(A) There is continued in this city a Volunteer Fire Department, which department shall have the following officers: a Chief, and Assistant Chief, and a Fire Marshal.
(B) The Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department shall be appointed by the Fire Department. The Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department shall appoint each year an Assistant Chief, subject to confirmation by the City Council. The Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department and the Assistant Chief each shall hold office for one year and until the successor has been duly appointed or qualified. These officers may be removed by the City Council for cause and after a public hearing. If one of the officers duly appointed shall resign his or her office, be removed from office by the Fire Department, or is deceased during his or her term of office, the successor shall be duly appointed by the Fire Department as soon as is practical and no later than two weeks from the time the position becomes open. The officer so appointed is so appointed for the period of the unexpired term of the vacated office.
(C) Firefighters and probationary firefighters shall be appointed by the Fire Department. Firefighters shall continue as members of the Volunteer Fire Department during good behavior until retirement or voted off by the Department.