§ 98 — Firefighters

§ 98 Firefighters.

No member of the fire department shall be allowed, without the consent of the city council, to receive any money, gratuity or compensation for any service rendered as a firefighter. The members of the fire department shall not engage in any other employment, work, profession, business or enterprise that is inconsistent, incompatible, in conflict with, or adversely affects the performance of their duties as firefighters, or that is inimical to the most effective performance of the mission of the Sacramento Fire Department or the best interests of the city. The city council shall have the exclusive and non-delegable authority and duty to define, interpret and implement the terms of this section by resolution and such definition and interpretation shall be final and conclusive. The process and procedure followed by the city council in so defining, interpreting and implementing this section shall be by unilateral legislative action not subject to and expressly excluded from any meeting and conferring procedure with employee organizational representatives that is or may be provided for under any other law. In the event a court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction renders a final judgment or order invalidating this paragraph or any part thereof then the terms and provisions of this section as herein above provided shall be null and void and this section shall thereupon on the effective date of such final judgement or order and thereafter read as follows: No member of the fire department shall be allowed, without the consent of the city council, to receive any money, gratuity or compensation for any service rendered as a firefighter. The members of the fire department shall not follow any other profession, calling or business, but shall devote their entire time to the performance of their duties, nor shall they be allowed pay for any period during which they shall absent themselves from public duty, except as in this Charter provided.