10200-12 Annual Pay & Monetary Fringe Benefits Firefighters 2013 and 2014

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2013&2014 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance Substitute Bill No.57-12 Page 9 (h). 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 South Bend Fire 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 South Bend Fire Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will match said amount, dollar for dollar. (i). 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. (j). Health Insurance: Each active sworn member and upper level policy maker 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. The 24 bi- weekly contributions for health insurance coverage for active sworn members and upper level policy maker of the South Bend Fire Department for calendar year 2013 shall be as set forth on the attached Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association Local # 362 shall pay an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per month over and 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 not to unreasonably withhold membership. Said agreement shall remain in effect for the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, except as may be otherwise agreed by a Letter of Understanding. (k). Special Operation Coordinators: Any appointed Special Operation Coordinator shall receive in addition to his or her annual base salary, as set forth in Section II of this ordinance addressing "Salary Classification", the maximum sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) in calendar year 2013, and the same dollar amount in calendar year 2014. There shall be no more than four (4) Special Operation Coordinators who shall have the following titles: HazMat Coordinator, Tactical Rescue Coordinator, Water Rescue Coordinator, and Indiana River Rescue/District II Coordinator. Section XI. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program: (a). The South Bend Common Council agrees to continue the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program for the 2013 and 2014 calendar years. The Council notes that this program initially became effective in the South Bend Fire Department on January 1, 2005. Qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department participating in the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled. to the following maximum dollar amounts for course tuition and other expenses directly related thereto: