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2009 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance - Page 6 Fire Chief and the City Controller. Such monies may not be carried over for year to year and must be used by December 31St of each year. Section VIII. Clothing/Uniform Allowance. (a). Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be $795.00 in calendar year 2009. Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be paid in four (4) equal payments payable on or about March 15th, June 15th, September 15th and December 15th of each calendar year. (b). Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be pro -rated to the date of termination of employment for all qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department. Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall not be paid during an individual's first year of employment with the department as a Firefighter or Firefighter Recruit. Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be pro -rated from a sworn member's first anniversary date until the end of that calendar year. Section IX. Other Monetary Benefits. (a). Safety Officers: The regularly assigned Safety Officers shall receive, in addition to his or her base salary, the sum of $3,000 in each of the calendar year 2009. (b). 8 -Hour Incentive Pay: An 8 -hour Incentive Pay shall continue to be paid to those individuals regularly assigned to work a forty (40) hour work -week [not to include temporary duty assignments (TDY)]. The sum of $1,154 shall be paid to such qualifying individuals in each of the calendar year 2009. (c). Inspector/Instructor Pay: Those Engineers who are qualified and regularly assigned [not to include 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 departmental instruction, shall be paid at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour up to a maximum of $1,500, with any teaching thereafter requiring the approval of the Fire Chief. Full -time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this paragraph. (e). 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, may be paid at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour, upon the approval of the Fire Chief. 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.