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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 97 - Establishing a Volunteer Fire Department - 04/25/1967 r VILLAGE OF EDEN P RA i R I E k ;g HENNEP I N COUNTY, M 1 NNES OTA ORDINANCE NO. 97 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERMENT OF THE SAME, The Council of the Village of Eden Prairie ordains: Section I . Fire Department Established. There is hereby established in this village a volunteer fire department consisting of a Chief , an Assistant Chief, a Fire Marshal , and not less than 15 nor more than 50 firemen. Section 2. Election (Appointment) . The first Chief of the Fire Department, e f first Assistant hief and the first Fire Marshal shall be elected for a period of one ( 1 ) year. Thereafter the chief of the Fire Department and the Fire Marshal shall be elected for a term of 4 years and the Assistant Chief for a term of one ( I ) year, These officers are to be elected by the members of the Department subject to confirmation by the council . Each shall hold office for the term as here Inbefore stated and until his successor has been duly elected except that he may be removed by the council for cause after a public hearing. Firemen and probationary firemen shalt be appointed by the members of the department, subject to confirmation by the council . Firemen shall continue as members of the department during good behavior, and may be removed by the council only for cause after a public hearing. Section 3. Duties of Fire Marshal . The office of Fire Marshal may be held y the thief or by the Assistant Chief, if the council by resolution approves. The Fire Marshal shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinances aimed at fire prevention. He shall have full authority to inspect all premises and to cause the removal or abatement of al l f ire hazards. i Section . Duties of Chief. The Chief shall have control of all the fire ightIng apparatus and shall be solely responsible for its care and condition. He shall make a report, semi—annually, to the council at its meeting in March and September, as to the condition of the equipment and needs of the fire department. He may submit additional reports and recommendations at any meeting of the council , and he shall report each suspension by him of a member of the fire department at the first meeting of the council following such suspension. He shall be responsible for the proper training and discipline of the members of the fire department, and may suspend any member for refusal or neglect to obey orders pending final action by the council on his discharge or retention. �I 4 k" Section 5. Records. The chief shall keep in convenient form a complete record of all fires. Such record shall include the time of the alarm, location of fire, cause of fire ( if known), type of t building, name of owner and tenant, purpose for which occupied, value of building and contents, members of the department re- sponding to the alarm, and such other information as he may deem advisable or as may be required from time to time by the council or state insurance department. Section 6. Practice Drills. It shall be the duty of the Chief, when the weather permits, to hold a monthly practice drill of at least one hour's duration for the fire department and to give the firemen instruction in approved methods of fire fighting and fire prevention. Section 7. Assistant Chief. in the absence or disability of the Chief, he Ass1stan ief shall perform all the functions and exercise all of the authority of the Chief. Section 8. Firemen, The Assistant Chief and firemen shall be able-bodied and nod-less than twenty-one (21 ) nor more than sixty (60) years of age. They shall become members of the fire department only after a six (6) months' probationary period. The council may require that each candidate, before he may become a probationary fireman, must satisfy certain minimum requirements of height, weight, education and any other qualifications which may be specified by the council ; and that he must pass a satisfactory mental and physical examination. Section 9. Compensation. The members and officers of the Fire Department shall receive compensation as the Council may from time to time provide by resolution. Subd. i . The Chief shall certify and submit a monthly report showing in detail the hours served by each member of the Department and the compensation to which he is entitled therefor during the month. No payment of any compensation to firemen may be ordered until such report is filed. Section 10. Minimum Pay. In computing compensation for fires, one hour s all be considered as the minimum to be paid to any fireman or officer. Section 11 . Charter Members. Charter members of the Fire Department shall not Be required to serve a probationary period before receiving firemen's rating. a Section 12. Relief Association. The members and off i cers of the F ire epartment may organize themselves into a Firemen' s Relief Association. Section 13. Interference with Department. It shall be unlawful for any person to give or make, or cause to be given or made, an alarm of fire without probable cause, or to neglect or refuse to obey any reasonable order of the chief at a fire, or to interfere with the Fire Department in the discharge of its duties; and any person convicted of violating this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days. Section 14. Effective date. This ordinance takes effect upon i t s passage and pu M ca lon. ADOPTED by the Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie this day of , 1967. David W. Os erhol , Mayor of j the Village of Eden Prairie Attest: 'Elerk P G a Approved as to Form and Legality: r Village Attorney Published in the Hennepin County Review on 1967. i t i 1 a �63 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ' The Hennepin County Review 12 Suburban Square Hopkins, Minnesota 1 State of Minnesota ' County of Hennepin W. JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says be is and during all the times herein stated . has been the general manager and printer of the newspaper known as the Hennepin County Review and has full knowledge of the facts herein otated as follows: (1) Said newspaper Is printed in the English language in newspaper format and In column and sheet form x equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and Is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted s to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports ,. to serve. has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears r and has entry as second-class matter in its local post-office. (5) Said newspaper purports to ,serve the City of Hopkins and Villages of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie in the County of t Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements 1 and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the publisher of said newspaper and subject to r ( his direction and control during all such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is ' printed. (0) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue irnanedfately with the State Historical S;,ctety. t l) bald newspaper has complied wlith all the foregoing conditions for at least Ivor- yearspreceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 2966 and each January 1 . thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by thex publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper j is a legal newspaper. 02't�j IlAt1CA He further states on oath that the printed ............ ............. . hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week. for 1 .. successive weeks: i 2 i i t MS 7 at t was first s published on +j,4s-. the h o y.that i o P .. day f .... ... .. ... �.. � i 4 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used In the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwyyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4'"',..... day of ......1�$J/,... 196 r..... 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