10192-12 Annual Pay Police Department Calendar Yrs 2013 & 2014

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2013 and 2014 South Bend Police Department Salary Ordinance Substitute Bill No.56-12 Page 5 (n) Tuition Reimbursement: Qualifying officers and sworn members of the South Bend Police Department who participate in the Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amount for approved course tuition: Course Grade Maximum Amount Reimbursed by the City of South Bend A 100% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$1,500 B 75% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$1,000 C 50% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$ 500 Tuition reimbursement shall be on a "first come, first serve" basis only up to the maximum amount budgeted for such purposes for a particular calendar year by the Common Council. Tuition reimbursement shall be limited to a maximum reimbursement amount of$2,500 per calendar year to a qualifying officer and/or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department. All governing regulations must be complied with by a qualifying officer or sworn member in order to be paid any tuition reimbursement. (o) Voluntary Physical Fitness Program: The Common Council continues the authorization previously set forth in Ordinance No. 10042-10 to implement a voluntary physical fitness program during 2013 and 2014, which may have the potential of any officer and or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who qualifies under the governing policies and procedures implemented by the Department to earn up to a maximum of one (1) personal day per calendar year. Such personal day(s) earned may not be used, if such usage results in overtime costs to the City. (p) On-Call Duty Pays: Each of the following On-Call Duty Pay categories shall be allotted six hundred fifty 00/100 dollars ($650.00) per category per calendar year for 2013 and 2014, and shall be divided among the assigned police officers in each of these categories. Such division of pay shall be determined according to frequency of assigned on-call days in the respective category and shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The On-Call Duty Pay categories are as follows: Arson Investigator County Metro Homicide Investigator Investigative Division On-Call Duty Officer County Metro Homicide Technician Major Crimes Investigator Family Violence/Special Victim's Unit Major Crimes Technician Traffic On-Call Diagramer Sex Offense Investigator Traffic On-Call Duty Officer (q) Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's and officer's base pay. (r) Health Insurance: Each active sworn member and officer of the South Bend Police 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. The monthly contribution for health