5461
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

members, 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.

(i) 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.

(ii) 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.

(iii) 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 thirty
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 squads which rights shall be
essentially the same as accorded merit system employees
under county personnel regulations.

(iv) The personnel committee, subject
to approval of the fire board and availability of funds,
shall establish a uniform pay scale.