8397-93 Annual Pay & Monetary Fringe Benefits of Firefighters 1994, 1995 & 1996

Home Browse Search

Firefighter Annual Pay Ordinance Page 3 Section III. Overtime,Recall and Speciality Pays. (a) Overtime and Recall. Any sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department who is required to work overtime or who is recalled, shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) his or her regular hourly rate of pay. Recall procedures are recommended to be as follows: (i) The rig list shall be eliminated and the Master List shall be used. (ii) Current procedures for dropping employees shall remain the same, except as modified herein. (iii) Answering machine messages shall be limited to fifteen (15) seconds. If an employee has a message in excess of fifteen (15) seconds, he or she will receive a written notice from the Operations Chief to comply with the fifteen (15) second message. If it is not complied with within twenty-four (24) hours from the receipt of such notice, he or she will drop to the bottom of the list. (iv) Manpower Pool: Effective January 1, 1994, the Department will create a manpower pool consisting of eight (8) employees per shift whose primary assignment will be Central Fire Station. The Riding Chief will have the discretion as to assignment of employees from the Manpower Pool. The Department will, in December of 1993, ask for employees who may be interested in being placed into this Pool in January of 1994. If the Department does not have sufficient volunteers, up to twenty-four (24) firefighters, with the eight (8) least seniority per shift excluding drivers, will be placed in this pool. Assigned Paramedics who are on a rotation basis, will be placed in this pool with no more than one (1) paramedic in the pool at any given time. Every member of the Manpower Pool will be assigned to a vacation group by the Operations Chief. (v) Primary Recall shall be recall that is conducted at 0720 which is necessary to bring the shift up to minimum manpower. (vi) Secondary Recall shall be recall that is done after the Primary Recall has been completed for the shift. Employees who work twelve (12) hours or more will be dropped to the bottom of the list. (vii) Recall Pay: Employees will have one (1) hour to report for duty. The computer system will be modified to allow Employees to review their positions on the Master List. This policy is recommended in its entirety to the Board of Public Safety for their review, approval and incorporation in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. (b) Specialty Pays. The following speciality pays shall be paid in the following amounts. All such speciality pays shall be pro-rated to the date of regular assignment for such special duty or duties and paid accordingly.