9526-04 Salaries - fixing the Annual Pay and Monetary fringe benefits of Firefighters for Calendar year 2005

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2005 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance Page 8 h. Deferred Compensation: The City of South Bend, Indiana, agrees 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 South Bend Fire Department each year, the City will match said amount $ 0.50 on the dollar, and for the next three hundred dollars ($300.00) deferred by a sworn member each year, the City will match said amount, dollar for dollar. i. Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all officers and sworn members of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). j. Health Insurance: Each sworn member 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 the City employees receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City employees. The monthly contribution for health insurance coverage for active sworn members for calendar year 2005 shall be as follows: Single $42.00 Family $112.00 The monthly contribution for fire pensioners who are members of the South Bend Firefighters Association Local # 362, who retire after January 1, 1997 and who desire coverage from the City's self-funded insurance program for calendar year 2005 shall be as follows: Single $95.00 Family $335.00 Fire pensioners who are not members of the Union shall pay an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per month over and above the amounts listed above. 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 2005, so long as such individual was employed as of October 1St of the previous calendar year. Section IV. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program. Effective January 1, 2005, an Education Tuition Reimbursement Program is established for the sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department. Qualifying sworn members participating in the education tuition reimbursement program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amounts for course tuition and other directly related expenses: