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

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Firefighter Annual Pay Ordinance Page 6 8. Payment of Specialty Pays. All specialty pays shall be paid on a bi- weekly basis except the following: EMT On or about December 15th Reserve Paramedic On or about December 15th AEMT On or about December 15th First Responder On or about December 15th Hazmat On or about June 15th and December 15th Section IV. Clothing Allowance. (a) Commencing with their second service year, officers and sworn members shall receive the following annual clothing allowances: 1994 1995 1996 $950 $975 $995 (b) Clothing allowance shall be paid by the City of South Bend in four (4) equal payments payable on or about March 15th, June 15th, September 15th, and December 15th of each year. (c) Clothing allowance shall be pro-rated to the date of termination of employment for all qualifying officers and sworn members. Section V. Holiday Pay. (a) Each twenty-four hour firefighter who works a holiday so designated by the Board of Public Safety may receive the regular hourly rate of pay for said day for the rank held by said firefighter which is already part of the annual pay amounts listed in Section II (a), plus the option of receiving one (1) of the following: (i) holiday pay for working on said designated holiday in an amount equal to one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of said firefighter's regular hourly rate of pay times the number of hours actually worked, or (ii) holiday pay for working on said designated holiday in an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of said firefighter's regular hourly rate of pay times the number of hours actually worked plus a credit of a total of ten (10) hours of flex time in the City's Flexible Time Account, if the maximum hours of the flex time policy have not been reached. (b) In the event that a firefighter is recalled for a 24-hour duty assignment to work a designated holiday, said firefighter shall be compensated as total compensation 2.7 times his or her regular hourly rate of pay for all hours worked with a minimum of four (4) hours guaranteed. Section VI. Accumulated Time Buy-Back. (a) Policy Established. Effective January 1, 1994, all accumulated time procedures regarding awarding and/or eligibility shall be discontinued.