(A) All members of the Fire Department, with the exception of the Fire Chief and the Deputy Fire Chief, are hereby declared subject to the provisions of 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-1 et seq. The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners shall appoint all members of the Fire Department in accordance with the above statute.
(B) (1) All original appointments to the Fire Department under and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners shall be for a probationary period of one year.
(2) At the expiration of such probationary period, such appointment to the Fire Department shall automatically become permanent; provided, however, that, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners may, at any time during the probationary period, discharge such appointee after notice and assignment of cause of removal therefrom.
(C) The Mayor is authorized to appoint, suspend or discharge the Fire Chief or the Deputy Fire Chief with the consent of the City Council. In the event the Mayor discharges the Fire Chief or the Deputy Fire Chief, he or she shall revert to the rank he or she held before his or her appointment to that office, if any, as the Fire Department has established under the Fire and Police Commission Act, being 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1.
(1960 Code, § 5-1-2) (Ord. 7362, passed 3-15-2010)