Hyde Park Fire & Water District v. County of Dutchess

*105OPINION OF THE COURT

George Beisheim, J.

In this action, the plaintiff Hyde Park Fire and Water District seeks a declaratory judgment, pursuant to CPLR 3001, to the effect that (1) it acted legally in employing Stephen J. Heupler; (2) the said district does not fall under the jurisdiction of the defendant, Dutchess County Department of Personnel (Civil Service Commission), and need not appoint from a civil service list; and (3) a declaration that it is found that it is under the jurisdiction of the defendant County Civil Service Commission and Stephen J. Heupler has, at that time, completed six…