(a) No person shall be hired as a part-time firefighter for the City to perform the duties of a part-time firefighter within the City, unless such person has been approved by a majority of the members of the City's part-time Division of Fire employees' screening committee which committee is hereby established. Such committee shall consist of the Fire Chief, the Chairman of the Safety Committee of Council, and the Safety Director of the City as voting members and the Law Director of the City as an ex-officio non-voting member.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, the Mayor shall have the right to hire all part-time firefighters of the Division of Fire of the City to perform duties as part- time firefighters provided, however, the Mayor need not appoint any of the individuals who have been approved by the majority of the members of the City's part-time fire employee's screening committee, but may not appoint any individual who has not been approved by the majority of such screening committee.
(c) All persons hired as part-time firefighters of the Division of Fire to perform the duties of part-time firefighters who are hired from and after the effective date of this section shall be members of the unclassified civil service and shall not be members of the classified civil service.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any present employee of the City of any right or privilege, nor shall this section remove any present employee of the City who is a member of the classified civil service from such classified civil service position.
(Ord. 40-90. Passed 4-24-90. )