[Adopted 4-9-1959 as part of Ord. No. 145-C, approved 4-9-1959]
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005
There may be appropriated and paid out of the
proper funds of the Borough of Carlisle annually, for the support
and maintenance of the volunteer fire companies comprising the Fire
Department of the Borough of Carlisle, such sum or sums as the Borough
Council may determine at the beginning of each and every year hereafter,
such sum or sums so appropriated in installments, the frequency of
such payments to be decided by Borough Council, or such other payment
methods as Borough Council deems appropriate.
The said appropriation shall be made to the
said fire companies and each of them upon the terms and conditions
following:
A.
Each of the pumping (engine) companies shall keep
and maintain in the Borough of Carlisle in good working order at least
one motorized pumping engine; each ladder company shall keep and maintain
in good working order at least one motorized aerial ladder truck.
B.
Said volunteer fire companies shall at all times properly
house and care for all hose and other fire equipment entrusted to
them for their use by said Borough.
C.
All fire apparatus of the Carlisle Fire Department
shall be kept and maintained for the principal purpose of extinguishing
fire within the limits of the Borough of Carlisle, any departure from
said principal purpose of employment to be strictly in conformance
with rules and regulations that may be made from time to time by Borough
Council concerning rural fire service and mutual aid fire service
with cities, boroughs and townships adjoining or surrounding the Borough
of Carlisle.
D.
Each fire company shall submit quarterly to the Fire
Chief a financial report detailing the use of the funds so appropriated,
which report shall be included with the Fire Chief's next monthly
report to Borough Council. On an annual basis, and within six months
of the close of its fiscal year, each fire company shall provide the
Borough Council with an audit of its fiscal affairs as prepared by
a certified public accountant.
[Added 3-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1576, approved 3-10-1988; amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No.
2032, approved 3-10-2005]
E.
Not later than September 1 of each year, each fire
company shall submit an annual budget, outlining its expected revenues
and expenditures for the next succeeding year, to the Fire Chief and
the Borough Manager.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
