[Ord. No. 3242, 7-26-2021]
There is created and established the Department of Public Safety for the City. The Department of Public Safety shall perform all of the duties and responsibilities of the Police, Fire and Emergency Management Departments of the City and shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities conferred upon the Police and Fire Departments by virtue of the Municipal Code of the City or other ordinances of this City or by State law and shall have such other and additional powers, duties and responsibilities as may be lawfully imposed upon it by any administrative directive, resolution, rule, ordinance or law. The Department of Public Safety shall consist of a Director of Public Safety and other such offices, ranks, members and/or chain(s) of command as approved by the Mayor and Council.
[Ord. No. 3242, 7-26-2021]
There is established the office of Director of Public Safety. The Director of Public Safety shall be the Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department and the Director of Emergency Management in and for the City. The Director of Public Safety shall exercise and have all of the duties of these offices as such may be imposed or authorized by ordinance or by law. The City may adopt additional duties and regulations for such office not otherwise inconsistent with law. The term and office of the Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department and Director of Emergency Management, as used in any law or ordinance of this City, shall mean the Director of Public Safety. The Director of Public Safety is authorized to make and implement rules and regulations in accordance and compliance with the laws and ordinances governing the Police Department, Fire Department and Emergency Management Agency of this City, to provide for the cross-training, mutual cooperation, integration and consolidation of the Police Department, Fire Department and Emergency Management Agency, all to implement the purposes of this Article. The Director of Public Safety shall be selected and appointed by the Mayor with the consent and approval of a majority of the members elected to the City Council.
[Ord. No. 3242, 7-26-2021]
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Council, remove from office the Director of Public Safety at will; and any such officer may be so removed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members elected to the Council, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation. Any such removal shall be further regulated by any ordinance adopted by the Council governing removal of appointive officers under Section 115.070 of the Malden City Code.
[Ord. No. 3242, 7-26-2021]
Upon the recommendation of the Mayor and with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the City Council, or by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members elected to the Council independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation, the City may hire, retain or contract with such consultants and under such terms as deemed expedient by the City.