HomeMy WebLinkAbout201 RESOLUTION NO. 201
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Commiss&on of the City of Bremerton that the
organization and instruction of civilian personnel for the purpose of protection of
lives and property of the citizens of the City of Bremerton, in the event of air
raids or other war hazards, is a primary municipal purpose.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Co-ordinator of Civilian Defense and the
Chief of Police of the City of Bremerton be and they are hereby authorized and
directed to designate two of the regular members of the Police Department of the
City of Bremerton to assist in organizing civilian defense activities and in
instructing civilian volunteers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Co-ordinator of Civilian Defense and the Chief
of the Fire Department of the City of Bremerton be and they are hereby authorized
and directed to designate two of the regular members of the Fire Department of the
City of Bremerton to assist in organizing civilian defense activities and in
instructing civilian volunteers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the services of the policemen and firemen, to be
so designated, may be utilized either on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis
under the supervision of the Co-Ordinator of Civilian Defense and the Chiefs of
their respective departments, and the services of various officers may be utilized
from time to time if deemed advisable and necessary for the better functioning of
the police and fire departments and the civilian defense organization.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Police Department end Fire Department officers
while on duty in connection with civilian defense activities shall be and remain
subject to all civil service ru~es and regulations and shall receive their s~laries
from the Police and Fire Department budgets.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that two new policemen and two new firemen shall be
selected in conformance with Civil Service regulations, for full time duty in the
Police Department and the Fire Department, respectively, and that the salaries of
such new officers shall be paid out of the emergency appropriation heretofore made
for civilian defense purposes, it being the purpose of this resolution to make
available the services of older and more experienced men of the Police Department
to the civilian defense organization, for training and instructing civilian defense
personnel and for other duties, and to replace such policemen and firemen on the
regular police and fire departments with new men whose salaries shall be paid from
the emergency appeopriation for civilian defense, but with the provision that the
newer men and the entire present force of the police and fire department shall be
and remain subject to all Civil Service rules and regulations.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Nayor,
and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 25th day of
~arch, 1942.
Attest: Mayor
~ity Clerk