(A) Mattoon Fire Department rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines, commonly referred to as the “Red Book”, appended to Ordinance 99-4984 and marked as Exhibit “A,” are hereby approved and adopted as the rules, standard operating procedures and guidelines for the City of Mattoon Fire Department.
(B) All ordinances, regulations, memoranda, or any other policies or procedures in conflict with Exhibit “A” be and are hereby repealed.
(C) The residency requirement or right, if any, is not enlarged or diminished by the adoption of Exhibit “A.”
(D) Vested rights heretofore existing in any employee of the Fire Department is not intended to be effected or compromised by the adoption of Exhibit “A.”
(E) Any current employee disciplinary procedure or any alleged violation of any Fire Department rule or regulation currently proceeding and not completed as of the date of the adoption of this section shall continue and be completed under the provisions of the 1973 “Red Book.”
(Ord. 99-4984, passed 5-18-1999)