(A) The Fire Department of the town shall be under the control of the Town Council and shall be composed of a volunteer organization known as the “Independence Fire Department.”
(B) Such Department shall elect its own officers and prescribe its own rules and regulations for the conduct of its members subject to the approval of the Council. The names of the elected officers and members shall be presented by the duly elected Chief to the Council for confirmation at the next regular meeting of the Council after the election of officers by the Fire Department.
(1996 Code, § 26-1)