(a) There is hereby created a Fire Department of the City which shall consist of a Fire Chief and a Fire Company of not more than forty men.
(b) Members of the Fire Department serving on the effective date of this section shall continue in their present status of employment in the Fire Department without examination but subject to the merit system in all other respects as provided by Article VIII of the City Charter and the ordinances adopted there under.
(c) All vacancies for the position of Fire Chief and/or members of the Fire Company existing or occurring after the effective date of this section, shall be filled in the manner provided for appointments to the administrative service of the City in accordance with the Charter and ordinances then in effect. (Ord. 2009-28. Passed 10-13-09.)