(A) A volunteer Fire Department is hereby organized in and for the city under the title of the Fire Department of the city (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Fire Department”) and the duty of firefighting and the prevention of fires in the city is hereby delegated to that Department. Its organization and internal regulation shall be governed by the provisions of this section and of these codified ordinances and by a constitution and bylaws as may be adopted by the Fire Department and approved by Council, except as otherwise provided by law and ordinance.
(B) The Fire Department is hereby authorized and directed to adopt and, from time to time, amend a constitution and bylaws for its control, management, and government, and for the regulation of its business and proceedings, which, after adoption by a two-thirds’ vote of the members of the Fire Department, shall not become effective and operative until presented to and approved by Council. Amendments to said constitution and bylaws shall be adopted in the same manner.
(C) Council shall appropriate funds to provide for operation and for such apparatus and equipment for the use of the Fire Department as it may deem expedient and necessary to maintain efficiency and to properly protect life and property from fire and other hazards.
(D) The officers and members of the Fire Department shall receive such compensation from the city as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of Council.
(Prior Code, § 250.01)