(A) (1) The Fire Chief, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works and Safety, shall establish and maintain a uniform system for ascertaining and recording the individual efficiency of each member of the uniformed service.
(2) The system shall be as nearly automatic as possible and its application shall be uniform throughout the force. Efficiency reports of members of the uniformed service of the fire force shall be submitted to the Board not later than December 15 of each year.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief to cause a record to be kept, to be known as the merit roll, upon which shall be entered the names of all the members of the fire force who shall have performed any distinguishing acts of bravery in the protection of life or property or any exceptionally meritorious work. The record shall specify the details and circumstances of the acts, the names of witnesses, if any, and all corroborating facts.
(C) (1) The Chief, for meritorious service rendered by any member of the fire force in the discharge of his or her duty, may permit, in writing, the member to retain for his or her own benefit any reward or present tendered him or her upon being notified prior to its receipt.
(2) It shall be cause for removal for any member to receive any reward or present in this respect without notice to the Fire Chief and without his or her written permission.
(Prior Code, § 35.044)