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 Bristol
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER

  § 40. Fire department.  

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  • (a)

    The fire department of the City of Bristol shall be under the general supervision of a board of fire commissioners, consisting of six members, one of whom shall be a city council member, and the mayor, who shall be a member, ex officio, and chairperson of such board.

    (b)

    The existing board of fire commissioners shall hold office for their respective terms of appointment and until their respective successors shall be appointed.

    (c)

    Within one month after the mayor and the city council elected at a municipal election shall take office, the mayor shall nominate and the city council shall appoint one council member to be a member of such board, for the term of two years, except that no council member shall be a council member of the board after the term of office of said council member shall terminate.

    (d)

    All members of the board except the council member, shall hold office for three years, and no member except one city council member shall hold any other office in such city. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any member, the mayor shall nominate and the city council shall appoint a successor. All appointments shall be made during the month of January, for a period of three years, and shall be effective as of the date of expiration of the term of office succeeded to, or from the date of appointment if made subsequent thereto, but the term of office shall be deemed to begin on the first Tuesday of said month.

    (e)

    In the event of a vacancy, a successor shall be nominated and appointed in the same manner for the unexpired portion of the term of the office vacated.

    (f)

    Said board of fire commissioners, subject to the approval of the city council, shall make rules and regulations for the government of the fire department, including the suspension or removal of the members of said department, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this charter.

    (g)

    The city council shall have power of removal of the chief upon recommendation of the board of fire commissioners. Said officer shall not be removed or reduced in grade without having first received a written statement setting forth the reason for such removal or reduction and has been given an opportunity to appear and be heard before the city council. If desired by the officer removed or reduced, the statement received by the city council, together with said officer's reply thereto, shall be made a matter of public record.

    (Amend. eff. 11-9-77; Amend. eff. 12-2-10; Amend. eff. 12-8-11)

    Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, § 55, 1911; Sp. No. 434, §§ 82, 83, 1931; Sp. No. 489, § 43, 1939; Sp. No. 326, § 2, 1945; Sp. No. 157, 1955.