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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 AND 8 AND REPEALING SECTIONS 4 AND 6 OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, ENTITLED “FIRE DEPARTMENT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTIONS 4 AND 6 OF CHAPTER 12 BE REPEALED, AND SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 AND 8 OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, ENTITLED “FIRE DEPARTMENT,” BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE I. FIRE DEPARTMENT SEC. 12-1. COMPOSITION; DIRECTION AND CONTROL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY SHALL BE COMPOSED OF A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE “CHARLOTTESVILLE FIRE COMPANY” AND SUCH PERSONS AS MAY BE EMPLOYED BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH DEPARTMENT SO ORGANIZED SHALL BE UNDER THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF AN OFFICER TO BE STYLED THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ONE ASSISTANT CHIEF, ELECTED BY THE COMPANY, AND A SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER; ALL OF WHOM SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER. SEC. 12-2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS BY FIRE COMPANY; CONFIRMATION BY COUNCIL. ALL VOLUNTEER OFFICERS, AS THE FIRE COMPANY MAY DEEM NECESSARY, SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE COMPANY AT ITS REGULAR MEETING IN AUGUST OF EACH YEAR, OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PRACTICABLE, AND THEIR TERM OF OFFICE SHALL COMMENCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT FOLLOWING. THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS THUS CHOSEN BY THE COMPANY SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AT ITS NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR CONFIRMATION. IN CASE THE COUNCIL REFUSES TO CONFIRM SUCH OFFICERS, THE COMPANY SHALL FORTHWITH ELECT OTHER PERSONS IN PLACE OF THOSE WHOM THE COUNCIL REFUSED TO CONFIRM AND SUBMIT THEIR NAMES TO THE COUNCIL AT ITS NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR CONFIRMATION. SEC. 12-3. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF AND SUPERINTENDENT. THE CHIEF, OR IN HIS ABSENCE, THE SUPERINTENDENT, OR IN THE ABSENCE OF BOTH, THE NEXT RANKING VOLUNTEER OFFICER, SHALL BE IN FULL AUTHORITY AND HAVE COMPLETE SUPERVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE AT A FIRE. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL AT ALL TIMES, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, HAVE FULL SUPERVISION OVER ALL PAID PERSONNEL. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO KEEP A RECORD OF ALL FIRES, THEIR PLACE AND TIME OF OCCURRENCE, AND SHALL ASCERTAIN IF POSSIBLE, THE AMOUNT OF INSURANCE, IF ANY, AND ACTUAL LOSS AND MAKE REPORT THEREOF TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR EACH MONTH BY THE TENTH OF THE NEXT MONTH. THIS MONTHLY REPORT SHALL, IN ADDITION, SHOW THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH AN INVENTORY OF ALL APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT AND THE CONDITION AND ESTIMATED VALUE THEREOF AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY DEEM PROPER OR AS THE CITY MANAGER MAY REQUIRE. HE SHALL ALSO MAKE SUCH REPORTS TO THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE AS MAY BE REQUIRED OF HIM BY STATE LAW. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL DELIVER TO HIS SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE ALL RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH MAY BE IN HIS CONTROL. THE CHIEF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE CHARGE OF THE FIREHOUSE AND APPARATUS, AND IT SHALL BE THEIR DUTY TO SEE THAT THE APPARATUS IS KEPT IN GOOD CONDITION AND READY AT ANY AND ALL TIMES TO RESPOND TO A CALL, AND PROPERLY CARED FOR AT AND AFTER RETURNING FROM A FIRE, THAT THE HOSE IS PROPERLY DRIED OUT, THAT THE HOUSE IS PROPERLY CARED FOR, AND PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO KEEP THE FIREHOUSE AND APPARATUS IN GOOD CONDITION. SEC. 12-5. ELIGIBILITY AND OATH OF CHIEF AND ASSISTANT. NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHIEF WHO SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THREE YEARS. NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT CHIEF WHO SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF SHALL, BEFORE ENTERING UPON THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES AS SUCH, TAKE AN OATH AS PRESCRIBED FOR ALL OTHER OFFICERS, TO FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND TO CARRY OUT AND PERFORM SUCH DUTIES AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR THE COUNCIL.