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:ORDINANCE NO. 2003-35-PAGE 17 (d.) All full-time employees of the Municipality as of the date of passage hereof shall retain, for the purpose of computing their longevity pay, the years of service credited to their employment with the Municipality, as it currently appears on the personnel and payroll records of the Village. . (e.) Longevity payments will be issued once a year. Payments will be made after December 1" of each year but no later than the first paycheck in December. (fl If an employee terminates before December, his or her longevity payment will be prorated and paid with his or her final payment. 153.17 EDUCATIONAL BENEFTT. (a.) All permanent full-time employees who have earned an Associate Degree relating to the field of their employment shall be entitled to additional compensation equal to two percent (2%) of their base pay. All full-time employees who have earned at Bachelor's Degree related to their field of employment sha11 receive additional compensarion equal to four percent (4%) of their base pay. All full-time employees who have earned a Master's degree relating to the field of their employment sha11 be entitled to additional compensation equal to six percent (6%) of their base pay. (b.) The Village will reimburse tuition payments for any part-time firefighter who receives certification of successful completion of any of the following courses: 200 hour Fire fighting Certification, EMT Advanced, and/or Paramedic Certification. Prior to participating in this training, the part-time firefighter would have to sign a contract with the Village to repay 100% of the cost of this training should the parttime firefighter leave employment with the Village within three (3) years of receiving said certificate. Two-thirds (2/3) of the tuition cost must be reimbursed if the employee leaves the Village's employment during the 37th through 48th months; and, if the employee leaves the Village's employment during the 49th through 60th months, one third (1/3) of the tuition cost must be reimbursed to the Village. (c.) Effective and retroactive to January 1, 2003, if a full-time Dispatcher is certified as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher and maintains his or her certification and in addition undergoes twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education, that full-time dispatcher shall receive a continuing education stipend. The stipend will be fifteen-hundred dollars ($1,500.00) in 2003, fifteen-hundred sixty dollars ($1,560.00) in 2004 and sixteen-hundred fifteen dollars ($1,615.00) in 2005. The courses taken to be eligible for the educational stipend will be approved by the Communications Supervisor, the Police Chief and the Mayor/5afety Director. Full-time dispatchers will undergo training during his or her regularly scheduled hours whenever practical and the Village will pay for such training. If a dispatcher is required to take training while off- duty, he or she will be compensated at his or her appropriate rate for such training including travel time to an from the training and will be reimbursed for his or her mileage to and from such training at the rate set by the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Section 153.07 (a) above. PaPe 17of21