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ARTICLE 5 <br />UNIFORM MAINTENANCE <br />5.01 The City will supply and replace for every member of the Division of Fire a helmet, protective <br />hood, fire coat, spanner wrench, boots, gloves, bunker pants, face pieces and other personal firefighting <br />equipment which may be required. All of the above supplied equipment shall be of an approved design <br />and construction, and every member shall be expected to maintain and handle this equipment with <br />reasonable care. <br />5.02 The City will pay to every member a uniform maintenance of $1,500.00in the month of March <br />each year. The Finance Department will notify members at least 2 weeks in advance of the date of the <br />special pay. Payments will be made in the employee's regular paycheck. <br />5.03 Anew member will receive a lump sum uniform maintenance payment of $1,000.00 within sixty <br />(60) days of the date of hire. Upon successful completion of the departmental probationary period, the <br />member shall receive a uniform maintenance payment of $1,500.00. Thereafter, the uniform allowance <br />will be paid in accordance with Section 5.02 above. <br />5.04 Members whose uniform items are damaged or stolen in the line of duty shall report such damage <br />or theft to their immediate supervisor. If it is determined by the Chief of the Division of Fire that the <br />items cannot be reasonably repaired, the replacement or repair of the items will be at no cost to the <br />member. <br />ARTICLE 6 <br />OVERTIME <br />6.01 Any member who is recalled to work for an emergency after leaving their regular shift shall be <br />paid for at least three (3) hours or all time worked, whichever is greater. An emergency call back is <br />defined as an immediate need for personnel to be assigned during an incident. All emergency recalls <br />shall be mandatory. Where particular skills, such as fire prevention, are required, only such personnel <br />are to be called back. Call back credit for emergencies will begin at the time the telephone call/text is <br />received. If there is a reduction in firefighters, as a result of an out -of -city emergency which causes <br />manpower to fall below the established City minimum, the City will call back personnel to reach the <br />necessary minimum. If there is a reduction in firefighters causing the number of firefighters to be below <br />City minimum as a result of a long-term commitment of three (3) hours or more outside of the City, the <br />City will call back personnel to reach the necessary minimum. <br />6.02 Scheduled overtime to attend meetings, training classes and other non -emergency functions, by <br />order of the Chief or a designee, or any holdovers from the previously scheduled shift, shall be paid at <br />the rate of one and one-half (1-1 /2) for a minimum of one (1) hour or the actual time worked, whichever <br />is greater, and shall be mandatory unless excused for just cause. <br />6.03 Compensation owed for all overtime work shall be accrued in an overtime account of each <br />member at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times the actual time worked, subject to the minimum <br />credit for call back referred to above. Members in the Division of Fire may elect, at their option, to <br />