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C. Uniform Allowance and Maintenance 1. Uniform items for Police Department employees shall conform to the specifications required by the Department's Manual of Rules and Regulations, subject to the approval of the Chief of Police. All items purchased by the Municipality shall be and remain the property of Mayfield Village, Ohio. 2. The Municipality shall purchase for each newly employed full-time police officer having arrest powers for all items as listed on the Schedule on file with the Police Chief and previously approved by the Mayor and Council. Each newly employed full-time member of the Fire Department shall be reimbursed for the costs of uniforms purchased by that member for use in the member's employment in an amount not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($575.00). Each newly employed full-time member of the Police Department not having arrest powers shall be reimbursed for the cost of uniforms for us in that member's employment in an amount not to exceed the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00). There shall not be additional uniform allowance during the first year of employment for any of the above- mentioned employees. Each purchase above authorized shall be paid by the Finance Department upon submittal of receipts signed and approved by the Chief of the respective department. 3. Commencing with the second (2nd) year of employment, and continuing each year thereafter, each full-time employee of the Police Department having arrest powers and all full-time. employees of the Fire Department shall receive a uniform allowance in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($475.00) per year and each full-time employee of the Police Department not having arrest powers shall receive a uniform allowance in the amount of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) . The amounts stated for uniform allowance herein may also be used for uniform maintenance by the employee. Amounts paid hereunder and per paragraph 6 herein, shall be prorated for the time period between the employee's first anniversary date and December 31st of that year. 4. The Municipality shall purchase items necessary to equip each newly appointed auxiliary and part-time police officer as listed on the appropriate Schedule on file with the Police Chief and previously approved by the Mayor and Council. The Finance Department will make the purchase upon an approved and signed requisition of the Police Chief. In the event that such officer is employed as a full-time police officer for another municipality, or has previously served as a Mayfield Village Auxiliary Police Office, and by reason thereof, has already had purchased for him any of the items appearing on the Schedule, and such items are fit for use in Mayfield Village, then the Village will not purchase such items for the officer and he shall not be entitled to receive the cash equivalent of any such item. 5. Each part-time firefighter shall receive an allowance for uniform maintenance in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) provided such part-time firefighter attends at least twenty (20) drills annually . Any part-time firefighter who does not attend at least twenty ( 2 0 ) drills during the year forfeits any right to uniform allowance for the next calendar year. 6. The Finance Director is hereby authorized to reimburse all members of the Police and Fire Departments for expenditures made in accordance with 6