[Amended 7-20-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-9]
If any officer or member of the Fire Department
shall feel aggrieved at or dissatisfied with any ruling, order or
penalty given or imposed by any of the officers or acting officer,
he shall give a notice, in writing, setting forth fully the time,
place and circumstances, with the name of the officer whereby he claims
a grievance, and stating the grounds or his alleged grievance, whereupon,
and upon filing such notice with the Chief of the Fire Department,
it shall become the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to call
together a Board of Inquiry consisting of the Chief, as presiding
officer of such Board, each Assistant Chief from each company and
Captain from each company in the Department for the purpose of affording,
and it shall be their duty to afford, the aggrieved officer or member
of the Department a full hearing of the matter in controversy; and
such Board of Inquiry shall make such ruling in the matter as ought
to be made for the best interest of the Fire Department.
Two weeks' notice to the member filing a grievance
as aforesaid shall be given by the Chief, by mail, sent to the last
known place of residence of such aggrieved member, setting forth the
time and place of the hearing upon such grievance.
Any member claiming to be aggrieved as aforesaid
shall be entitled to select any person or member to represent him
at any hearing as aforesaid as his counsel; and the Board of Inquiry
aforesaid shall be entitled to select any person or member as its
counsel upon such hearing.
Decisions of all matters in controversy before
such Board of Inquiry shall be by a majority vote of the members of
such and shall be final.
