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� ORDINANCE NUMBER 2B, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 2.32 AND SUBSTITUTING LANGUAGE THEREFOR: The City Council of the City of Orono ordains: Ordinance Re�ealed. Ordinance Section 2.32 is hereby repealed and the following language substituted in its place. SSC. 2.3 2. F I RE DEPAR'TlaISNT. Subd. l. A Fire Department may be established by resolution of the Council the size and composition (including, members) shall be established by resolution of the Council, which� may be changed from time to time by a subsequent resolution. The Council shall also establish , and from time to time revise and amend, written rules and regulations of the Department including, but not limited to, its internal structural organization and compensation. The Chief of the Fire Department shall see that all property used and maintained for the purposes of the Fire Department are kept in proper order, and that all rules and regulations and all proviszons of the laws of the State and City Code provisions relative tc3 a Fire Department and to prevention and extinguishment of fires are duly observed. He shall supervise the preservation of all property endangered by fire and shall control and direct all persons engaged in preserving such propert;�. Subd. 2. In lieu of the foregoing , the Council may contact with one or more governmental units for fire protection for all or a portion of the City, and in such case, the following shall be observed: A. Fire Service Districts. The City shall be divided into Fire Service Districts corresponding to the areas of the City which are provided with fire protection by separate Fire Departments as established by mutual agreement between the City and one or more contracting municipalities. Establishment of said District shall not preclude or otherwise affect Mutual Aid Agreements between Fire Departments. An official map shall be prepared and kept current to show all Fire Serivice Districts in the City. B. Protected Areas. All land within the City shall be included in one of the Fire Serivice Districts established above and shall be provided with Fire Protection Service by the Fire Department having contractual jurisdiction therefor, except that land on Big Island, Mahpiyata Island, Deering Island and other areas not accessible by land or bridge shall be excluded from fire protection. C. Fire Department. The fire Department of the City is the Fire Department having jurisdiction in each of the several Fire Service Distrticts and the Fire Chief is the person 1