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Council expedites fund transfer to backfill insurance mFund after firefighter line-of-duty payout
Summary
Council approved a 7-0 motion to expedite a transfer from the city's insurance mFund to cover compensation required under the firefighters' contract and New York General Municipal Law §208; staff said the payment to the firefighter's spouse has already been made and this action will backfill the mFund.
At the March 24 work session, corporation counsel presented an item in the finance committee requesting the city move funds from its insurance mFund to cover a compensation payout required under the firefighters’ contract and New York General Municipal Law §208 (payments to dependents when a firefighter dies in the line of duty). Bob Herry, corporation counsel, described the components to be paid, including a year of salary under GML §208 and contract provisions for accumulated leave and similar payouts.
Herry said the spouse of the deceased firefighter has already received the immediate payment and that the council’s action is to move funding to backfill the insurance mFund. The transcript includes a numeric figure that was not clearly recorded; staff said there is a healthy mFund balance sufficient to handle the transfer and that the money will not come from the general fund.
Council voted 7-0 on a motion to expedite the finance item; the roll call recorded seven ayes. No additional financial details or supplemental votes were recorded in the work session minutes provided.
