[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Margate
City 7-22-1976 as Ch. 20 of the 1976 Code.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch. 43.
Residency requirements — See Ch. 47.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 138.
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 20 of the 1976 Code was originally derived
from Ord. No. 932, adopted 12-11-1975.
There is hereby recognized and established a Fire Department in the
City of Margate City, to be known and designated as the "Margate City Fire
Department," which Department shall be under the control and in the charge
of the Director of Public Safety of said City.
A.
The Fire Department shall consist of personnel in the
following positions or offices: Chief, Deputy Chief, Captains, Lieutenants,
firemen and such other civilian personnel as would fall into the classifications
of clerical, secretarial and administrative employees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1.
B.
The Board of Commissioners shall, by resolution, determine
the number of persons who shall be assigned to each position, office or classification.
The Chief of Margate City Fire Department shall be appointed by the
Director of Public Safety, and the Chief who is now serving shall continue
to hold his office during good behavior, as provided by statute. Any vacancy
existing in said office shall be filled by the Director of Public Safety.
The Board of Commissioners, by virtue of the authority vested in it
pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1971, c. 97 (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-7), does hereby
adopt a Manual of Rules and Regulations governing the conduct of firemen and
civilian employees of the Fire Department and establishes said Rules and Regulations
as a standard to be used as a guide in the operation and administration of
the Fire Department. A copy of the Rules and Regulations is annexed to this
chapter, and three copies of the same have been placed in the office of the
Chief of the Fire Department and are available to all persons desiring to
use and examine the same.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Copies of the Rules and Regulations are on file in
the offices of the Chief of the Fire Department and the City Clerk.
The salaries and compensation to be paid to the officers and members
of the Margate City Fire Department shall be in accordance with the ordinance
pertaining to salaries of City employees heretofore adopted by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Margate City and now in force, or as the same
may hereinafter be provided by ordinance.[1]
Any person appointed to the position of fireman, either temporary or
permanent, in addition to complying with the requirements of Title 11 (Civil
Service) of the New Jersey Revised Statutes in regard to entrance tests, shall
be qualified for such position pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-9, as amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1.
