09-22-08 Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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2009 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance - Page 4 (c). Payment of Specialty Pays: All Specialty Pays shall be paid on a bi- weekly basis expect the following which shall be paid as indicated below: First Responder On or before December 15th of each calendar year EMT On or before December 15th of each calendar year AEMT On or before December 15th of each calendar year AEMTI On or before December 15th of each calendar, year Reserve Paramedic On or before December 15th of each calendar year Special Operations Team Member On or before December 15th of each calendar year Team Leader One -half (1/2) of or before June 15th and the remaining One (1/2) on or before December 15th of each calendar year Section IV. Recall of Duty Pay and Emergency Duty Pay: (a). In the event that a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is recalled for duty, and he or she reports for duty, he or she shall be paid at the rate of one and one -half (1 ' /z) times the sworn member's hourly rate of pay and shall be guaranteed a minimum of two (2) hours of work with pay. Any additional fraction of an hour over thirty (30) minutes shall constitute one (1) hour for purposes of this paragraph. (b). A sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department who works emergency duty shall be paid at the rate of one and one -half (1 '/2) times the sworn member's hourly rate and shall be guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours of work or pay. (c). In the event a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is called to work emergency duty for extra -alarm fires or disasters, seniority provisions will not apply. Recall will be in accordance with procedures outlined in the official orders governing the dispatching of South Bend Fire Department units for extra -alarm fires or disasters. In any emergency where personnel with specialized skills are needed, seniority or procedural terms described in the 2005 -2008 Collective Bargaining Agreement governing extra -duty or recall are not applicable. The Fire Chief or his or her authorized designee_ may specify which off -duty personnel with specialized skills, including but not limited to sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Response Team, Swiftwater Rescue Team, Tactical Rescue Team, or with needed medical specialties. Section V. Working Out of Classification Pays. (a). If a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is temporarily assigned as a Battalion Chief, Captain, Paramedic, Lieutenant/Paramedic, or Pump Engineer, that sworn member shall be paid while so performing such duties at the rate of pay for that position, provided that the duty assignment is for a minimum of four (4) consecutive hours as verified by a Working Out of Classification form, as verified by the officer of the rig or the Battalion Chief. (b). If an AEMT is assigned to an ambulance, then that AEMT shall be paid while he or she is performing such duties at fifty percent (50 %) of the rate of special pay for paramedics.