ORD 2699 ORDINANCE NO . 42661
AN ORDINANCE repealing Chapter 2 . 18 of the Camas Municipal
Code relating to a merit system for volunteer firemen ; repealing
Section 2 . 16 . 040 of the Camas Municipal Code relating to volunteer
fire department personnel ; repealing Section 2 . 64 . 020 ( B ) of the
Camas Municipal Code by deleting compensation provisions for
employees not included in the official pay plan of the City ; and
enacting a new Chapter 2 . 18 of the Camas Municipal Code providing
for volunteer firefighters , for the participation of the volunteer
firefighters in the Volunteer Firemen' s Relief and Pension Fund , and
establishing a merit system for reimbursing volunteer firefighters .
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
Section I
Chapter 2 . 18 of the Camas Municipal Code relating to a merit system for volunteer firemen is
hereby repealed .
Section II
Section 2 . 16 . 040 of the Camas Municipal Code relating to volunteer fire department
personnel is hereby repealed .
Section III
Section 2 . 64 . 020 (B ) of the Camas Municipal Code relating to compensation of employees
not included in the official pay plan of the City is hereby repealed .
Section IV
A new Chapter 2 . 18 of the Camas Municipal Code is hereby enacted in the form set forth in
Exhibit " A " attached hereto and by this referenced incorporated herein .
Section V
This ordinance shall take force and be in effect five days from and after its publication
according to law .
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PASSED by the Council and APPROVED by the Mayo is day of April , 2014 .
SIGNED :
Mayor
ATTEST :
Clerk
APPROVED as to form :
City Attorney
Exhibit " A "
Chapter 2 . 18 VOLUNTEERFIREFIGHTERS
. 1 . 010 - Volunteer Firefighters
There is hereby established within the Fire Department the position of Volunteer
Fire Fighter . The number of volunteer firefighters shall be limited to not more than 25
volunteers for each 1 , 000 population unless in the judgment of the City Council it is
necessary to add additional firefighters , and then , in that event , five additional firefighters
may be added for each 1 , 000 population or a portion thereof. The volunteer firefighters
shall be under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department or his designee .
Except as specifically provided in this chapter , volunteer firefighters shall not be entitled
to compensation and shall not be entitled to benefits provided to full time employees of
the City of Camas .
2 * 18e020
All volunteer firefighters shall be entitled to the benefits of the Death and
Disability and Pension and Retirement provisions provided under Chapter 41 . 24 , Revised
Code of Washington . The City Clerk shall be the Secretary - Treasurer of the Board of
Trustees of the fund , and shall enroll each volunteer firefighter under the death and
disability provisions of Chapter 41 . 24 , Revised Code of Washington . The City Clerk
shall further enroll each volunteer firefighter , who desires to secure the benefits of
pension provisions of Chapter 41 . 24 , Revised Code of Washington , and the volunteer
firefighter so enrolled who comply with the previsions thereof shall be entitled to the
benefits thereof.
. 1 . 3 - Board of Trustees
The City Council shall , by majority vote , designate one or more of its members to
be a member of the Board of Trustees of the fund as is by law required .
. 1 8 . 040 - Merit System
There is hereby created a merit system created for the purpose of reimbursing
volunteer firefighters of the City for services hereinafter set forth from the monies in the
fire call fund at the end of every year .
. 1 . 050 - Reimbursement Determination
The method of determining the reimbursement for volunteer firefighters for
services shall be determined by the Volunteer Firefighter ' s Organization with the
approval of the Chief.
2 . 1 . 060 - Record Maintenance
The Fire Chief or his designee shall be responsible for maintaining the required
records as provided for by the merit system .
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