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a. The fire chief shall prepare rules and regulations, administrative policies, and operational <br />procedures as deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the department. <br />b. The city's personnel policies shall apply to fire department employees, including on -call firefighters <br />and officers in their capacity as such. Any conflict between the city personnel policies and fire <br />department rules and regulations, administrative policies and /or operational guidelines shall be <br />decided in favor the applicable city personnel policy. <br />Sec. 22.35. — Mutual Aid. <br />The fire department is authorized to respond to calls for assistance outside of the city limits in <br />accordance with its rules and regulations, administrative policies and /or operating guidelines. The <br />council shall, by ordinance, prescribe charges to be made by the fire department for such calls and shall <br />approve any agreements made with other governmental bodies for fire protection. <br />Sec. 22.36 — Service fees. <br />a. Establishment. The City Council may, by ordinance, establish fees for fire protection and /or <br />emergency response, which are not otherwise specified by contract. Such fees may be established <br />at a fixed rate for certain specific types of incidents or for actual costs incurred by the fire <br />department in responding to the incident. The fire chief shall make a recommendation at least <br />annually to the city administrator for approval by the City Council regarding the fee to be charged <br />for each service. <br />b. Responsibility for payment; lien for unpaid charges. Each owner of the premises receiving fire <br />department services to which a fee is charged for fire protection and /or emergency response shall <br />be deemed to have agreed and any delinquencies in the payment for the fire department service to <br />the premises shall be a lien and charge against the premises so served. In case of a delinquency, the <br />lien may be certified to the county auditor with taxes against such property, and shall be collected in <br />the same manner as taxes against real estate. <br />Sec. 22.38 — Firefighters relief association. <br />1) There is hereby continued in the city a firefighters relief association, whose function is to manage <br />service pension benefits for on -call firefighters, which are authorized under statutes, and to provide <br />other services to on -call firefighters of the city fire department as deemed appropriate by members <br />of the association. <br />