50-18 Re-Affirmation of the Annual Pay and Monetary Fringe Benefits for the South Bend Fire Department

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(f) Pay for Other Instructors. Other instructors who are qualified and selected to teach specified on-duty in-house instruction programs forrookie schools,driving,confined spacerescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR and other authorized departmental instruction, shall be paid at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00)per hour, upon the approval of the Fire Chief, or his or her designee. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and above the qualifying individual's salary classification and shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations ofthe State Board ofAccounts. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this paragraph. (g) Pay for Certified SCBA Repair Specialists.Those sworn members ofthe South Bend Fire Department who are qualified,certified and regularly assigned by the Fire Chief,or his or her designee to perform self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA)repairs,shall be paid atthe rate of fifteen dollars($15.00)per hour up to amaximum ofone thousand dollars($1,000.00)in anyone calendar year. (h) Critical Duty Day Stipends.In 2018,2019 2020,and 2021,the Critical Duty Day Stipend shall be set at one-half(1/2)of an eligible sworn member's regular hourly rate plus longevity,but not less than three hundred ($300.00) for the nine (9) Critical Duty Days which are designated each calendar year by the Board of Public Safety. Such stipend may be pro-rated for time actually worked with the eligible sworn member choosing among three(3)options which are further addressed in the governing Collective Bargaining Agreement approved by the Board of Public Safety. (i) Deferred Compensation. The City of South Bend agrees to continue to maintain the Deferred Compensation Program which became effective on January 1, 1997 for the South Bend Fire Department. This program provides that for the first one hundred dollars ($100.00) deferred by a sworn member of the Department each calendar year,the City of South bend will match said amount $0.50 on the dollar, and for the next three hundred dollars($300.00)deferred by a sworn member of the Department each calendar year,the City of South Bend will match said amount,dollar for dollar. 0) Life Insurance. The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all sworn members and upper level policy making positions of the South Bend Fire Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's base pay or the upper level policy making position's base pay. (k) Health Insurance.Each active sworn member and upper level policy maker of the of the South Bend Fire Department who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the opportunity to participate in the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program. The contribution of such individuals shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City employees. Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association# 362 shall pay an additional. fifty dollars($50.00) per month over and above such rates, subject to the obligations of Local#362 as may be further addressed in an approved Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of South bend and Local #362 which provides that membership shall not be unreasonably withheld,unless agreed to by a Letter of Understanding approved by the Board of Public Safety. (1) Program Coordinators.Any appointed Program Coordinator shall receive in addition to 7 1 P a g e