(A) The Fire Chief and Department officers shall prepare an annual Fire Department budget and present it to the Fire Board along with a schedule of large equipment purchases for review and Fire Board approval. The budget shall then be reviewed by the governing bodies and may be amended, adopted or rejected.
(B) The Chief may incur expenditures against the departmental budget as authorized by the Fire Board and governing bodies not to exceed $500 per purchase against the departmental budget. All other expenditures must be brought before the Fire Board. The Chief will monitor balances in the departmental budget and make timely requests for amendments from time to time as needed.
(C) The Chairperson of the Fire Board shall have emergency powers to authorize emergency expenditures within the limits of budget lines, until a special meeting can be held.
(D) The Village of Parma shall be the Treasurer for the Department and shall disburse funds and pay bills as presented subject to approval of the Fire Board and governing bodies. An annual audit of Fire Department accounts shall be done when the annual audit of village records are done and a copy of the final audit shall be submitted to each entity.
(E) The Village Treasurer shall invest and disburse the Fire Department Support Fund at the direction of the Fire Board. The Village Treasurer as requested by the Fire Board shall submit reports.
(Ord. 120, passed 10-13-1997; Ord. 120 A1, passed 5-14-2001)