The chief shall receive as compensation a salary per month as is fixed by the mayor and council from time to time, and each member of the department shall receive such compensation as is fixed by the mayor and council from time to time by resolution. No compensation shall be paid in event of false alarms or where there is no need of the department to extinguish the fire. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-706; amd. 1977 Code)
All sums for the purposes of this chapter shall be paid out of any monies in the general funds of the city immediately after being approved by the mayor and council at any regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose.
Provision shall be made at the time of making the regular city tax levies to meet the requirements of this chapter. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-706)