9620-05 Salaries fixing the annual pay and monetary fringe benefits of Firefighters of SBFD for years 2006, 2007, and 2008

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2006, 2007, 2008 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance Page 9 (k). Individual Flexible Spending Account: The City of South Bend shall continue to contribute five hundred dollars ($500.00) to each sworn member's individual flexible spending account in 2006, 2007 and 2008, so long as such individual was employed as of October 1st of the previous calendar year. Section IX. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program: (a). The South Bend Common Council agrees to continue the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program for calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008. This program initially became effective for the South Bend Fire Department on January 1, 2005. Qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department participating in the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amounts for course tuition and other expenses directly related thereto: Course Grade Earned Maximum Amount Reimbursed by City A 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directed related to said costs up to a maximum of $1,250 B 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directed related to said costs up to a maximum of $ 900 (b). Education tuition reimbursement shall be on a "first come, first serve basis", subject to the maximum dollar amount budgeted by the South Bend Common Council for said program in calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008, with said amount not being less than the 2005 budgeted amount for each such calendar year. All Fire Department regulations governing such program must be complied with by qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department in order for an individual to be paid under this program. Section X. Other Monetary Benefits Continued. The South Bend Common Council acknowledges that the 2005-2008 Collective Bargaining Agreement entered into between the Board of Public Safety and the South Bend Firefighter's Association Local No. 362 includes several Articles which have monetary costs associated with them. The Council agrees to continue to budget for those expenses in 2006, 2007 and 2008, so that such monetary benefits will not be diminished. Section XI. Severability. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.