The Fire
Prevention Code hereby adopted shall be enforced by the Fire Marshal.
The office of Fire Marshal as heretofore established by Ordinance
No. 1075 is hereby ratified and confirmed as continuing under the
provisions of this article, notwithstanding the hereinafter repeal
of Ordinance No. 1075;[1] and the authority of the Fire Marshal, by appointment
by the Borough Council, is hereby ratified and confirmed. The Borough
Council shall appoint a qualified person as Fire Marshal from time
to time as vacancy shall occur, to serve at the pleasure of the Council
and for such compensation as the Council may, from time to time, establish.
The Borough
Council shall appoint such number of officers, assistants, inspectors
and other employees as it may from time to time deem necessary for
the proper administration of the Fire Prevention Code.
The Borough
Council may designate a Deputy Fire Marshal who shall exercise all
of the powers of the Fire Marshal during the temporary absence or
disability of the Fire Marshal.
The Fire
Marshal shall annually render a report of his activities to the Borough
Council with such statistics as he may deem relevant and shall therein
or at any time recommend such amendments to the Fire Prevention Code
as he may deem desirable.
Any provision
of the code referenced herein which grants to a Borough official or
Borough employee any property right in such official position or employment
or any provision which sets forth that such official or employee may
be dismissed only for cause and/or only after notice and/or opportunity
to be heard is hereby deleted from this chapter.