Subject to concurrence by the Director of Safety, the Fire Chief shall designate in a document, which shall be filed with the Director of Safety, one or more subordinate firefighters to perform the duties of the office of Fire Chief during those times when the Chief is temporarily absent or unable to perform the duties of such office for any cause or reason. Those officers who are so designated shall be ranked in order of preference so that if neither the Chief nor the designated first preference for Acting Chief is present and able to perform the duties of Fire Chief, then the designated second preference shall be Acting Fire Chief, and so forth; provided, however, that in those cases where subordinate firefighters are ranked above firefighter (or an equivalent title), first preference must be given to the person holding the highest rank below Fire Chief, and so forth in descending order of rank. In those cases where preferences must be made among persons hold the same ranks the Fire Chief may designate his or her preference in that rank without regard to seniority in rank or total departmental service, Any person who is serving as Acting Fire Chief shall have all of those powers which are conferred by law on the person holding the office of Fire Chief. Whenever the Fire Chief is on an approved leave, the person who is serving as Acting Fire Chief shall receive the same salary as the Fire Chief.
(Ord. 1983-102. Passed 8-10-83.)