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ORDINANCE No..~76 . - By Mr. Whiting AN ORDINANCE RE-CODIFYING THE VARIOtTS ORDINANCES ESTABLZSFIING AND CREATIldG A VOLUNH FIRE DEPARPMEIVT FaR THS VIIS~AGE -OF I~AIC~'I&LD, ADDING THE POS~ION. OF ASSISTANP CHIEF, A~AID RF;PF.ALING_ORDINANCES NOS. 231a ~ 2; 302, ta.2a .lt3~a .x.62, AND ALL ORDIlYANGESS ]NCONSTSTF~T HERE4~aH. BE `Il' 0 BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VI[~Z~,GE OF MAYFI~LD, CiTYAHOQrA COUNTY OHIO, THATs -_ - -- - _. ~• Seo.'~1; There is hereby established and created, pursuant to lair, a volunteey Fire-Department for the Village of Mayfield, Ohio. Sec. 2. The Village Fire Department shall consist of a Chief, Assistan-tZ~hief, a Captain, not to exceed two Lieutenants, ar~rl not more than 1$.Firemen, all of whom shall be appointed bg the for, subject to approval and coniir~nation by Council., .All members of the Fire Department shall continue i.n office until they resign or are removed for the causes and under the procedure provided by the applicable statutes of the•State of Ohio. Sec. 3. The Firs Department is authorized to act and to use the fire apparatus of the Village in ti~iea of emergency to safeguard life, limb, property sad the public safety and. health. The Chief of the Fire Department sha11 be paid the sr,~ of X5.00 and each of the other members-of the Fire Department shall be•paid the sum of X3.00 for each fire or emergency . ca71 up to the fir3t hour thereof. .The Chief of the. Fare Department and each volunteer fireman shall be paid th® sum of ~].,(~ for each additieaal hour or mayor portion thereof spent in answering such fire or emergency call. Afire cal]. or emergency ca].? shall be deemed to begin when the fire equipmer~~ leaves its regular station and to end when it has bean returned thereto. The chief of the F~ Department is aatho~-I.zad to emplog a f3.re~ian, whose duties sha].7. be to .remain in the fire station and answer telephones,~work upon and maintain the fire egaipmerrt, and perform incidental duties thin the confines of the fire station. Such firemen ma<y be removed at at~r time at the pleasure of the B~a3-ror or Chief of the Fire Department. He shall be paid the stmt of ~i.25 for each hour worked, and .shall be employed for not more than ?~0 hours in augr one month. The Assistant Chief shall act as Chief of the F'3.re Department in the absence of the Chief, and shall receive the same compensation as the Chief would receive when he ie acting in the place of the Chiesf; at ~dather times the Assistant Chief shall be paid at the same rate of compensation as ar® other members-of the Fire Department. Sec. 3 a). Each volunteer fireman and-each ,officer of the FYre Departments _ be compe~ated at th® rate of ~.•OO for each fire dr.L1]. that he attends, provided, however; that such fire drills are duly authorized b9'the Chief of the Fire•Departanent, or in his absence by the Assistant Chief, and further provided that no person shall. be paid for attending more than tRO fire drills in at~r one calendar mouth.