HomeMy WebLinkAboutFixing Annual Pay of Firefighters for the Calendar Year 1979Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
June 29
19 78
IRENE K. GAMMON
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Ind'ana
Approved and signed by
Clerk
ident of Common Council
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IRENE K. GAMMON
ORDINANCE NO. 6S R'Q•7 g
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY OF
FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1979.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The annual pay of the officers and members of the fire
force of the City of South Bend for the year 1979 by rank, classification
and service years shall be as follows:
Chief...... ...................$21,000
Assistant Chief ............................. 19,400
Battalion Chief ............................. 16,900
Captain ....... 14,450
Lieutenant.................................. 14,250
Engineers ......Service Years
3- 5 ....................... 12,500
5- 6 ....................... 12,750
6- 7 ....................... 13,000
7- 8....................... 13,250
8 -9 . . ..................... 13,500
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1....e ................ 13,750
10 & above ................ 14,000
Firefighter First Class ..................... 11,200
Firefighter ................................. 11,000
Firefighter -in- Training 10,750
The first service year for a firefighter commences upon his being
sworn in as a firefighter. The firefighter shall obtain his second
service year on the next succeeding first day of January until he at-
tains the maximum salary for the particular rank he may hold.
SECTION II. In Addition to the foregoing annual pay, the officers
and members of the fire force shall receive compensation for extra duty
and special performance as follows:
(a) For recall or overtime pay, time and -one -half.
(b) For regularly assigned drivers of fire trucks and other
heavy equipment, the tillerman, and personnel assigned to drive
ambulances on regular or rotation basis, $250 per year.
(c) For regularly assigned scuba divers, $225.00 per year.
(d) Firemen performing paramedic duties will be paid at a
level which is a maximum of $800.00 dollars over the base pay for
their rank.
(e) For all personnel required to work on holidays, the
payment shall be as follows: Those persons working from midnight
to 7:00 a.m., payment shall be $16.00; those persons working
7:00 a.m., to midnight, shall receive $32.00.
(f) The holiday pay shall apply to holidays listed below
and no others:
New Year's Day Fourth of July
Lincoln's Birthday Labor Day
Washington's Birthday Columbus Day
Good Friday Veteran's Day
Easter Sunday Thanksgiving
Memorial Day Christmas
SECTION III. The Common Council recommends as follows:
(a) The firefighter's clothing allowance be $325 per year.
(b) That $25,000 be appropriated during 1979 for the purchase
of Aluminized Nomex safety clothing for the firefighters. Each
firefighter will contribute $25 from his clothing allowance toward
the purchase of such safety clothing.
(c) That the City's share of the cost of health insurance for
dependents of City employees be increased by $42.00 annually.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect for
the calendar year commencing January 1, 1979 and ending December 31,
1979.
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
A BILL FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY OF FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE
CALENDAR YEAR 1979.
Respectfully-report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion THIS BILL SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED
TO THE COUNCIL FAVORABLE, AS AMENDED:
SECTION I.
change rank and classification shall be as follows to -
rank, classification and service years shall be as follows.
Section II. (a) remove $5.00 per hour and insert
time and one -half.
FRANK HORVATH
Chairman
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