The following provisions are hereby enacted and adopted for the purpose of outlining, defining and determining the duties, responsibilities and activities of the Fire Protection Service Commission:
(A) Retention of powers. In order to comply with enabling legislation, the city shall have, maintain and retain title to the property, including real estate and personal property, used for, incident to or in connection with the Fire Protection Service Commission and shall retain unto itself the obligation, power and authority to establish, enforce, order, codify, amend and repeal all ordinances, rules and regulations for the governing of the Fire Protection Service Commission whether herein created and established or otherwise defined.
(B) Setting of fire protection service rates. The Fire Protection Service Commission shall at its annual meeting review the respective rates for fire protection service to participating and nonparticipating townships and other political subdivisions and recommend adjustments as are necessary to meet costs of operation and replacement of equipment.
(C) Fire protection service policies. It shall be the function and duty of the Fire Protection Service Commission to prepare and to submit to the City Council and to each participating political subdivision for approval the proposed policy regarding fire protection service to those respective political subdivisions.
(D) Limitation on expenditures. Expenditures of the Fire Protection Service Commission shall be limited to amounts appropriated therefor.
(E) State law. The provisions of this chapter are subject to all applicable provisions of state law.
(Ord. 336, passed 8-9-1976)