June 2019 – Firefly Admin Inc.

LOSAP STATUTE AMENDMENT PASSES SENATE & ASSEMBLY

June 21, 2019

Bill A 7552 / S 4207-A has passed the Assembly and Senate. This bill increases the Defined Contribution service award from $700 to $1,200. Now, we wait for the Governor to sign it into law. When the law was amended to increase the contribution from $480 to $700, the Governor had not signed the bill into…

TRACKING TWO BILLS TO AMEND THE STATUTE

June 19, 2019

We are tracking two bills that are being considered during the final days of the legislative session. The session was scheduled to end today (Wednesday 6/19) but there are indications that it may be extended to the end of the week. The first bill is A 7276 / S 5895, which would increase the maximum…

POINT SYSTEM – TEACHING FIRE PREVENTION CLASSES

June 12, 2019

I’m purposefully skipping to the end – to the last point system category. We’ll circle back to the other three, leaving Miscellaneous to the end since it is sort of a “catch all” category. (ix)Teaching fire prevention classes—five points maximum. An active volunteer firefighter who at the direction of his company, district or department, and…

POINT SYSTEM – MEETINGS

June 11, 2019

The next point system category is meetings: (v)Attendance at meetings—twenty points maximum.Attendance at any official meetings of the volunteer fire company—one point per meeting. The biggest issue that surrounds the meeting category are what types of meetings qualify as a meeting for the purposes of this category. The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has…

POINT SYSTEM – ELECTED OR APPOINTED POSITION

June 10, 2019

The next point system category is Elected or Appointed Positions. Here is the text of the statute: (iv) Elected or appointed position (see definition)—twenty-five points maximum. (A) Completion of one year term in an elected or appointed position. If the term of office for a firefighter who has been elected or appointed to a…

POINT SYSTEM – SLEEP-IN & STAND-BY

June 7, 2019

Today we will look at the third Point System category in the statute – Sleep-in and Stand-by. Here is the text of the statute: (iii) Sleep-in or stand-by—twenty points maximum. (A) Sleep-in–one point each full night. (B) Stand-by—one point each. A stand-by is defined as line of duty activity of the…

POINT SYSTEM – DRILLS

June 6, 2019

The next category in the State law is the drill category. This is a very short category in the statute: Drills—twenty points maximum. One point per drill (minimum two hour drill). Similar to the Training Courses category, there is no definition of a drill in Article 11-A of the New York State General Municipal Law.…

POINT SYSTEM – TRAINING COURSES

June 5, 2019

Today we will look at the first Point System category – Training Courses. The current version of the statute looks like this: (i) Training courses — twenty-five points maximum. (A) Courses under twenty hours duration — one point per hour, with a maximum of five points. (B) Courses of twenty to forty-five hours duration…

POINT SYSTEM – WHO ADOPTS OR AMENDS IT?

June 4, 2019

It seems appropriate to first address who actually adopts, or amends the point system. There is some confusing language in the statute that must be navigated through. Section 217(c) of the General Municipal Law (GML) includes the following language: “Points shall be granted in accordance with a system adopted by the program sponsor. Such system…

POINT SYSTEM – DEEP DIVE

June 3, 2019

I thought I’d spend some time taking a more deep dive into the LOSAP Point System. There was a flurry of audit activity from from State in 2014 and 2015, which gave us more insight into how the State views that Point Systems should be adopted and administered. Since 2015, there have been a handful…

Month: June 2019