[Adopted 11-1-1988 as Ch. 1, Part 9B, of the 1988 Code]
There is hereby established a Special Fire Fund, which will be composed of certain millage assessed by the Borough Council from year to year, specifically for fire purposes, only as specified in the annual tax ordinance.
The Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department, by the acceptance of the funds from the special levy, shall agree that the Special Fire Fund shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. 
The Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department shall submit an annual budget to the Borough Council of its intended use of the fund at the time the Council prepares its own budget.
B. 
The expenditures by the Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department from this fund shall be only for items which qualify under the Borough Code[1] as proper expenditures and shall be subject to audit by the independent auditors.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 45101 et seq.
C. 
The Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department shall designate a treasurer from its ranks and/or other officers to disperse the funds from this account according to acceptable accounting procedures and with the proper safeguard to ensure the proper authorization of all purchases by vouchers and other systems as shall from time to time be recommended by the independent auditors.
[Amended 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 1216]
A. 
The Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department, in accepting these items, agrees that it will be responsible for all maintenance, insurance and replacement of such equipment. It will also maintain such other equipment as it may own for the protection of the citizens and property of the Borough from fires.
B. 
The Fire Department will maintain a pumper or similar type of equipment at all times within the Borough limits for the protection of the Borough property and citizens.
The Borough will continue to assume the cost of fire hydrant rental, emergency phone and warning systems and building maintenance (including janitorial service), and provide the quarters for the firemen and their equipment, whereas the Fire Department, on accepting the funds from this Special Fire Fund, agrees to assume the cost of the retainer for medical services, all private phones in the Department, the individual home alarm systems, miscellaneous supplies, maintenance of all equipment and the purchase of any and all new equipment, including major capital equipment, such as new trucks.