3083
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

including a chairman. The Committee shall include at
least two paid firemen who shall not be members of the
Fire Board. The appointments shall be subject to
Board approval.

(1) Personnel system for paid
employees of fire departments and rescue squads.

a. The Personnel Committee

shall prepare and adopt, subject to the approval of
the Fire Board, personnel regulations generally
consistent with County merit system personnel
regulations, which regulations shall cover all paid
employees of the fire departments and rescue squads.
These regulations shall include provision for uniform
minimum entrance requirements, uniform minimum medical
standards and common eligible lists for entrance level
positions. The Committee shall consult with the
County's Personnel Director and the County Personnel
Board in the preparation of personnel regulations and
minimum standards, including promotions and pay
standards.

b. The Personnel Committee,

subject to approval of the Fire Board and the
availability of funds, shall establish a program of
uniform fringe benefits for paid employees equivalent
to that accorded to County merit system employees
which shall include a system of leave, retirement pay,
life insurance protection, group hospitalization and
medical program, workman's compensation coverage,
social security coverage, and professional, development
programs.

c. Any employee with career

status under the personnel regulations who is removed,
demoted, or suspended, shall have as a matter of right
an opportunity for a hearing before the Personnel
Board of the County, and in such event, the charges
against him shall be stated in writing in such form as
the Personnel Board may require. The decision of the
Personnel Board in such appeals shall be final and
shall be binding, and shall not be subject to review
except by a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
appeal taken within 30 days of the decision. Decision
of the Board, or if appealed, the decree of the court,
shall be enforceable by the Fire Board or by the
County. The Committee shall include in the personnel
regulations rights of appeal to the County Personnel
Board by paid employees of fire departments and rescue