3.45.090 Firefighter reserve unit.
The council may, by resolution, create and establish a firefighter reserve unit in addition to the regular city of Maricopa fire/medical department. Such reserve unit may be dissolved in the same manner as it is created and established. The firefighter reserve unit shall be organized and structured and its members qualified and determined under such rules and regulations as may be established by the fire chief with the approval of the council. All such rules and regulations shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. All reserve unit personnel shall be selected on the basis of merit and fitness under such examinations or conditions as the fire chief, with the approval of the manager, may establish. The fire chief shall require such medical and physical examinations as are necessary to ascertain the physical fitness of all applicants.
B. Reserve unit personnel shall not be subject to the personnel policies of the city, nor shall they be entitled to any privileges under such personnel policies.
C. All reserve unit personnel shall be appointed by the fire chief with the approval of the manager.
D. Such personnel may be suspended or discharged at any time by either the fire chief with the approval of the manager or by the manager alone, with or without cause. [Ord. 18-09 § 1; Res. 18-24; Code 2004 § 3-119.]