C150122 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150122
• Contractor Name: Central Weld County Water District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 4
• County: Larimer
• Bill Number: SB 03-110
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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(f) The committee shall hear all complaints
involving alleged injustice, wrongful discharge, and
other violations of the rules and regulations of the
committee and shall hear all appeals from decisions
of the board on disciplinary actions pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this subsection (2). All su~h hearings
shall be conducted in~e same manner, insofar as
possible, as provided in section 24-4-105, C.R.S. The
decision of the committee shall be final and shall not
be set aside except by the committee or by a court of
competent jurisdiction. Judicial review of any
decision of the committee may be had in the same
manner as prescribed in section 24-4-106, C.R.S.
(g) The board, if requested by the
committee, may contract with any municipal or state
agency for the pwpose ,of conducting examinations
for original appointment or for promotion, or for any
other purpose in conn~tion with the selection or
administration of personnel.
(h) The fIrefighters of any fire protection
district in good standing at the time of the
establishment of said civil service system shall
continue in their employment and rank, shall be
automatically included in the civil service system,
and shall be promoted or discharged in acccrdance
with the provisions of the civil service rules and
regulations; except that the office of fire chief shall
be excluded from such civil service system. The
board shall make provision for tenure of the fire
chief, and the committee shall implement the same by
appropriate rules and regulations.
(i) Any fire protection district which has
established a system of civil service for its paid
employees pursuant to this section shall not terminate
the system unless the question of termination is
submitted at an election. The election shall be
conducted pursuant to the provisions of articles 1 to
13 of tide 1, c.R.S.
(j) The board shall appropriate annually, by
resolution, to the committee sufficient funds to
administer the provisions of this subsection (2).
(k) If any county assumes countywide
responsibility for fire protection or any board of
county commissioners becomes the board of a fIre
protection district and ~dopts a countywide merit,
civil service, or career service system, any civil
service system established under the provision of this
subsection (2) shall be dissolved and merged with
such countywide syste~, including all employees'
benefits, rights, liabilities, and duties accrued or
incurred under this subsection (2), and the same shall
be continued following such merger.
(3) (a) The chief of the fIre department in
each fire protection district in the state of Colorado,
by virtue of such office so held by him, shall have
authority over the superVision of all fIres within the

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district, except as otherwise provided by law, subject
to the duties and obligations imposed by this
subsection (3), and shall be vested with such other
express authority as is contained in this subsection
(3), including commanding the fIre department of
such district.
(b) The chief of the fIre department in each
fIre protection district shall:
(I) Enforce all laws of this state and
ordinances and resolutions of the appropriate political
subdivisions relating to the prevention of fires and
the suppression of arson;
(II) (A) Inspect, or cause to be inspected by
members or officers of his department, as often as he
shall deem necessary, all buildings, premises, and
public places, except the interior of any private
dwelling, for the purpose of ascertaining and causing
.to be corrected any condition liable to cause fire or
for the pwpose of obtaining information relative to
the violation of the various provisions of this
subsection (3). Any individual conducting such
inspection shall carry on his person properly
authorized fire department identification which shall
be shown, on request, to the owner, lessee, agent, or
occupant of any structure prior to the inspection of
the same.
(B) The chief of any such fIre department or
fire department members designated by the chief
have the authority to enter into all structures and
upon all premises within their respective jurisdictions
at reasonable times during business hours or such
times as such structures or premises are open for the
purpose of examination in conformity with the duties
imposed by this subsection (3), and it is unlawful for
any person to interfere with the chief of any such fire
department, or any member of such fire department
designated by the chief to conduct an inspection, in
the discharge of his ~uties or to hi.iJ.der or prevent him
from entering into or upon or from inspecting any
buildings, establishments, enclosures, or premises in
the discharge of his duties.
(ill) Include, as part of the inspections
required by subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b),
all of the following:
(A) An inspection of all buildings and
enclosures to see that proper receptacles for ashes are
provided, to cause all rubbish or other inflammable
material to be properly removed or disposed of, and
to make such suggestions and issue such orders b tre
owners or occupants of buildings as, in the opinion of
suchmspecting officer, will render the same safe
from fIre;
(B) An inspection of the surroundings of
boilers and other heating apparatus in any building to
ascertain whether all woodwork is properly protected

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