30-99 Amend 137 Terms & Conditions of EMS Employment

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Funeral leave may be extended at the discretion of the Chief of Fire based on individual circumstances. Such extra time will be utilized out of the employee's sick or vacation time. F. HOLIDAYS FOR PARAMEDICS Paramedics shall be granted eleven (11) holidays to include New Year's Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Chdsbt~as Day, Martin Luther King, .Ir. Day, plus one (1) twenb/- four (24) hour off-dub/period to be classified as a personal business day provided the Paramedic works a full year in which the holidays occur. These holidays shall be granted in the form of five and one-half (5 1/2) twenty-four (24) hour off-duty periods to compensate employees for holidays actually worked. Paramedics who work the actual holiday shall be paid at the regular rate and shall also receive "premium pay" which shall accrue at one-half (1/2) hour for each hour worked. Holiday time must be t3ken during bhe year in which it is earned. G, UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOR PARAMEDICS Newly hired Paramedics shall receive (within 60 days of hire) a stipend in the amount of $200.00 for uniform maintenance. Upon successful completion of the required probationary period, the Paramedic shall receive an additional $200.00. Thereafter, Paramedics shall receive a uniform maintenance of $200.00 on March 31~ and on September 30m of each year. H SURVIVING PARAMEDIC SPOUSE BENEFTI'S In the event that a Paramedic is killed in the line of duty, the surviving spouse or estate of the Paramedic shall be compensated in an amount equal to the salary they would have eamed as a Paramedic in the Division of Fire. The benefit shall be paid for a maximum of thirty-six (36) months from the date of death or until such time as a surviving spouse remarries, whichever comes first. I. PROBATION Each Paramedic who has previously served a term of employment in excess of two years at Lakewood Hospital shall serve a six month period of probation. Otherwise, the term of probation shall be one year. ]. HOSPJTAL[ZA'i'[ON COVERAGE For purposes of hospitalization coverage, the sixty (60) day continuous service requirement foUnd in Lakewood Codified Ordinances Chapter ~.49 Section 15 is hereby waived. Hospitalization coverage will commence upon date of hire. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberatlon of the Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.