Chapter 6 - Fire Department and Fire Prevention Code
Division 5 - Foreign Fire Insurance Board

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SECTION 6.5-1 CREATION - There is hereby established a Foreign Fire Insurance Board.

SECTION 6.5-2 DEFINITIONS:

1. Board - The Foreign Fire Insurance Board
    
2. Department - Normal Fire Department.
    
3. Fund - Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund.
    
4. Members of the Department - Any person currently employed full-time in the Normal Fire Department in the position of Firefighter, Inspector, Lieutenant, Captain, Assistant Chief or Chief.

SECTION 6.5-3 ELECTION OF MEMBER:

1. The Foreign Fire Insurance Board shall consist of five (5) members.
    
   1. One (1) member of the Board shall be elected from the Administrative Division i.e. either the Chief of the Department or Assistant Chief.
       
   2. One (1) member of the Board shall be appointed from the Prevention Division.
       
   3. The other three (3) members shall be elected by secret ballot from the Suppression Division with one member being elected from each of the three duty shifts.
       
2. Members shall be elected to a two year term by the members of the Department the last full week of April in even numbered years. (Amended 6/5/06 by Orb. No. 5075)

SECTION 6.5-4 FUND ESTABLISHED:

1. All funds received by the Town from the Foreign Fire Insurance Gross Receipts Tax shall be separately accounted for by the Town's Finance Director.
    
2. The Finance Director shall provide the treasurer of the Board a monthly accounting of receipts and expenditures of the Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Funds.
    
3. No expenditure shall be made from the Fund without approval of the Board.
    
4. Any checks drawn on the Fund shall be processed and executed according to then current Town procedures.
    
5. The Board shall prepare an annual budget, in accordance with the Town's established budget process. The budget shall propose how monies will be spent in the following fiscal year (April 1, to March 31). The budget shall also specify those funds to be held in reserve to meet unexpected expenditure needs throughout the year. The proposed budget shall be submitted to the Town Council for approval in accordance with the Town's established budget process.

SECTION 6.5-5 OFFICERS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS: The Board shall, in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, establish a regular time and place for its meetings. The chairman shall preside at the meetings. There shall be records kept of all resolutions, proceedings, and actions of the Board and these records shall be open to the public. Special meetings may be called by the chairman. Any person shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any matter before the Board.

SECTION 6.5-6 POWERS AND DUTIES: Subject to the provisions of this Divisions:

1. The Board shall have the power to approve the expenditure of monies from the fund for the maintenance, use and benefit of the department.
    
2. The Board may adopt rules and regulations for governing the Board and the execution of the duties of the Board, and provide for election of the Board and management of the fund.
    
3. The Board may amend or revoke rules and regulations so adopted.
    
4. Any expenditure the Board approves shall comply with the then current purchasing policies of the Town.