The business affairs of the district shall be administered and conducted by the board.
It shall have the authority to establish, equip, operate and maintain a fire department
within the district and shall buy, lease, sell, exchange, or otherwise acquire and
dispose of firefighting equipment and other property, real, personal or mixed, that
it may from time to time deem necessary to prevent and extinguish fire and provide
emergency rescue services within the district. This shall include, but is not limited
to, the authority to provide water, water supply, water stations and other necessary
buildings; accept gifts or donations of equipment or money for the use of the district;
and to do all things necessary to provide for an adequate water supply, for emergency
rescue services, and for prevention and proper fire protection for the district. The
rescue services provided by the district shall not include transportation to a health
facility except as authorized herein. The board shall have the authority to borrow
money and issue evidences of long-term indebtedness for the singular purpose of capital
expenditures, the outstanding total of such indebtedness not to exceed $200,000.00
at any time. The board shall have the authority to borrow money and issue evidences
of short-term indebtedness for the singular purpose of maintaining operational expenses
in anticipation of receipt of tax proceeds, the outstanding total of such indebtedness
not to exceed $50,000.00 at any one time. The board shall have the power to hire and
fire necessary firefighting personnel, to inspect all property and investigate for
fire hazards and to promulgate rules and regulations for the prevention of fire and
for fire control in the district, which shall have the same force and effect as law
ten days after copies thereof executed by the president and secretary of the board
have been posted in at least three places. The board shall have the authority to enter
into agreements with authorized governmental agencies to provide firefighting assistance
and emergency rescue services outside the Marco Island Fire Control District to other
fire control districts; such rescue service both within and without the district may
include transportation to a health facility when authorized by the board of county
commissioners of Collier County under emergency conditions as may be prescribed by
said board of county commissioners.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 65-1413, § 4; Laws of Fla. ch. 78-491, § 1; Laws of Fla. ch. 80-595,
§ 1; Laws of Fla. ch. 82-282, § 1; Laws of Fla. ch. 84-415, § 1)
Editor's note—
Laws of Fla. ch. 78-491 was subject to approval at referendum. The county has advised
that the act was approved at referendum.
Code reference—
Boards, commissions, committees and authorities, § 2-816 et seq.
