A Fire Department be and the same hereby is
created, which Fire Department shall consist of the Closter Volunteer
Fire Association known as and by the name of the "Knickerbocker Hook
and Ladder Company," which Association is hereby designated and constituted
the authorized Fire Department of said Borough of Closter.
All fire apparatus and means of extinguishing
fires provided by said borough shall be entrusted to said Knickerbocker
Hook and Ladder Company.
The Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder Company shall
continue to be the authorized Fire Department of said borough and
shall be entrusted with the apparatus and means of extinguishing fires
provided by said borough only so long as, in the judgment of the Borough
Council, said association shall prove worthy and efficient.
The Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder Company shall
at all times be subject to the inspection and supervision of the Borough
Council and when on duty at any fire shall be subject to reasonable
rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Borough Council.
The Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder Company shall
not act or acquire any rights under this chapter until it shall have
accepted the provisions of this chapter by a vote of at least two-thirds
( 2/3) of its members, and after acceptance, said Knickerbocker
Hook and Ladder Company shall have the right to surrender all its
rights hereunder by giving the Borough Council three (3) months' notice,
in writing, and by giving up and surrendering all borough property
in its possession.
The Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder Company, by
its vote as required having accepted the foregoing chapter, and the
Council agree to keep in repair the truck and all apparatus belonging
to the Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder Company, also the firehouse in
lieu of rent for the use of the firehouse for the housing of all apparatus
belonging to both the Council and the Knickerbocker Hook and Ladder
Company.
[Added 11-23-1987 by Ord. No. 1987:555; amended 9-9-1992 by Ord. No. 1992:631; 2-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023:1313]
A. Firemen shall receive for the calendar year, commencing
December 2023, a clothing allowance in the sums and for attendance
at the specified percentage of fires, drills and cleanups as follows:
Attendance Rate
(percent)
|
Clothing Allowance
|
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25
|
$150
|
30
|
$225
|
40
|
$300
|
B. Commencing December 2024, and annually thereafter, the allowance set forth in Subsection
A shall be adjusted by the same percentage as the average percentage base salary increase for all employees of the Borough (union and nonunion) during the preceding calendar year. Salary increases granted retroactively for prior years shall be considered increases in the year in which the retroactive increase is granted.
C. This allowance shall be paid by voucher signed by
the individual fireman and approved by the Fire Chief.
D. The allowance will be paid after completion of the
year upon receipt of a certification by the Fire Chief as to the hours
served.
[Added 1-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022:1290]
A. A stipend
program shall be established to encourage active recruitment, retention,
and participation by members of the Closter Fire Department.
B. The terms,
conditions and governing rules applicable to the stipend program shall
be established by a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of
the Borough of Closter and may be amended, in their sole discretion,
by subsequent resolutions of the Mayor and Council.