Annual Pay Firefighters 1991,1992, and 1993

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• (f) The above terms shall be subject to the approval by the Board of Public Safety. SECTION VII. RETIREMENT SICK-DAY BUY-BACK. (a) Officers and Sworn Members of the South Bend Fire Department hired before December 31, 1986, may accumulate within a sick-day bank a maximum of nine hundred and twelve (912) hours for twenty-four (24) hour personnel, and eight hundred (800) hours for eight (8) hour personnel; both of which shall be considered a full bank for purposes of the City's Retirement Sick-Day Buy-Back Program for the South Bend Fire Department. (b) Officers and Sworn Members of the South Bend Fire Department hired after December 31, 1986, may accumulate within a sick-day bank a maximum of five hundred seventy-six (576) hours. (c) Upon a minimum of fourteen (14) days notice prior to retirement, any Officer or Sworn Member of the South Bend Fire Department may sell back to the City the number of sick days which he or she has accumulated in his or her sick bank. The rate of reimbursement shall be one-half (1/2) of the hourly rate of base pay for the 1991 Engineer Rank. (d) All payments made pursuant to the City's Retirement Sick-Day Buy-Back Program for the South Bend Fire Department shall be paid in one lump sum payment by the City on the next regular payday following the effective date of the Officers or Sworn Members retirement from the department, or as soon thereafter as possible. (e) The above terms shall be subject to the approval by the Board of Public Safety. SECTION VIII. SERVICE YEAR. The first service year for a member of the Fire Department commences upon his or her being sworn in before the Board of Public Safety as a member of that department. His or her second service year shall begin on the next succeeding first day of January. Promotion to the rank of Engineer shall be dependent upon the completion of three (3) full years of service. The Fire Chief shall forward to the Board of Public Safety the names of those firefighters eligible for the Engineer rank not later than the date they become eligible. SECTION IX. PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROGRAM. In the event that the City of South Bend continues to contract with Memorial Hospital for neo-natal and/or pediatric transport, firefighters who volunteer to participate in the City's Private Ambulance Service Program shall receive the following compensation: (a) For calendar year 1991, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) additional pay for every shift worked, payable in the next regular paycheck, or as soon thereafter as possible. The dollar amount shall increase to the sum of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) in calendar year 1992, and to the sum of Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) in calendar year 1993. (b) In addition to said firefighter's regular salary and the amount set forth in