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Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Presented by me to the
JULY 28
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5854 -75
IRENE K. GAMMON
of the City of South Bend, Indiana
JULY 29
Clerk
of Common Council
A�""°" City Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
Approved and signed by me —�� �- 3� 19?
ORDINANCE NO. 5854 -75
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY OF
FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1976.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The annual pay of the officers and
members of the irf— e-Trce of the City of South Bend for the year
1976, by rank and classification, shall be as follows:
Chief ......................
$17,000
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Assistant Chie............
15,100
Battalion Chief ............
13,145
Captain ..................
12,206
Electrician ................
12,206
Lieutenant .................
11,854
Engineer .......
11,149
Firefighter First Class ....
9,600
Firefighter ....
9,000
Firefighter in Training ....
8,520
SECTION 2. In addition to the foregoing annual pay,
the officers and members of the fire force shall receive compensa-
tion for extra duty and special performance as follows:
For recall or overtime pay, $5.00 per hour;
For regularly assigned drivers of fire trucks and
other heavy equipment, and the tillermen, $225.00 per year;
year;
For regularly assigned scuba divers, $225.00 per
For paramedics, an additional $600.00 per year.
For all personnel required to work on legal holidays,
$32.00 per holiday worked; this shall apply to the following
holidays 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 3. The Common Council recommends that the
advancement of rank from Firefighter in Training to Engineer be
after three years upon satisfactory performance of duty and
recommendation of the Board of Safety.
SECTION 4. The Common Council recommends that the
contribution to dependent hospitalization be increased by $84.00
per year and that the Firefighter's clothing allowance be advanced
from $250.00 to $275.00 per year.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be in force and
effect for the calendar year commencing January 1, 1976, and ending
December 31, 1976.
Passed July 28, 1975, as amended
Tommittrr Irport
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Your Committee of the Whole
to whom was referred
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY
OF FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE CALENDAR
YEAR 1976.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion the Ordinance should be
recommended favorably to the Common Council, as amended:
Amend to increase salaries of Battalion Chief, Captain,
Electrician, Lieutenant and Engineer by $16.00.
Amend to increase salary of Firefighter First Class to
$9,600.00.
In Section 2, include tillermen with assigned drivers
of fire trucks and other heavy equipment.
Add a new Section 4: The Common Council recommends that
the contribution to dependent hospitalization be increased
by $84.00 per year and that the Firefighter's clothing
allowance be advanced from $250.00 to $275.00 per year.
Renumber old Section 4 to Section 5.
Odell Newburn
Chairman
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