The council members of the department are the "overseers" of everything that goes on within the department.  They are there to look after the best interest of the department as a whole and it's members.  Each company is assigned 2 council members to report to and look

up to for guidance when making decisions. The council members as well as the chiefs are the ones that vote on all major decision making issues brought before them. They also deal with issues that concern Personnel and private matters