firefighters, programs that would develop and improve wellness and morale of public safety officers, conferences for Public Safety Foundation officers and programs for youth or community development.
B. 
The expenses of the Foundation shall be provided from the following sources: sums provided by the City of Schenectady through trust and agency accounts: sums provided by donations; and sums raised by foundraising activities sponsored by the Public Safety Foundation. All money received by the Foundation from any source shall be used solely for the purposes set out in this article and in furtherance of the Public Safety Foundation. Any money donated to the Foundation earmarked for a specific purpose shall be used only for that purpose.
C. 
The Chairperson of the Foundation or his or her duly appointed designee and the Treasurer or his or her duly appointed designee must sign all City vouchers approving of an expenditure when such amounts are funded by a trust and agency account.
The Foundation shall have the following powers:
A. 
The Foundation is authorized to undertake fundraising activities for the purpose of raising revenue to promote the purpose of this article.
B. 
The Foundation may use the services of Schenectady police officers and/or Schenectady firefighters with the prior approval of the Schenectady Police Chief or Schenectady Fire Chief respectively.
The provisions of this article are severable and the invalidity of any part of this article shall not affect the validity of the rest of the article.