(A) The personnel of the Department, who shall be called firefighters or cadets, shall consist solely of volunteers who are 18 years of age or older.
(B) No volunteer shall be placed or remain upon the rolls of the Department as a firefighter or cadet during the year which begins at the first regular City Council meeting in May and ends at the first regular City Council meeting in May of the following year, even though he or she has been accepted in the preceding year as a volunteer, until he or she has been appointed as such by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the City Council at the first regular City Council meeting in May of that year or when city appointments are made, or at other times thereafter during that year as vacancies occur in the Department.
(C) City officials and employees of other departments shall be eligible as personnel of the Department.
(D) The Department shall have a maximum volunteer force of 30 firefighters and ten cadets, trainee firefighters, at any one time.
(Ord. 1110, passed 2-24-1987)