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Proposed Ordinance Change <br />Chapter 22, Article II <br />Sec. 22 -31— Department continued; purpose; organization. <br />a. There is hereby continued in the city and for its benefit a fire department, whose mission is to <br />prevent and suppress fires, to protect lives and property, to enforce applicable fire, building and life <br />safety codes, and to promote the health, safety and welfare of its citizens. <br />b. The fire department shall be administered by a fire chief, who shall be appointed by the City Council, <br />Sec. 22.32 — Fire chief and officers. <br />a. The fire chief shall have supervision and control of the fire department and its personnel. The fire <br />chief shall be responsible for general policy- making and administrative control and for directing, <br />planning, and coordinating of all activities of the fire department, including, but not limited to, fire <br />protection and emergency response, fire prevention and safety educational services, training and <br />safety of personnel, and fire station facilities, vehicles, and equipment assigned to the department. <br />Specific duties of the fire chief shall be prescribed in a job description prepared by the city <br />administrator and approved by the City Council. <br />b. For periods of absence from the city up to 60 days, the fire chief has the authority to appoint an <br />acting fire chief. For periods of absence longer than 60 days, the City Council shall approve the <br />appointment of an acting fire chief. <br />The fire department shall have officers and other management staff subordinate to the fire chief <br />who shall assist in the management of fire department duties and functions. The fire department <br />chain of command shall be defined in the fire department rules and regulations, administrative <br />policies and /or operational procedures. Specific duties of officers and management staff shall be <br />prescribed in job descriptions prepared by the fire chief and approved by the City Council. <br />Sec. 22.33 — Personnel. <br />a. Fire Department personnel shall perform such duties and functions as are prescribed in job <br />descriptions which shall be prepared for each position by the fire chief and approved by the City <br />Council. <br />b. The City Council shall, by resolution, set the authorized on -call firefighter staffing level for the <br />department. <br />c. Beginning April 1, 2013, no person hired or employed by the city to fill a full -time position whose <br />essential functions /duties include that of fire suppression and /or emergency response may also be <br />employed as an on -call firefighter. Persons who already are both a full -time city employee with fire <br />suppression and /or emergency response functions /duties and an on -call firefighters on April 1, <br />2013, shall not be affected by this section with regard to their status at that time unless they change <br />positions. <br />Sec. 22.34 — Rules and regulations <br />