[Amended 9-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2405-2016]
Each of the four companies of the Department shall elect from
its active regular members one Captain, one First Lieutenant and one
Second Lieutenant.
[Amended 9-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2224-2011; 5-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2350-2015; 9-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2405-2016]
A. The election of the officers of the respective fire companies shall take place at the annual election of each company as fixed by the company's bylaws. Election shall be by ballot, and no member shall be elected to any office unless he/she shall have at least three years of service as an active regular member, completed training as required in §
13-9B, has met all state-mandated requirements, maintained a minimum of 30% attendance for the current and previous year and has received the majority of all votes cast and is otherwise free from any, all and every indebtedness to the company.
B. Prerequisite. No member of the Borough Fire Department shall be eligible
for nomination or election as Captain who is not currently active
as First Lieutenant or has not completed one full calendar year as
First Lieutenant. No member shall be eligible for nomination or election
to First Lieutenant who is not an active Second Lieutenant or has
not completed one full calendar year as Second Lieutenant. The candidate
must meet all state-mandated training requirements before September
1 of the current nomination year. All certificates must also be on
file in Fire Headquarters.
In the event that no candidate for office receives a majority
of all votes cast on the first ballot, the candidate receiving the
lowest number of votes shall be dropped and the balloting shall continue.
In the event of a tie vote among candidates receiving the lowest number
of votes, all candidates shall be entitled to be voted upon on the
next ballot. The officer or officers so elected, and approved by the
Fire Board and the Mayor and Council, shall enter upon the duties
of his/her office on the first day of January immediately following
their election.
If any vacancy shall occur among the officers, the unexpired
term shall be filled at the next regular meeting of the company. Elections
to fill vacancies shall be by ballot subject to the same rules hereinabove
prescribed for election of officers at the annual election.