Sec. 21-29. Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Commission.
Montgomery County, Md., Code § 21-29 (2026)
Sec. 21-29. Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Commission.LinkCopy Citation
There is hereby created a Commission to manage the finances of the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department, consisting of 7 members, all of whom must be taxpayers, each appointed for a term of one year in the following manner:
(a)
2 members by the Mayor and Council of Gaithersburg;
(b)
2 members by the Mayor and Council of Washington Grove;
(c)
2 members by the members of the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., from its active membership; and
(d)
one by the 6 remaining members who must be a taxpayer of Gaithersburg-Washington Grove.
The above Section and Section 71-19(20) of the County Code do not make Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Department, Inc., (a volunteer fire department) a governmental agency so as to entitle it to governmental immunity. Utica Mutual Ins. Co. v. Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Department, Inc., 53 Md. App. 589, 455 A.2d 987 (1983).