17-28-1. County Fire Civil Service Council. (1) There is created in each of the counties of this state having and maintaining a regularly organized fire department in which there are regularly employed four or more paid firefighters, a County Fire Civil Service Council consisting of three members to be appointed by the county executive. (2) […]
17-28-10. Vacancies in civil service positions. Any vacancy occurring in any county fire civil service position in any county fire department subject to this chapter shall be filled by an employee of the department having a lesser, equal, or superior position than that in which the vacancy occurs if that employee submits himself to examination […]
17-28-11. Temporary work — Term or period. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the head of any county fire department coming within the provisions of this act may with the advice and consent of the county legislative body, appoint to any position or place of employment in the fire department, any person for temporary work without […]
17-28-12. Removal from office and disciplinary action — Appeals — Hearing and determination — Findings. (1) Any person holding a position under this chapter may be removed from office or employment, reduced in rank or grade, or otherwise disciplined by the fire chief for misconduct, incompetency, failure to perform the duties of his employment or […]
17-28-13. Appeal to district court. (1) Any person aggrieved by a determination of the County Fire Civil Service Council may, within 30 days after notice of the council’s ruling, institute an action in the district court of the county or in the county of the aggrieved person’s residence, against the County Fire Civil Service Council […]
17-28-14. Reports by executive director. Each County Fire Civil Service executive director shall, each December, make an annual report to the county executive and the county legislative body and shall make other reports as required by the county executive regarding the activities of the County Fire Civil Service Council and System. Amended by Chapter 158, […]
17-28-2. Vacancies — Compensation — Removal from office. (1) Any vacancy occurring on the County Fire Civil Service Council shall be filled by appointment by the county executive for the unexpired term. (2) Not more than two members of any council shall at any one time be affiliated with or a member of the same […]
17-28-2.4. County Fire Civil Service System rules and policies. (1) The executive director shall recommend rules and policies for the County Fire Civil Service System, which shall be subject to approval by the county legislative body. (2) The County Fire Civil Service System rules shall provide for recruiting activities, including the recruiting of minorities and […]
17-28-2.6. Merit principles. The County Fire Civil Service System shall be established and administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles: (1) recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment; (2) […]
17-28-3. Organization of council — Accommodations. (1) The County Fire Civil Service Council shall select one of its members as chair. (2) The county executive shall assign a qualified employee of the county to act as secretary to the council and a qualified attorney to act as legal counsel to the council, each of which […]
17-28-4. Duties of secretary. The secretary of the County Fire Civil Service Council shall keep a record of all its meetings, work, and official acts, and shall perform other service as required by the council. The secretary shall have custody of the council’s books and records. Amended by Chapter 115, 1992 General Session
17-28-5. Appointment of county fire department personnel — Volunteers. (1) (a) Except for the chief and deputy chief of a county fire department, all firefighter positions in county fire departments shall be filled by persons appointed from a certified county fire civil service register. (b) County fire civil service registers for employment and promotion shall […]
17-28-6. County Fire Civil Service executive director — Powers and duties. (1) (a) Within each county subject to this chapter, there is created the office of executive director of County Fire Civil Service, who shall be appointed by the county executive. (b) The executive director shall be a person with proven experience in personnel management […]
17-28-7. Examinations. (1) A person may not be appointed to any civil service position as a firefighter in any fire department subject to the provisions of this chapter until he has successfully passed an examination and been certified as eligible for consideration by the County Fire Civil Service executive director, except that any honorably discharged […]
17-28-8. Eligible appointees to fire department. The fire chief of each fire department of counties subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, subject to the rules of the County Fire Civil Service Council, appoint from the certified county fire civil service register, all persons necessary to fill all firefighter civil service positions in the […]
17-28-9. Certification of eligible appointees — Probationary period. (1) The fire chief of each county fire department shall notify the County Fire Civil Service executive director of all positions to be filled in his department when the need arises. The County Fire Civil Service executive director shall then, as soon as possible, certify from the […]
