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A. It shall be the duty of the department of safety services to oversee the police department and fire department of the city of Waterloo.
B. The department shall have the power to perform any duty currently assigned to the fire department or police department by this code, which is not required by the Iowa Code to be exclusively performed by the police chief or fire chief. (Ord. 5024, 1-10-2011)
A. Appointment: A director of safety services shall be appointed by the mayor and subject to the approval of the city council and shall be directly responsible to the mayor. Such appointment shall be in accordance with all city policies and procedures regarding recruitment, selection and appointment of employees.
B. Absence Of Director Of Safety Services: Whenever the director of safety services shall be out of the city, or unable to act on account of sickness or any other reason (including those periods of time when the mayor has not appointed a director of safety services), the director of safety services or the mayor shall appoint a designee who shall have and exercise all the powers and duties of the director of safety services.
C. Management, Supervision And Duties: The director of safety services shall supervise, direct, and manage the department of safety services. The director of safety services shall:
1. a. Subject to subsection C1d of this section, appoint an assistant director of safety services-police to manage the operations of the police department. Subject to subsection E of this section, said assistant director may, if so appointed, also be the chief of police for purposes of Iowa Code section 400.13 and any other provision of the Iowa Code assigning duties exclusively to the police chief;
b. Subject to subsection C1d of this section, appoint an assistant director of safety services-fire to manage the operations of the fire department. Subject to subsection E of this section, said assistant director may, if so appointed, also be the fire chief for purposes of Iowa Code section 400.13 and any other provision of the Iowa Code assigning duties exclusively to the fire chief;
c. In making selections for the assistant director positions described above, the director of safety services must choose candidates from the civil service eligible lists as required by Iowa Code section 400.13;
d. In the event that the director of safety services is also appointed police chief or fire chief pursuant to subsection E of this section, the director of safety services shall not be required to appoint an assistant director of the department for which he or she serves as chief. If the director does choose to appoint an assistant director, then the director shall be the only chief in that department and the assistant director of such department shall not be appointed as chief nor shall his or her duties include the duties of chief, except as such duties may lawfully be delegated by order of the director of safety services.
2. Supervise and direct the activities and operations of the assistant director of safety services-police and the assistant director of safety services-fire.
3. Provided the director of safety services is also appointed either police chief or fire chief pursuant to subsection E of this section, take any action or perform any duty currently assigned that position under this code and the code of Iowa.
D. Limitation On Authority: The director of safety services, if not serving as chief of a department, shall have no authority to take any action exclusively delegated by the Iowa Code to the positions of police chief or fire chief or reassign any such duties to the position of director of safety services. Such actions include, but are not limited to, the duties established by section 1-6A-3 of this chapter to the extent they are required by chapter 80D of the Iowa Code, section 4-3C-4 of this code to the extent they are required by Iowa Code section 455B.386, and section 1-6B-2 of this chapter to the extent they are required by Iowa Code sections 100.2, 102.2, and 102.3.
E. Appointment Of Director To Chief Position: In lieu of the director of safety services appointing the assistant directors of safety services as either police chief or fire chief, the mayor, with approval of the city council, may appoint the director of safety services to the office of police chief or fire chief at the same time that he or she holds the position of director of safety services, provided the individual is otherwise qualified to hold such office under the Iowa Code, but the director of safety services may not be both police chief and fire chief at the same time.
F. Qualifications: The director of safety services must be appointed from the chief's civil service eligible lists provided for in Iowa Code section 400.13. (Ord. 5024, 1-10-2011)