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ADMINISTRATION § 2-16.1 (15) Wa`awa`a volunteer fire station. (16) Na`alehu volunteer fire station. (17) Hawaiian Ocean View Estate volunteer fire station. (18) Discovery Harbor volunteer fire station. (19) Pahala volunteer fire station. (20) North Kohala Coast volunteer fire station. (22) Laupahoehoe volunteer fire station. (23) Paradise Park volunteer fire station. (24) Ainaloa volunteer fire station. (25) Pu`uanahulu volunteer fire station. (2004, Ord. No. 04-22, sec. 2; Am. 2005, Ord. No. 05-116, sec. 1; Am. 2005, Ord. No. 05-137, sec. 1.) Section 2-17. Head of volunteer fire department. (a) The fire chief of the County fire department shall be the head of the volunteer fire department. The head of the volunteer fire department shall: (1) Be vested with the management and control of the affairs, personnel, and property of the department, subject to the general authority and control of the council; (2) With the consent and approval of the council, make expenditures of moneys appropriated by the council for the department; (3) Not contract any debt on behalf of the department, not dispose of any property belonging to the department without the consent of the council; (4) Make periodic reports to the council concerning the affairs and activities of the department; and (5) Perform and discharge such other duties as may be assigned to the head of the volunteer fire department by the council. (1975 C.C., c. 2, art. 3, sec. 5.02; Am. 2004, Ord. No. 04-22, sec. 3.) Section 2-18. Appointment of other personnel. The council may provide for the appointment of other personnel as it deems necessary to carry out this article. All such appointees shall be paid monthly salaries as may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the personnel classification laws. (1975 C.C., c. 2, art. 3, sec. 5.03.) Section 2-19. Volunteer personnel. The organization of the volunteer fire department shall be patterned as closely as is practicable after that of the fire department. The head of the volunteer fire department shall appoint, with the approval of the council, such volunteer personnel as the head of the volunteer fire department deems necessary to fill the membership of the department. The qualifications for membership shall be as prescribed by the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the department. These rules and regulations shall be formulated by the department head and presented to the council for its approval. (1975 C.C., c. 2, art. 3, sec. 5.04.) Section 2-20. Mileage reimbursements for volunteer fire personnel. All volunteer fire personnel residing in a district other than the district where a fire occurs and who are duly authorized to participate and aid in the control of that fire shall be reimbursed at the rate of $33 cents for each mile actually and necessarily traveled, in the performance of their volunteer activities. (1975 C.C., c. 2, art. 3, sec. 5.05; Am. 1989, Ord. No. 89-28, sec. 1.) 2.7 SUPP.1 (1-2006)