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ORDINANCE. NUMBER 20, SECOND SERIES <br />AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 2.32 AND SUBSTITUTING LANGUAGE <br />THEREFOR: <br />The City Council of the C'ty of Orono ordains: <br />Ordinance Repealed. Ordinance Section 2.32 is hereby repealed <br />i—nT t-Wr foTTow3ng -Ta nguage substituted in its place. <br />SEC. 2.32. FIRE DEPARTMENT. <br />Subd. 1. A Fire Department may be established by <br />resolution of the Council the size and composition (including, <br />members) shall be established by resolution of the Council, which <br />may be changed from time to time by a subsequent resolution. The <br />Council shall also establish, and from time to time revise and <br />amend, written rules and regulations of the Department including, <br />but not limitei to, its internal structural organization and <br />compensation. :he Chief of the Fire Department shall see that <br />all property used and maintained for the purposes of the Fire <br />Department are kept it. proEer order, and that all rules and <br />regulations an, 11 provisions of the laws of the State and City <br />Code provisions elative to a Fire Department and to prevention <br />and extinguishment of fires are duly observed. He shall <br />supervise the preservation of all property endangered by fire and <br />shall control and direct all persons engaged in preserving such <br />propert-.,. <br />Subd. 2. In lieu of the foregoing, the Council may <br />contact with one or more governmental units for fire protection <br />for all or a portion of the City, and in such case, the following <br />shall be observed: <br />A. Fire Service Districts. The City shall be <br />divided into Fire Service Districts corresponding to the areas of <br />the City which are provided with fire protection by separate Fire <br />Departments as established by mutual agreement between the City <br />and one or more contracting municipalities. Establishment of <br />said District shall not preclude or otherwise affect Mutual Aid <br />Agreements between Fire Departments. An official map shall be <br />prepared and kept current to show all Fire Serivice Districts in <br />the City. <br />B. Protected Areas. All land within the City <br />shall be included in one of the Fire Serivice Districts <br />established above and shall be provided with Fire Protection <br />Service ty the Fire Department having contractual jurisdiction <br />therefor, except that land on Big Island, Mahpiyata Island, <br />Deering Island and other areas not accessible by land or bridge <br />shall he excluded from fire protection. <br />C. Fire Department. The fire Department of the <br />City is the Fire nepartment having i',rindiction in each of the <br />sever+l Fire ^n•ic.- histrti^t anri the fire Chief is the person <br />