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ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 FINAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS REV: 07-18-18 VR Page 15 of 45 Stats.1968, Chapter 76.) (As amended November 4, 1986, filed Secretary of State January 5, 1987) Section 29. CHIEF OF POLICE: The cChief of pPolice shall be the head of the police department, and shall have all the powers that are now, or may hereafter be conferred upon sheriffs and other peace officers by the laws of the sState. It shall be his their duty to preserve the public peace, and to suppress riots, tumults, and disturbances. Their His orders shall be promptly executed by the police officers of the cCity, and every citizen shall lend him them aid when requested for the arrest of offenders, the maintenance of public order, or the protection of life and property. They He shall execute and return all processes issued to him them by legal authority, and it is hereby made his their duty, to arrest persons violating any law of the United States or the sState or ordinance of the cCity. He They shall have such other powers and duties appertaining to his their office as may be prescribed by the cCouncil or rules of the police department. They He shall appoint and remove all subordinates in the department, make rules and regulations for the management of the department, all in accordance with the provisions of this cCharter and subject to the approval of the cCity mManager. (As amended April 13, 1954, ratified by Legislature January 13, 1955, Stats. 1955, Chapter 27.) Section 30. CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT: The cChief of the fFire dDepartment shall be the head of the fire department, and shall have charge and supervision over all matters relating to the prevention and extinction of fires, and of all measures necessary to guard and protect all property impaired thereby. During a fire, the cChief of the fFire dDepartment shall be in supreme authority over the territory involved therein, and all persons in the immediate vicinity of said fire shall be subject to his their orders. They He shall appoint and remove all subordinates in the department and make rules and regulations for the government thereof, subject to the approval of the cCity mManager. (As amended April 13, 1954, ratified by Legislature January 3, 1955, Stats. 1955, Chapter 27.) Section 31. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND CITY TREASURER: ThereThe City Manager shall appoint a person who shall serve in the role of be a Director of Finance who shall be appointd by the City Manager. If the City Council has not appointed a City Auditor pursuant to Section 33 hereof, Tthe Director of Finance shall perform the duties, and exercise the powers, of the City Auditor set forth in Section 33. In addition, the Director of Finance shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the , City Treasurer, City Assessor