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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 /> (1) Program Coordinators. Any appointed Program Coordinator shall receive in addition to his <br /> or her annual base salary, a maximum sum of three thousand dollars($3,000) each year that he/she <br /> 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 any <br /> laws, rules, or external regulations governing such plans, the City of South Bend shall make an <br /> annual contribution of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) for each sworn member in the <br /> calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. <br /> Section X. 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 XI. 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 XII. Effective Date. <br /> This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common <br /> Council and approval by the Mayor <br /> _S-1(04,t t7411 <br /> Sharon L. McBride, Council President <br /> South Bend Common Council <br />