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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE ONE - General Provisions
TITLE THREE - Legislative
TITLE FIVE - Administrative
CHAPTER 121 Mayor
CHAPTER 123 City Finance Director
CHAPTER 125 City Law Director
CHAPTER 127 Administrative Finance Counsel
CHAPTER 129 Administrative Legal Counsel
CHAPTER 131 Tax Administrator
CHAPTER 133 Department of Safety and Service
CHAPTER 135 Division of Police
CHAPTER 137 Division of Fire
CHAPTER 139 Division of Building and Zoning Inspection
CHAPTER 141 Division of Communications
CHAPTER 143 Division of Engineering
CHAPTER 145 Division of Streets
CHAPTER 147 Division of Public Buildings and Works
CHAPTER 149 Division of Utilities
CHAPTER 151 Division of Cemeteries
CHAPTER 153 Division of Forestry
CHAPTER 154 Planning Department
CHAPTER 155 Division of Purchasing and Personnel
CHAPTER 156 Building Department
CHAPTER 157 Department of Health
CHAPTER 158 Forestry Department
CHAPTER 159 Community Development Department
CHAPTER 160 Department of Parks and Recreation
CHAPTER 161 Urban Renewal
CHAPTER 163 Conflict of Interest; Board of Ethics
CHAPTER 165 Employees Generally
CHAPTER 167 Affirmative Action
CHAPTER 168 Minority Business Enterprise Program
CHAPTER 169 Arbitration Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
CHAPTER 170 IT Department
TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
TITLE NINE - Judicial
TITLE ELEVEN - Taxation
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 137
Division of Fire
   EDITOR’S NOTE: The City enters into Agreements with the I.A.F.F. providing for benefits and other incidents of employment for members of the Division of Fire. Such Agreements are negotiated every two years and copies of the same and all relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk of Council.
137.01   Personnel; bonds.
137.02   Executive head of Division; powers and duties.
137.03   Division to be maintained under civil service.
137.04   Salaries paid for service in accordance with rules.
137.05   Temporary firemen.
137.06   Three platoon system.
137.07   Work week.
137.08   Days off in lieu of holidays.
137.081   Vacations.
137.082   Compensatory time off.
137.09   Unauthorized wearing of uniform.
137.10   Fire calls outside corporate limits.
137.11   College incentive program.
137.12   Bureau of Arson and Fire.
137.13   Sick leave.
137.14   Age requirements. (Repealed)
 
137.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Department of Safety and Service jurisdiction - see CHTR. § 10.04 
   Original appointment, probationary period and age - see Ohio R.C. 124.27, 124.30, 124.42
   Promotions - see Ohio R.C. 124.31, 124.45 et seq.
   Reductions, suspensions and removals - see Ohio R.C. 124.34 et seq., 737.12
   Civil service application - see Ohio R.C. 737.10, 737.11
   Volunteer Firemen's Dependents Fund - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 146
   Fire protection contracts - see Ohio R.C. 307.05, 505.44, 717.02
   Schooling, building and equipment - see Ohio R.C. 715.05, 737.23 et seq.
   Emergency firemen - see Ohio R.C. 737.10
   Gas masks for firemen, requirements - see Ohio R.C. 3737.31
   Parking near fire - see TRAF. 331.37 
   Fireworks permit - see GEN. OFF. 549.11 
   Review of building plans by Arson and Fire Prevention Bureau - see BLDG. 1319.02 
   Enforcement of Fire Prevention Code - see FIRE PREV. 1502.03 et seq.
137.01 PERSONNEL; BONDS.
   The Fire Division shall be composed of the following officers and other members each of whom shall be bonded under the blanket surety bond in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500), provided by the City:
   (a)   A Fire Chief,
   (b)   Not more than four Assistant Fire Chiefs;
   (c)   Not more than six Captains;
   (d)   Not more than seven Lieutenants;
   (e)   An aggregate of not more than 70 firemen in Class A and B, with an additional fireman authorized when a vacancy in the officer ranks occurs. In no case shall the total strength of the Division exceed the sum of all officers and firemen enumerated in subsections (a) through (e), or an aggregate of 88. Class A shall consist of those persons who have served twelve months or more in the Division; Class B shall consist of those persons who have served less than twelve months in the Division.
(Ord. 79-130. Passed 5-7-79; Ord. 2009-62. Passed 2-11-09.)
137.02 EXECUTIVE HEAD OF DIVISION; POWERS AND DUTIES.
   Under the direction of the Mayor, the Director of Safety-Service shall be the executive head of the Fire Division as constituted herein. The Director of Safety-Service shall classify the service in the Division, as required by law, and shall make all necessary and proper rules for the regulation and discipline of the Division.
(R.O. 1946, C. 14, Sec. 2.)
137.03 DIVISION TO BE MAINTAINED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.
   The Fire Division shall be maintained under the civil service system and appointments to positions in the Fire Division, and promotions therein shall be made in the manner provided by law.
(R.O. 1946, C. 14, Sec. 3.)
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