(A) (1) The Board of Safety shall have authority over all matters and property relating to the following:
(a) Police Department; and
(b) Fire Department, including ambulance and emergency medical service operations.
(2) Subject to the budget and appropriation of the Town Council, the Board of Safety may recommend salaries and wages to the Town Council and may purchase the equipment and supplies and make the repairs needed for each of the departments therein.
(B) The Board of Safety shall adopt rules for the governance and discipline of the members and other town employees of the Metropolitan Police Department and members and other town employees of the Municipal Fire Department, including the emergency medical services employees and members, subject to conformance with applicable state law.
(C) The Board of Safety may adopt general and special orders to the Metropolitan Police Department and the Municipal Fire Department, which orders shall be carried out through the chief of chain of command authorized administrator(s).
(D) The Police Chief shall have exclusive control of the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Fire Chief shall have exclusive control of the Municipal Fire Department, each subject to the promulgated rules and orders of the Board of Safety, as amended from time to time. In time of the operation of a Disaster Plan of the town, the Police Chief and the Fire Chief, for the time of said declared disaster, are subordinate to the President of the Town Council, or the person or persons designated by the Town Council, and said chiefs shall obey the orders and directions given by the President of the Town Council, or said designated person or persons, consistent with said current Disaster Plan of the town.
(Ord. 1353, passed 6-16-20)