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receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City <br />employees. <br />Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association # 362 shall pay <br />an additional fifty dollars (50.00) per month over and above such rates, subject to the obligations <br />of Local# 362 as may be further addressed in an approved Collective Bargaining Agreement <br />between the City of South Bend and Local# 362 which provides that membership shall not be <br />unreasonably withheld, unless agreed to by a Letter of Understanding approved by the Board of <br />Public Safety. <br />(l) Program Coordinators. Any appointed Program Coordinator shall receive in addition to his <br />or her annual base salary, a maximum sum of ______________ ($_________) each year that <br />he/she serves in that capacity in 2022, 2023, and 2024. <br />Section XI. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program. <br />(a) The South Bend Common Council agrees to continue the Education Tuition <br />Reimbursement Program which originally began on January 1, 2005, for calendar years 2022, <br />2023, and 2024. Qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department participating in <br />the education Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar <br />amounts for course tuition and other expenses related thereto: <br />Course Grade Earned Maximum Amount to be Reimbursed by the City <br />A 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directly related to <br />said costs up to a maximum of _____ <br />B 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directly related to <br />said costs up to a maximum of _____ <br />(b) Education tuition reimbursement shall be on a "first come, first serve basis", subject to the <br />maximum dollar amount budgeted by the South Bend Common Council for said program in each <br />of the calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. All Fire Department regulations governing such <br />program must be complied with by qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department <br />in order for an individual to be eligible to be paid under this program. <br />Section XII. Severability. <br />If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for <br />any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the <br />validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.