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2015, 2016, and 2017 South Bend Fire Department Salaries /Monetary Fringe Benefits Ordinance <br />Page 8 <br />(h) Critical Duty Day Stipends. In 2015, 2016, and 2017, the Critical Duty Day Stipend <br />shall be set at one -half (1 /2)of an eligible sworn member's regular hourly rate plus longevity, but <br />not less than two hundred and four ($204.00) for the nine (9) Critical Duty Days which are <br />designated each calendar year by the Board of Public Safety. Such stipend may be pro -rated for <br />time actually worked with the eligible sworn member choosing among three (3) options which are <br />further addressed in the governing Collective Bargaining Agreement approved by the Board of <br />Public Safety. <br />(i) Deferred Compensation. The City of South Bend agrees to continue to maintain the <br />Deferred Compensation Program which became effective on January 1, 2997 for the South Bend <br />Fire Department. This program provides that for the first one hundred dollars ($100.00) deferred <br />by a sworn member of the Department each calendar year, the City of South bend will match said <br />amount $0.50 on the dollar, and for the next three hundred dollars ($300.00) deferred by a sworn <br />member of the Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will match said amount, <br />dollar for dollar. <br />0) Life Insurance. The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance <br />coverage on all sworn members and upper level policy making positions of the South Bend Fire <br />Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's base pay or the upper level <br />policy making position's base pay. <br />(k) Health Insurance. Each active sworn member and upper level policy maker of the of <br />the South Bend Fire Department who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the <br />opportunity to participate in the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program. The <br />contribution of such individuals shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees <br />receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City <br />employees. The bi- weekly contributions for health insurance coverage for active sworn members <br />and upper level policy makers of the South Bend Fire Department for calendar year 2015 shall be <br />as set forth on the attached Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by reference. <br />Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association # 362 shall pay an <br />additional fifty dollars (50.00) per month over and above such rates, subject to the obligations of <br />Local # 362 as may be further addressed in an approved Collective Bargaining Agreement between <br />the City of South bend and Local # 362 which provides that membership shall not be unreasonably <br />withheld. Said agreement shall remain in effect for 2015, 2016, and 2017, unless agreed to by a <br />Letter of Understanding approved by the Board of Public Safety. <br />(1) Program Coordinators. Any appointed Program Coordinator shall receive in addition <br />to his or her annual base salary, a maximum sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) each year <br />that he /she serves in that capacity in 2015, 2016, and 2017. <br />