Powers of the Board of Directors
By Missouri Revised Statutes, a Fire Protection District Board of Directors has the following powers:
- Have perpetual existance (only the voters can consolidate or disolve the District)
- Have & use a corporate seal
- Sue & be sued
- Enter into contracts
- Borrow money & issue voter-approved bonds
- Acquire land, building buildings, purhcase equipment & supplies
- Refund unused taxes collected to pay off bonds
- Manage everything (delegating most tasks to the Chief & others)
- Hire agents, engineers, attorneys, firefighters, EMTs, & paramedics, including part-time & unpaid (volunteers)
- Eminent domain
- Accept gifts & return gifts, including surplus property
- Adopt bylaws & ordinances
- Pay costs of elections
- Necessary & incidental powers
- Provide employee & volunteer benefits
- Joint powers, e.g., mutual aid agreements; central dispatching; etc.
- Collect fees & receive reimbursements for hazmat responses
- Levy sales & property taxes