Posted: June 11, 2025 | Updated: June 11, 2025
ORDINANCE NO. 525
FIRE DEPARTMENT
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CRESCO, IOWA, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Cresco, Iowa, as follows:
SECTION 1. SECTIONS MODIFIED. Chapter 35 Section 02 and Section 03 Fire Department in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cresco, Iowa, is hereby repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
35.02 ORGANIZATION The department consists of the Fire Chief and such other officers and personnel as may be authorized by the Council. At no time shall the department have less than fifteen (15) members. Any resident of the City of eighteen (18) years of age is eligible for membership. The Fire Chief may allow not more than twenty percent (20%) of the total membership to live outside the City limits.
35.03 (DELETED)
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 2025.
_____________________________ ATTEST: _____________________________
Mayor Alexander Fortune City Clerk Nicole Hill
1st Reading _6/2/25_____ 2nd Reading _waived_____ 3rd Reading _waived______
I certify that the foregoing summary was published as Ordinance No. 525 on the day of
_____________________, 2025.
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City Clerk Nicole Hill