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Home My WebLink About68 of 1921 - Amending Section 1165, etc., relating to fire department ROLL CALL VOTING} AYE NAY Salt Lake City, Utah, i'-1t, 12st 17, , 1.921.• Barnes Burton Crabbe --- I move that the ordinance be passed. Green PPM Mr. Chairman - Result AN ORDINANCE - all ORDINANCE ..I.IZ.DIiiG SECTIONS 1165, 1166,1168, 1178 :..yid 1181 of the i evised Ordinances of welt Lake City, 1920, relating to the fire Department. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah.: SECTIONd I. Chat Sections 1165, 1166, 1168, liri8 and 1181 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 19W, be and. the sane are hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1165. ONG,Ihiia.fION fire Department of Salt Labe City shall consist of the following officers, whose salaries shall be as fired by the 3oard of Commissioners rdthin the limits upeci-"'ied as follows: The Chief of Department, not to exceed - - io600.00 .asist nt Chief, not to exceed 2160.00 Secretary, not to exceed - - - - - - - - - 1800.00 Captains, not to exceed 1920.00 Lieutenants, not to exceed 1680.00 Superintendent of Fire and Police Alarm, not to exceed 160.00 Firemen of 1st Grade, not less than - - - - 1620.00 nor more than 2400.00 Firemen of Lind Grade, not less than - - - - 1500.00 nor more than - - - - 1620.00 Firemen of 5rd Grade, not less than - - - - 1080.00 nor more than 1500.00 Inspectors, _ueputy _ire i;arshals, Master ::echanic, and Firemen Mechanics shall be graded as Captains, Lieuten- ants or firemen of the first, second aid tliird grade. SECTION 1166. ASSIGNMENTS. The Chief of the Fire Department may assign any subordinate officer in the department to any duty which in his judgment the good of the service requires and may change such assignment from time to time whenever in his judgment the good of the ser- vice requires. whenever assignments are intended for a period-of thirty days or more, the Chief of the Fife Department shall report to the Board of Commissioners the names of such fire- men as are assigned by him to the following services, to-wit: Master Llechanie and firemen mechanics. Copies of such assign- ment ,shall be filed with the City Auditor and Secretary of the Civil Service Commission. Firemen while acting in the follo:ring capacities Vanier assignment _nor thirty days or more shall be entitled to compensation in addition to regular com- pensation as firemen, to be determined by the Board of Com- missioners, and not to exceed the following: Master Liecitanic ;565.00 per, month. Firemen 1echanics 10.00 per month. SECTION 1168. wLJaL'ICdTI0lS. Every person who shall be appointed a member of the _'ire Department mast at the time of his appointment be a qualified elector of Salt hake City, an able-bodied man and able to converse under- standingly in the English language, and shall ;also possess such other qualifications and pass ouch examinations as may be required by the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission. No person of the classified civil service of the -Fire Department shall use his official position as authority to influence or coerce the political action of any person, nor be a mefOber or delegate or alternate to any political • c's { II convention, nor serve as a member of any committee of any political party, or tale :.nj active -!;art in the management of any political campaign, nor solicit, collect or receive any assessment, subscription, contribution or dues. intended or used for any political purpose whatsoever, nor shall he be obliged to contribute to any political fund or render any political service whatsoever. SECTION 1178. API'0INTI.IIITS. The Chief of the Fire Department shall, by and with the consent of the Soard of Commissioners and subject to the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, appoint from the classified Civil Service list tarnished by the Civil Service Sor:uaLssion all subordinate officers and employes in said -_'ire Dcpart- ment. All subordinate off i eel'2 and employes in the :':ice .Department shall be subject to removal from office or am- aloyment by the Chief of the -'ire )er,artr.rent for misconduct, incompetency, or failure to •perform their duties, or failure to observe and obey city ordinances, rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission or the rules of the Chief of the department; subject, however, to appeal by the ag- grieved party to the Jivi.l Service JomiissiOn. :.7ny _ierson discharged may within five days of the order discharging him appeal therefrom to the Civil Service Commission, rirach Commission shall hear ;;::;.d determine the matter. The dis- charged person shall be entitled to appear in person and have counsel and a public he;:;r•ing, he findings and deci- sion. of the Civil Service Jo r_ri<ssion :neon said. 17.caring shall be certified to the Chief of 'ire ..)epartete.'.t and be enforced and followed by him. In case the Civil Service Commission shell sustain. the Chief of the :'ire Department, such discharged. _person shall not be entitled to compensa- tion from and after the date of his discharge. In the event such discharge is not mart i.neu the Civil Service Commission shall determine after hearing whether such -'I- 17- discharged person shall be entitled to full compensation from date of discharge to date of reinstatement, or another he shall be on suspension without ay burl n the said :Period; and also what, if any, demerit he shall receive. SECTION 1181. IlUEJ. k'plicartE; without pre- vious experience in fire service shall, after the proba- tionary period, be appointed to the third ,7;rade only, and may be promoted by the Chief of the lire Dopartent into the second grade after service of one year in the Del:art- ment, according to the rules of -iJ.he Civil Service Commission. Applicants who, in addition to regular require- ments, have served, at least one year in the Salt Lake City lire Department, 02 at least two years in fire service else- where, shall be appointed into the secondzrade after aro- bationary period. ?iremen,after servin continuously for at least one year in the second aTade,may be promoted into the first grade according to rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission. SECTION 1. In the opinion 02 the Board of Commissioners it is necessary to the health, cane and safety of the inhabi- txts 02 Salt Lake City that this ordinance become effective immediately. SECTION a. This ordinance shall take effect upon its publication. Passed by the .3,oard of Commissioners of ,;o.lt Lake City, Utah, this AF day ez , 1921. aa o r. City kecorder. -4- • 1 1 j • e ,., , ..c ......„ ,s, , ..,,c), ,t-.... . , ,...c..,,. ._„ • . __. _,_ „,- _ , „_, w ..,... r 2, U c r ,� G=7.D e:. 1� F 0. L I • kit • Nit ‘P% _ _ . . At