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CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO.2022-01 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3.12 AND CHAPTER 5.12 RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LAKE ELMO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OPEN BURNING SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Chapter 3.12 and Chapter 5.12; (Amended language is underlined to represent added language and st kethrw:gh represents deleted language): CHAPTER 3.12 — III FIRE DEPARTMENT •� e ow- FAIMI MINNOW 3.12 .290 Establishment There is hereby established a city fire department, which shall consist of a combination staffing model of full-time and part-time firefighters. 3.12.300 Purpose The department shall be responsible for the prevention and suppression of fires, the protection of life and property against fire, and the enforcement of all state and city fire code provisions. 3.12.310 Personnel The council shall determine the munber of persons serving in the department as full-time and part time firefighters. 3.12.320 Fire Chief The department shall be under the direction and supervision of a fire chief, subject to the general supervision of the city administrator. 3.12.330 Firefighters relief association. There is hereby continued in the city a firefighter's relief association, whose function is to manage a service pension benefit for firefighters, which are authorized under state statutes, and to provide other services to firefighters of the city fire department as deemed appropriate by members of the association. (a) Any proposed change to the association's bylaws or articles of incorporation which will affect the benefits paid from the association's special fund shall not be effective until ratified by the city council.