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ORDINANCE NO. 179h
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 5 OF THE
CANTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE BOARD OF FIRE AND
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS, the Rules & Regulations for the Fire & Police Commission have
been amended as such that all applicants must be 21 years of age at the time of filing an
applications with the Canton Fire/Police Department; and,
WHEREAS, the Legal and Ordinance Committee has determined that it is
necessary and in the best interest of the City of Canton to amend Title 2, Chapter 1,
Section 5 in the Municipal Code regarding the Board of Fire & Police Commissioners;
and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CANTON, Fulton County, Illinois, as follows:
1. That the foregoing recitals aze hereby found to be fact.
2. That Title 2, Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Canton Municipal Code are hereby
amended to read as follows:
2-1-5 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS, DISQUALIFICATIONS,
REMOVAL:
Firs# Paragraph shall remain unchanged.
All applicants for a position in either the fire or police department of the city shall
be no less than twenty one {21) years and no more than thirty five {35) years of
age at the time of their application, shall be subject to an examination which shall
be public, cflmpetltive, and shall be subject to reasonable limitations as to
residence, health, habits and moral character. No person with a record of
misdemeanor convictions except those under sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, I 1-14, 11-
15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, i2-2, 12-5,12-6, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1,
28-3, 31-i, 3i-4, 3i-6, 3i-7, 32-i, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8 and subsections i, 6 and
8 of section 24-1 of the criminal code of 1961 or arrested for any cause but not
convicted thereon shall be disqualified from taking the examination to qualify for
a position in the fire department on grounds of habits or moral character. The
foregoing age limitation does not apply to any person previously employed as a
policeman or fireman in a regularly constituted police or fire department of any
municipality or a fire protection district. The examination shall be practical in
character and relate to those matters which will fairly test the capacity of the
persons examined to dischazge the duties ofthe positions to which they seek
appointment. No person shall be appointed to the police or fire department if he
does not possess a high school diploma or an equivalent high school education.
The examinations shall include tests of physical qualifications and health. No
person shall be appointed to the police or fire department if he has suffered the
amputation of any limb unless the applicant's duties will be only clerical or as a
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radio operator. No applicant shall be examined concerning his political or
religious opinions or affiliations. The examination shall be conducted by the
board of fire and police commissioners of the city as herein provided.
Third Paragraph shall remain unchanged.
No person shall be appointed to the police or fire department unless he or she is a
person of good chazacter and not an habitual drunkazd, gambler, or a person who
has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. No person,
however, shall be disqualified from appointment to the fire department because of
his or her record of misdemeanor convictions except those under 11-6, 11-7, 11-9,
i i-14, 11-15, 11-17, i i-18, i i-19, 12-2, 12-S,i2-6, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.i,
24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8 and
subsections i, 6 and 8 of section 24-1 of the criminal code of 1961 or arrested for
any cause without conviction on that cause. Any such person who is in the
department may be removed on charges brought and after a trial as hereinafter
provided.
A false statement knowingly made by a person in an application for examination,
connivance or any false statement made in any certificate which may accompany such
application or complicity in any fraud touching the same, shall be regarded as good cause
for exclusion from the examination. {Language taken from Chapter II, Section 2 of the
Rules and Regulations of the Boazd of Fire and Police Commissioners, Canton, Illinois)
3. That this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage by
the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, and approval
by the Mayor thereof.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois at a regular
meeting this 4th day of May , 2004, upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen Sa.rff, Fillinghatn, Nf~lleck, Harn, Carl, Hartford, Reed,
West: .
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
Attest:
Nancy Whites City Clerk
Approved:
erry M. Bohler, Mayor