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Home My WebLink About0134 ~ f 'j ~ T Y ORDINANCE N0. 134 CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE AND PROVIDING FOR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT The City Council of the City of Lakeville ordains as follows: SECTION 1. Fire Department Continued. There is hereby conti- nued in this City a Volunteer Fire Department consisting of a Chief, a First and Second Assistant Chief, a Training Officer, a Captain of each Fire Station, a Board of Directors, and not less than 40 nor more than 70 firemen including the above positions. The exact number of firemen shall be determined by resolution of the City Council. SECTION 2. Election of Officers. The members of the Fire Department shall elect the Fire Chief, First and Second Assistant Chiefs, Board of Directors, Secretary of the Department and a Treasurer of the Department, as prescribed in the Constitution and By-Laws of the Department. The annual election shall be on the last Monday in January at a time and place set by the Board of Directors. The election of the Fire Chief, and First and Second Assistant Chiefs, are subject to confirmation by the City Council. SECTION 3. Duties of Department Officers. The duties of the Fire Chief, First and Second Assistant Chiefs, and all other elected or appointed officers of the Department shall be set forth in the Constitution and By-Laws of the Department. SECTION 4. Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Department shall consist of the Fire Chief, First and Second Assistant Chiefs and six fire fighters elected in accordance with the Constitution and By-Lacas of the Department. The duties of the Board of Directors shall be as set forth in the Department's Constitution and By-Laws. . SECTION 5. Records. .The Chief shall keep in convenient form a complete record of all fires. Such record shall include the time of the alarm, location- of fire, cause of fire (if known), type of building, name of owner and tenant, purpose for which occupied, value of building and contents, members of the De- ' partment responding to the alarm, and such other information as he may deem advisable or as may be required from time to time by the City Council or state insurance department. SECTION 6. Qualifications for Membership.: Membership in the Department,' including officers, ahalT be restricted .to individuals between the ages of 18 and 65. Members shall retire no later than the first day of the month follow- . ing their 65th birthday.. New members shall .be between the ages of I8 and'35. Each applicant accepted 'by the Department shall serve a 24 month probationary period during which he may .be dismissed'with ox"without cause. Probationary firemen shall meet such additional qualifications as set forth in the Depart- ment's Consti~ti~tion and BY-Laws.• SECTION 7. The Department shall adopt a Constitution and By-Laws by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its membership, subject to the confirmation of the. City Council. The. Constitution and By-Laws. shall be consistent with this Or- dinance and all other present or subsequent City Ordinances. If the Depart- ment's Constitution or By-Laws conflicts with a City Ordinance, the City Or- dinance shall prevail. SECTION 8. Present members. Persons who are probationary members of the Fire Department at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance shall be required to serve a two year probationary period before receiving firemen's rating. SECTION 9. Relief Association. The. members and officers of the Fire Department may organize themselves into a Firemen's Relief Association. The Association shall adopt By-Laws, subject to confirmation by the City Council SECTION 10. Interference with Department. It shall be unlawful for any person to .give or make, or cause to be given or made, an alarm of fire without probable eause, or to neglect or refuse to obey any reasonable order of She. Chief at a fire, to drive over afire hose, or to interfere with the Fire Department in the discharge of Sts duties; and any .person convicted of violating this Section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days. _2_ T { SECTION 11: Repeal: Lakeville Ordinance Nos. 33 and 76 are hereby re- pealed. SECTION 12. Effective bate. T~iis Ordinance shail-take effect upoa its passage and publication. Adopted this. 15th;~y,of January 1479. F CITY OF LAKE1iILLE BY ~ r.+- rdon E. Lekson, Nayor ATTES ~ ~ ' ~ ~j(~(tit' Patrick E. McGarvey, City Ci j suoionor PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 134 ' CITY OF LAKEVILLE • DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA - AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CON- TINUATION OF A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE .AND PROVIDING FOR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT The City Council of the City of Lakeville ordains as follows: SECTION 1. Fire Department Cpo. tinued. There is hereby 'continued in this City a Volunteer Fire Department con, sisting of a Chief, a First and Second As; sistant Chief, a Training Officer. a Cap- tain of each Fire Station, a Board of Directors, and not less than 40 nor more, than 70 firemen including the above posi, tions. The exact number of firemen shall be determined by resolution of the City Council. SECTION 2. Election of Officers. The members of the Fire Department shall elect the Fire Chief, First and Second As- sistant Chiefs, Board of Directors, Secretary of the Department and a Treasurer of the Department, as pre- scribed in the Constitution and By -Laws of the Department. The annual election shall be on the last Monday in January at a time and place set by the Board of Directors. The election of the Fire Chief. and First and Second Assistant Chiefs, are subject to confirmation by the City Council. SECTION 3. Duties of Department Of- ficers. The duties of the Fire Chief, First and Second Assistant Chiefs, and all other elected or appointed officers of the Department shall be set forth in the Constitution and By -Law§ of the Depart- ment. SECTION 4. Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Department shall consist of the Fire Chief, First and Second Assistant Chiefs and ,six fire fighters elected in accordance with the Constitution and By -Laws of the Depart- ment. The duties of the Board of Direc- tors shall be as set forth in the Depart- ment's Constitution and By -Laws. - SECTION 5. Records. The Chief shall 00'000`LE6 Tuau- e 00'000`5L6`L 00'0oo`o5Z`E $ 00'000`950`9T $ 00'000'60T 00'000`8LZ Bast. Jagio pue `scanp, -Jawed `sienp!A: pue `sdnisJau;Jeff 531111 00'000`696`07 00'000`059 0o -000'£Z 00'000`ZZ9`T 00'000`£6 UR 00'000`L55`OT $ Pa' 00'000`055 00.000`09£`Z $ Japun pasegaand pue salauae Tuan ago ap>.noad ii!M ,foti►aeJ a4L 'PaPPE AFFIDAVI. PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA ) County of Dakota ) SS JOSEPH R. CLAY and DANIEL H. CLAY, being duly sworn, on oath say they are and during all the times herein stated have been the publishers and printers of the news- paper known as Dakota County Tribune and have full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week. Said newspaper has 50 per cent of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publica- tion and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75 per cent of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in 'arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. Said newspaper purports to serve the Cities in the County of Dakota and it has its known offices of issue in the Cities of Farmington, Rosemount, Burnsville, Apple Valley, and Lakeville established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertise- ments and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said news- paper or persons in it's employ and subject to their direction and control during all such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affi- davit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the news- paper is a legal newspaper. They further state on oath that the printed e� hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once eoacia.week for sucr aesweeks; that it was firstsopublished on Thursday, the ' S� day of Q- �� r �( 19 _1__L and was thereafter printed and published on every Thursday to land including Thursday the day of 19 — __ and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby ac- knowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit; Subscribed and \ sworn to before me this ` At abcdefghij klmnopgrstuvwxyz CAROL '.HAVERLAND NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA DAKOTA COUNTY My Commission Expires Dec. 3, 1962