Borough of Totowa, NJ
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2023-09-26
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 43 Fire Department
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Article III Chief and Assistant Chiefs
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 12 Claims Approval
- Ch 17 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 22 Court, Municipal
- Ch 27 Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Ch 32 Election Districts
- Ch 38 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 43 Fire Department
- Ch 43 Art III Chief and Assistant Chiefs
- § 43-20 Election and approval of Chief; term; vacancies.
- § 43-21 Compensation of Chief.
- § 43-22 Election and approval of Assistant Chiefs; term.
- Ch 49 Firemen's Survivors' Pensions
- Ch 55 Intermunicipal Services Agreement
- Ch 61 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Parking Utility
- Ch 72 Personnel Policies
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 78 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 84 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 89 Seal and Emblem
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarm Devices
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Devices
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 122 Automotive Sales
- Ch 133 Business and Insurance Registry
- Ch 135 Campaign Materials
- Ch 137 Cannabis
- Ch 142 Circuses, Carnivals and Mobile Rides
- Ch 148 Commercial Security
- Ch 153 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 170 Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 175 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 178 Filming, Commercial
- Ch 180 Firearms
- Ch 186 Fire Prevention
- Ch 189 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 192 Florists
- Ch 197 Games of Chance
- Ch 202 Gasoline Stations and Tanks
- Ch 208 Graffiti
- Ch 214 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 221 Housing Standards
- Ch 232 Landscapers, Commercial
- Ch 236 Licensing
- Ch 241 Littering
- Ch 250 Massage Establishments
- Ch 256 Motels, Hotels and Tourist Lodges
- Ch 261 Newsracks
- Ch 266 Noise
- Ch 272 Obscene Material
- Ch 275 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 279 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 284 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 289 (Reserved)
- Ch 292 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 295 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 310 Sales, Special
- Ch 314 School Enrollment
- Ch 320 Sewers
- Ch 325 Sex Offender Registration
- Ch 336 Soil Removal and Grading
- Ch 341 Solid Waste
- Ch 349 Storm Sewers
- Ch 352 Stormwater Control
- Ch 356 Street Naming and Numbering
- Ch 361 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 367 Swimming Pools
- Ch 370 Tattoo Artists
- Ch 372 Taxicabs
- Ch 377 Theaters
- Ch 380 Towers and Towing
- Ch 383 Trees
- Ch 388 Utilities
- Ch 394 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 398 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 402 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 407 Water
- Ch 415 Zoning and Land Use
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 420 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 425 Animals
- Ch 429 Barbershops and Beauty Parlors
- Ch 433 Burials and Interments
- Ch 438 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 440 Dumping
- Ch 443 Fees
- Ch 447 Food and Beverages
- Ch 452 Housing Standards
- Ch 460 Milk Vending Machines
- Ch 464 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 468 Officers and Employees
- Ch 472 Plumbing
- Ch 477 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 486 Swimming Pools
- Ch 490 Water Supplies, Individual and Semipublic
- Ch 494 Weed Control
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Table of Datelines
- Ch TOD Table of Datelines
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
A.
The Fire Department Chief shall be elected by the membership of the
Fire Department and approved by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Totowa. To be eligible as a candidate for the position of Fire
Department Chief, a member of the Fire Department shall have been
an Assistant Chief for a period of two years, have completed seven
years of active service as of the time of election and shall also
have completed all requirements as mandated by the State of New Jersey
and the federal government for this position.
[Amended 12-23-2008 by Ord. No. 16-2008]
C.
In the case of a vacancy in the office of the Department
Chief for any cause whatsoever, the office shall be filled by election
and approval as aforesaid, but for the unexpired term only. Elections
shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of November prior to the termination
of the term of office of the Department Chief.
D.
In the case of a vacancy in the office of the Department
Chief during a specified term, an election for the successor in office
shall be held within the period of one month from the date when the
vacancy occurs.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall be paid
such salary as shall be provided in the annual Salary Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The currently effective Salary Ordinances are
on file in the office of the Borough Clerk and are available for examination
during office hours.
[Amended 12-23-2008 by Ord. No. 16-2008]
The four Assistant Fire Department Chiefs shall
be elected from the membership of their respective fire company in
the Fire Department: one Assistant Chief shall be elected from each
fire company. To be eligible as a candidate for the position of Assistant
Fire Department Chief, a member shall have been a Captain for one
full year prior to being elected and must have completed all the requirements
as mandated by the State of New Jersey and the federal government
for this position. Said election shall be held prior to December 31
of each year with the term to which the Assistant Chief is elected
commencing on January 1 of the following year. Such Assistant Chiefs
shall take office following the approval of said election by the Borough
Council.
