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The city manager shall appoint a finance director and such other employees of the department of finance as may be authorized by appropriate ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the finance director to be present at all meetings of the city commission and to keep a full accurate record of all business transacted by the commission, which record shall be preserved in permanent book form.
The finance director may also serve as the city recorder and in such capacity shall have custody of and preserve in his office, the city seal, the public records, original rolls of ordinances, ordinance books, certificates and papers, all official indemnity or surety bonds, and all other bonds, oaths and affirmations, and he shall register them by numbers, dates, and contents, and keep an accurate and modern index thereof. The finance director shall provide a bond of such surety and in such amount as the commission may require by ordinance, said bond to be filed with the mayor. The failure of the finance director as city recorder to perform any duty required by this paragraph shall not void any ordinance otherwise valid.
When required by an officer or citizen, the finance director shall provide certified copies of records, papers, and documents in his office, and charge thereof, for the use of the city, such fees as may be provided by ordinance; and he shall cause copies of ordinances to be duplicated as may be directed by the city commission and keep them in his office for distribution.
The city manager may appoint a chief of the fire department and such other members of said department as may be authorized by appropriate ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department and the members thereof, to take all proper steps for fire prevention and suppression, and elimination of conditions which create fire hazards.
The chief of the fire department or any assistant of such chief in charge at any fire shall have the same police powers at such fire as the chief of police. When any fire department or company recognized as duly constituted by the commissioner of commerce and insurance pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-102-108 is requested to respond to a fire, hazardous materials incident, natural disaster, service call, or other emergency, it may, regardless of where the emergency exists, proceed to the emergency site by the most direct route at the maximum speed consistent with safety. While responding to, operating at, or returning from such emergency, the chief of the responding fire department or company, or any member serving in capacity of fire officer-in-charge, shall also have the authority to:
1) Control and direct the activities at the scene of the emergency;
2) Order any person or persons to leave any building or place in the vicinity of such scene for the purpose of protecting such person or persons from injury;
3) Blockade any public highway, street or private right-of-way temporarily while at such scene;
4) Trespass at any time of the day or night without liability while at such scene;
5) Enter any building or premises, including private dwellings, where a fire is in progress, or where there is reasonable cause to believe a fire is in progress, for the purpose of extinguishing the fire;
6) Enter any building or premises, including private dwellings, near the scene of the fire for the purpose of protecting the building or premises, or for the purpose of extinguishing the fire that is in progress in another building or premises;
7) Inspect for preplanning all buildings, structures, or other places in the chiefs fire district, except the interior of a private dwelling, where any combustible material, including waste paper, rags, shavings, waste, leather, rubber, crates, boxes, barrels, rubbish, or other combustible material that is or may become dangerous as a fire menace to such buildings, structures, or other places has been allowed to accumulate, or where such chief or the chiefs designated representative has reason to believe that such combustible material has accumulated or is likely to accumulate;
8) Direct without liability the removal or destruction of any fence, house, motor vehicle, or other thing, if such person deems such action necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire;
9) Request and be furnished with additional materials or special equipment at the expense of the owner of the property on which the emergency occurs, if deemed necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire or hazardous condition; and
10) Order disengagement or discouplement of any convoy, caravan, or train of vehicles, craft, or railway cars, if deemed necessary in the interest of safety of persons or property.
When any fire department or company responds to any emergency outside its fire district, however, it shall at all times be subject to the control of the fire chief or designated representative in whose district the emergency occurs.
The city manager may appoint a member of the fire department whose duty shall be, subject to the chief of the fire department, to investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of fires and the loss occasioned thereby, and assist in the prevention of arson.
The city manager may appoint a director of public works and such other employees of the department of public works/streets/sanitation as the city commission as may be authorized by appropriate ordinance. The city commission may by ordinance, however, provide for a supervisor of sanitation and a supervisor of streets in lieu of, or in addition to, a director of public works/streets/sanitation.
It is the duty of the director of public works/streets/sanitation and members of the department to collect, remove and dispose of solid waste. The department shall also be responsible for keeping the streets, alleys, sidewalks and drainageways of the city of Etowah in good repair.
The city manager may appoint a chief of police and such patrolmen and other members of the police force as may be authorized by appropriate ordinance.
It is the duty of the chief of police and the members of the police force to preserve order in the city; protect the inhabitants and property owners therein from violence, crime, and all criminal acts; prevent the commission of crime, violations of law and of the city ordinances, and perform a general police duty, execute and return all processes, notices, and orders of the city manager, city attorney and city recorder, and all other processes, notices, and orders as provided in this charter, or by ordinances.
In time of riot or other emergency, the mayor or the city manager shall have power to summon any number of inhabitants to assist the police force.
Members of the police force, whenever necessary for the purpose of enforcing the ordinances of the city, shall procure the issuance of warrants, and citations, serve the same, and appear in the city courts as prosecutors, relieving complainant citizens, insofar as practicable, of the burden of instituting cases involving the violation of city ordinances, but this section shall not be construed to relieve any person from the duty of appearing in court and testifying in any case.
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