Laserfiche WebLink
(1) Post -Employment Health Plan. In 2022, the City of South Bend established a Post - <br />Employment Health Plan (PEHP) for retired firefighters into which the City of South Bend shall <br />make an annual contribution of Dollars ($ ) for each sworn member in <br />the calendar year 2025. Sworn firefighters may make additional contributions according to the plan <br />documentation. <br />(m) Program Coordinators. Any appointed Program Coordinator shall receive in addition to <br />his or her annual base salary, a maximum sum of Dollars ($ ) while <br />he or she serves in that capacity in calendar year 2025. <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 year 2025. <br />Qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department participating in the education <br />Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amounts for <br />course tuition and other expenses related thereto: <br />Course Grade Earned <br />Maximum Amount to be Reimbursed by the City <br />A <br />100% of tuition costs and other expenses directly related to <br />said costs up to a maximum of Dollars <br />($ ) <br />B <br />100% of tuition costs and other expenses directly related to <br />said costs up to a maximum of Dollars <br />($ ). <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 <br />calendar year 2025. All Fire Department regulations governing such program must be complied <br />with by qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department in order for an individual <br />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 />