[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.
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.