Legal Documents of Dandridge

The chief of the volunteer fire department shall keep adequate records of all fires, inspections, apparatus, equipment, personnel, and work of the department. He shall submit a written report on such matters to the town administrator once each month and at the end of the year a detailed annual report shall be made. The town administrator shall submit a report on those matters to the board of mayor and aldermen as the board of mayor and aldermen requires.

There shall be established by the Town of Dandridge a separate restrictive bank checking account for the volunteer fire department which shall be used solely and exclusively for fire department uses. All deposits into said account shall be received by the secretary-treasurer of the fire department and turned over to the town recorder for deposit. All checks written from said account will be accompanied by a purchase order signed by the chief, secretary-treasurer or other designee of the fire department and said check shall be co-signed by the chief, secretary treasurer or other designee of the chief, and the town recorder or other designee of the board of mayor and aldermen. At the end of each fiscal year, the balance of the volunteer fire department account shall not revert to the Town of Dandridge General Fund, but remain in said account and continue to roll over annually thereafter. Any other forms of account including, but not limited to, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, etc., shall be placed in the name of the fire department with withdrawals to be co-signed by the same parties authorized to co-sign checks. No money shall be transferred, loaned or pledged as security or collateral to the Town of Dandridge unless for specific volunteer fire department usage. (1995 Code, § 7-304)