10043-10 Annual Salary- Firefighters Calendar Years 2011 & 2012

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2011 & 2012 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance Substitute Bill No. 57-10 Page 8 eligibility requirements for participating in the insurance wellness program shall be as follows for calendar year 2011: Sworn member or Officer $20.76 Sworn member or Officer + Spouse $54.72 Sworn member or Officer + Children $41.10 Sworn member or Officer + Spouse + Children $60.18 with those sworn member(s) and/or upper level policy making position member(s) of the South Bend Fire Department who elect to not participate in the insurance wellness program paying higher premium rates. The per pay premium costs for health insurance coverage for active sworn members and officers of the South Bend Fire Department for calendar year 2012 shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City employees. The monthly contribution for fire pensioners who are members of the South Bend Firefighters Association Local # 362, who retire after January 1, 1997, and who desire coverage from the City's self- funded insurance program for calendar year 2011 shall be at the same rate as those in calendar year 2010. Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association Local # 362 shall pay an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per month over and such rates, subject to the obligations of Local #362 as may be further addressed in an approved Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of South Bend and Local # 362 which provides not to unreasonably withhold membership. Said agreement shall remain in effect for the 2011 and 2012 calendar years, except as may be otherwise agreed by a Letter of Understanding. (k). Special Operation Coordinators: Any appointed Special Operation Coordinator shall receive in addition to his or her annual base salary, as set forth in Section II of this ordinance addressing "Salary Classification", the maximum sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) in calendar year 2011, and the same dollar amount in calendar year 2012. There shall be no more than four (4) Special Operation Coordinators who shall have the following titles: HazMat Coordinator, Tactical Rescue Coordinator, Water Rescue Coordinator, and Indiana River Rescue/District II Coordinator. Section X. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program: (a). The South Bend Common Council agrees to continue the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program for the 2011 and 2012 calendar years. The Council notes that this program initially became effective in the South Bend Fire Department on January 1, 2005. Qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department participating in the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amounts for course tuition and other expenses directly related thereto: