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(l) Program Coordinators. Any appointed Program Coordinator shall receive in <br />addition to his or her annual base salary, a maximum sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) <br />each year that he/she serves in that capacity in 2022, 2023, and 2024. <br />(m)Post-Employment Health Plan. The City of South Bend shall establish a Post-Employment <br />Health Plan (PEHP) for retired firefighters. This PEHP is a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary <br />Association (VEBA) governed by section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to <br />any laws, rules, or external regulations governing such plans, the City of South Bend shall <br />make an annual contribution of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) for each sworn member <br />in the calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Sworn firefighters may make additional <br />contributions according to the plan documentation. <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 $1,250 <br />B 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directly related to <br />said costs up to a maximum of $900 <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. <br />Section XIII. Effective Date.