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courses or seminars. The City shall continue to pay the total cost of books and tuition for any member <br />achieving a grade "C" or better in any accredited fire related courses. <br />8.02 If the department mandates the attendance of a member to a particular course or seminar <br />(excluding the state required basic firefighter training course), the member shall be paid one and one- <br />half (I - 1/2) times the hourly rate for class time and travel time, plus all expenses (tuition, lodging, meals, <br />mileage, and other related expenses). <br />8.03 Members volunteering and authorized by the Chief to attend fire related courses shall be <br />compensated for all expenses (tuition, lodging, meals, mileage, and other related expenses). <br />8.04 Anyone attending a local seminar will be entitled to travel time from the City of Lakewood to <br />said location. Local is defined as within a fifty (50) mile radius of the City of Lakewood, which includes <br />the City of Akron. <br />8.05 Tuition Reimbursement. <br />A. Upon successful completion of the basic probationary period, members may take accredited <br />college courses with the approval of the Chief of Fire. The City shall reimburse such <br />member the full tuition expense provided the member receives a grade "C" or the equivalent <br />at the completion of each course. If the member leaves the department within four (4) years <br />of such reimbursement, the member shall have the full amount of tuition reimbursement <br />deducted from his final payout or make full reimbursement to the City. <br />8.06 For purposes of this clause, a week commences on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Members who <br />are attending a five (5) day seminar, Monday through Friday, will be permitted the calendar day before <br />and the calendar day after as off time. Members who are attending any other approved, non -local <br />educational course shall receive eight (8) hours off plus travel time the day before. Upon completion of <br />the training, the member will report to their next regularly scheduled tour of duty. <br />8.07 Training Comp Bank <br />A. Training comp time bank is capped at 150 hours and is accumulated at an hour for hour <br />basis. <br />B. Training comp time hours can be earned only by attending training off duty on a voluntary <br />basis. <br />C. Off duty training credited to the training comp time bank must have prior approval of the <br />Fire Chief or Training officer. <br />D. Requests for off duty training to be credited to the training comp time bank will be submitted <br />to the Assistant Chief in charge of training and forwarded to the Fire Chief for approval. <br />6 <br />