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 8 (c). Inspector/Instructor Pay: Those First Class Firefighters (former Engineers) who are qualified and regularly assigned [not to include temporary duty assignments (TDY)] as an Inspector/Instructor, shall be provided with duty shirts and a badge, and shall be paid at the non-rank specialty pay as an Inspector or Instructor. (d). Shift Instructor Pay: Shift Instructors who are qualified and selected to teach on-duty in- house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving, confined space rescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR, and other authorized departmental instruction, shall be paid at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour up to a maximum of $1,500, with any teaching thereafter requiring the approval of the Fire Chief. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this paragraph. (e). Pay for Other Instructors: Other instructors who are qualified and selected to teach specified on-duty in-house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving, confined space rescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR and other authorized departmental instruction, shall be paid at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, upon the approval of the Fire Chief, or his or her designee. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and above the qualifying individual's salary classification and shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations of the State Board of Accounts. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this paragraph. (f). Pay for Certified SCBA Repair Specialists: Those sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department who are qualified, certified and regularly assigned by the Fire Chief, or his or her designee to perform self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) repairs, shall be paid at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour up to a maximum of$1,000 in any one calendar year. Any self-contained breathing apparatus repairs to be performed which exceed this maximum amount in any calendar year must be approved by the Fire Chief. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and above the sworn member's salary classification amount and shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations of the State Board of Accounts. (g). Critical Duty Day Stipend: In 2013 and in 2014, the Critical Duty Day Stipend shall be set at one-half(1/2) of an eligible sworn member's regular hourly rate plus longevity, but not less than two hundred and four dollars ($204.00) for the nine (9) Critical Duty Days designated each calendar year. Such stipend may be pro-rated for time actually worked with the eligible sworn member choosing among three (3) options which are further addressed in the governing Collective Bargaining Agreement approved by the Board of Public Safety. Martin Luther King is recommended to be designated by the Board of Public Safety as a designated holiday. The Board would be required to adopt a proper Resolution for sworn members who are assigned to work a four or five day work week. There shall be no financial or pay stipend as a result of this designation, nor shall such designation result in the total number of such holidays being increased in 2013 and 2014.