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Township of Middletown, NJ
Monmouth County
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If any company, officer or member of the Fire Department shall feel aggrieved by or dissatisfied with any firematic ruling, order or penalty given or imposed by any of the other officers or acting officer, he shall give 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 of his alleged grievance, whereupon, and upon filing such notice with the Chief of the Fire Department, it shall become the duty of the Chief to call together a board of inquiry consisting of the Chief, as the presiding officer, the Deputy and Assistant Chiefs and the captains of each company in the Department, for the purpose of and it shall be their duty to afford the aggrieved officer or member of the Department a full hearing of the matter in controversy.
If any officer, member or company of the Fire Department shall feel aggrieved by any administrative ruling, order or penalty given or imposed by any of the other officers or acting officers, 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, whereupon, and upon filing of such notice with the President of the Fire Department, it shall become the duty of the President to call together a board of inquiry consisting of the Chief of the Fire Department or his designated representatives, the President, as the presiding officer, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and a delegate from each company in the Department, for the purpose of and it shall be their duty to afford the aggrieved officer, member or company of the Department a full hearing of the matter in controversy.
No person or company who shall be a party to a firematic or administrative grievance shall sit as a panel member on any matters pertaining to said grievance.
Two weeks' notice to the member filing a grievance as aforesaid shall be given by the Chief or President, as appropriate, by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the last known place of residence of such aggrieved member, setting forth the time and place of hearing upon such grievance.
A. 
Any company or member claiming to be aggrieved as aforesaid shall be entitled to select any member of the Department or an attorney to represent him at any hearing as aforesaid as his counsel. The Board of inquiry shall be entitled to select any member of the Department or an attorney as its counsel at such hearing. Any statements, testimony or position made by counsel shall be construed as having been made by the aggrieved except as the aggrieved shall disavow the same at the time it is presented.
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No company or group may grieve on behalf of any individual of the Department except as permitted in Subsection A of this section or unless said individual is physically or mentally incapable of grieving on his own behalf.
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The board of inquiry shall make such ruling in the matter as ought to be made for the best interests of the Fire Department.
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Decision of all matters in controversy before the board of inquiry shall be by a majority vote of the membership of such board and shall be final and binding.
Except as prescribed within this chapter, if any company shall fail to abide by the ruling, finding or directive of the Department, said company shall be liable for penalties as prescribed by an administrative grievance panel of the Department and concurred in by the majority of the delegates voting at a Department meeting.