11161-24 Firefighter Salary Ordinance

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(c) Inspector/Instructor Pay. Those First-Class Firefighters who are qualified and regularly assigned, not including temporary duty assignments (TDY), as an Inspector/Instructor, shall be provided with duty shirts and a badge, and shall be paid at the non-rank specialty pay as an Inspector or Instructor. (d) Shift Instructor Pay. Shift Instructors who are qualified and selected to teach on-duty in- house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving, confined space rescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR, and other authorized department instruction, shall be paid at the rate of Fifteen Dollars($15)per hour up to a maximum of Five Hundred Dollars($500) per year, with any teaching thereafter requiring the approval of the Fire Chief, or his or her designee. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this paragraph. (e) Luther J. Taylor, Sr. Fire Safety Training Center 8-Hour Instructor Pay. An 8-hour Instructor Pay shall be paid to the individual regularly assigned to work a forty (40) hour workweek, not including temporary duty assignments (TOY), at the Luther J. Taylor, Sr. Fire Safety Training Center. The sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) shall be paid per year in 2025 to the qualifying individual who is regularly assigned to work in this capacity each of those years. (f) Pay for Other Instructors. Other instructors who are qualified and selected to teach specified on-duty in-house instruction programs for rookie schools,driving,confined space rescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR and other authorized departmental instruction, shall be paid at the rate of Fifteen Dollars($15)per hour,upon the approval of the Fire Chief, or his or her designee. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and above the qualifying individual's salary classification and shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations of the State Board of Accounts. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this paragraph. (g) Pay for Certified SCBA Repair Specialists. Those sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department who are qualified, certified and regularly assigned by the Fire Chief, or his or her designee to perform self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA)repairs, shall be paid at the rate of Fifteen Dollars ($15) per hour up to a maximum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) in any one calendar year. (h) Critical Duty Day Stipends. In 2025, the Critical Duty Day Stipend shall be set at one-half (1/2) of an eligible sworn member's regular hourly rate plus longevity, but not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300) for the ten (10) Critical Duty Days which are designated each calendar year by the Board of Public Safety. Such stipend may be pro-rated for time actually worked with the eligible sworn member choosing among three (3) options which are further addressed in the governing Collective Bargaining Agreement approved by the Board of Public Safety. (i) Deferred Compensation. The City of South Bend agrees to continue to maintain the Deferred Compensation Program which became effective on January 1, 1997 for the South Bend Fire Department. This program provides that for the first One Hundred Dollars($100)deferred by a sworn member of the Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will match said amount $0.50 on the dollar, and for the next Three Hundred Dollars ($300) deferred by a sworn member of the Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will match said amount, dollar for dollar. (j) Life Insurance. The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all sworn members and upper level policy making positions of the South Bend Fire Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's base pay or the upper level policy making position's base pay. (k) Health Insurance. Each active sworn member and upper level policy maker of the of the South Bend Fire Department who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the opportunity