H-2 - Ordinance 2023-501 - Amending Chapter 35 - Fire Protection

CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2023-501 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF TIFFIN, IOWA, CHAPTER 35, FIRE DEPARTMENT. BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa: Section 1. Purpose: The purpose of this ordinance is to amend, retitle, and renumber Chapter 35, Fire Protection, of the Municipal Code of Tiffin, Iowa, to Chapter 35, Fire Department,. The City Clerk will renumber the table upon passage of the ordinance. Section 2. Amendment. Chapter 35 – Fire Department is hereby amended as follows: CHAPTER 35 FIRE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT <table> <tr> <th>35.01 Contract</th> <th>35.09 Departmental Rules</th> </tr> <tr> <td>35.02 Establishment and Purpose</td> <td>35.10 Accidental Injury Insurance</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35.03 Organization</td> <td>35.11 Liability Insurance</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35.04 Training</td> <td>35.12 Calls Outside City</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35.05 Compensation</td> <td>35.13 Mutual and Automatic Aid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35.06 Appointment of Officer and Members</td> <td>35.14 Authority to City Violations</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35.07 Fire Chief: Duties</td> <td>35.15 Emergency Medical Service</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35.08 Obedience to Fire Chief</td> <td>35.16 Grants</td> </tr> </table> 35.01 CONTRACT. Pursuant to Chapter 28E of the Code of Iowa, the City has entered into a contract agreement with the Tiffin Fire Association for fire protection within the City. The City and the Tiffin Fire Association will be entering into a transition agreement which will become effective July 1, 2021, at which time the City will be responsible for delivering fire protection and prevention services to the City. Once the terms of the transition agreement have been fulfilled, the Tiffin Fire Association will have no further responsibility for providing fire protection and prevention services to the City. 35.0235.01 ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. A fire department is hereby established to prevent and extinguish fires and to protect lives and property against fires, to promote fire prevention and fire safety, and to answer all emergency calls for which there is no other established agency. The fire department may also provide rescue services. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.16) 35.0235.03— ORGANIZATION. The department consists of such full-time members, part-time members, and volunteer paid-on-call members as authorized by the Council. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])