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ARTICLE 3 <br />WAGES AND HOURS <br />3.01 Effective January 1, 2023, all firefighters shall receive a three (3%) wage increase. Effective <br />January 1, 2024, all firefighters shall receive a three percent (3%) wage increase. Effective January 1, <br />2025, all firefighters shall receive a three percent (30/6) wage increase. <br />3.02 Differential. <br />A. Firefighter Grade I (20 years of service) shall receive three (3) percent above Firefighter <br />Grade I. <br />B. Firefighters detailed as Assistant Mechanics, Fire Inspectors, shall receive a ten (10) percent <br />base pay above that of Firefighter Grade I with less than twenty (20) years of service. <br />C. Fire Captains and Fire Marshals shall receive a twenty (20) percent base pay above that of <br />the Firefighter Grade I with less than twenty (20) years of service. <br />D. Assistant Chiefs shall receive a fifteen (15) percent base pay above that of Fire Captains and <br />Fire Marshals. <br />3.03 Acting Pay. <br />A. Members who are assigned to perform the duties of a next higher ranked member (Captain, <br />Assistant Chief) will receive the rate of pay for the job the member is filling. <br />B. Assignment for Acting Captain or Acting Assistant Chief shall first be based upon an active <br />promotional list of the next lower rank by shift. In the event no active promotional list exists <br />for the rank of Assistant Chief or Captain, selection for Acting Assistant Chief or Acting <br />Captain shall be made by the Chief, Division of Fire; said selection being one (1) member <br />from among the three (3) senior members in the next lower rank by shift provided the <br />member has two (2) years of experience in that grade. In the event no active promotional <br />list for Captain exists, selections for Acting Captain shall be made by the Chief, Division of <br />Fire, from one (1) member from among the three (3) most senior Firefighter Grade I <br />members on the shift indicating their desire for said assignment. In the event no one <br />indicates their desire, the individual finishing highest per shift on the most recent <br />promotional list for that position shall be detailed. <br />C. On days in which there is not an LPA member on duty to fill the Acting Supervisor position <br />a senior Firefighter/Paramedic on duty shall be designated as the Acting EMS Supervisor. <br />That member shall be paid at a rate 10% above the normal pay scale. <br />D. Assignment for Acting Paramedic Supervisor shall be made by the Chief, Division of Fire, <br />from one (1) member from among the three (3) most senior Firefighter Paramedics on the <br />shift indicating their desire for said assignment. <br />2 <br />