TEMPLATE to appointment Fire Chief and CEMCTHE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAW 2025-035
A BY-LAW to appoint a Fire Chief and Community Emergency Management
Coordinator (CEMC) for the Town of Tillsonburg.
WHEREAS the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997, ch.4, provides that if a Fire Department is established for the whole or a part of a municipality or for more than one municipality,
the Council of the municipality may appoint a Fire Chief for the Fire Department who is ultimately responsible for the delivery of fire protection services within the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997 provides that a municipality may appoint an officer to enter upon land and into structures at any reasonable time to inspect
the land and structures to determine whether by-laws enacted in accordance with this section are being complied with;
AND WHEREAS The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg deems it is necessary and expedient to appoint a Fire Chief, and that the Fire Chief is also designated as the Community
Emergency Management Coordinator (CEMC) for the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg;
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg as follows:
That Scott Tegler be and is hereby appointed as Fire Chief and Community Emergency Management Coordinator (CEMC) for the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg to carry out the duties
and responsibilities as set out in By-law 3190.
That By-Laws 2024-131 to appoint an Acting Deputy Fire Chief and 2025-002 to appoint an Acting Fire Chief are hereby repealed.
That this by-law shall come into force and take effect on the date it is passed.
READ A First, Second, Third and Final time and passed this 12th of May, 2025.
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MAYOR – Deb Gilvesy
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DEPUTY CLERK – Amelia Jaggard