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, . . s .. ., : .z .? - ' " -CITY Ok' NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 83-81 y PAGE TWO. C. That the organization of the Fire Department shall consist of not less than twenty (20) nor more than twenty-eight (28) sworn full-time employees who are certified paramedics; and that effective as of January l, 1982, and thereafter, any sworn full-time employee performing the duties and functions of a certified paramedic shall be paid an additional compensation at a rate of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) annually. Such compensation shall be paid by the Director of Finance at the second pay period in December of each year. Any person obtaining certification as a paramedic after January lst of any year, shall be paid on a pro,rata basis. Any person failing to be certified at the time of the closing of the second pay period in December of any given year, shall not be qualified for said additional compensation. The provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the pay of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) additional compensation shall not be applicable to the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and the Fire Prevention Officer/Inspector. D. One (1) of the above officers, other than the Chief or the Assistant Chief, shall be assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau as Fire Prevention Officer/Inspector and shall be paid additional comnensation at the rate of $450.00 annually for all time spent while assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau. E. That excluding secretarial and clerical employees, all full-time employees of the Fire Department having completed five (5) years of full-time continuous ser- vice with the City, shall be paid an additional four percent (4%) of their base annual salary, thereafter until completion of the tenth (lOth) year of continuous full-time service, after which such employee shall receive five percent (5%) of their base annual salary, thereafter until the completion of the fifteenth (15th) year of continuous full-time service, and thereafter six percent (6%) of their base annual salary until the completion of the twentieth (20th) year of continuous full- time service, and during each year of full-time service thereafter they shall receive seven percent (7%) of their base annual salary as longevity increments. F. In computing length of service for the purpose of making payments of longevity increments hereinabove set forth, no credit shall be given for part-time service, but such limitation is only the purpose of computing longevity increments and the exclusion for part-time service shall not deprive any employee of any other benefits which ma.y be due for part-time service as employees in the Safety Department. G. That effective July 4, 1983, the City of North Olmsted sha11 nay the full amount of hospitalization costs, with a deductible clause for all full-time employees of the North Olmsted Fire Departznent with either Blue Cross and Medical Mutual Hospitalization Plan, the Kaiser Community Health Foundation Plan or other commercial plan. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to affoxd said coverage to either part-time or temporary employees. H. In addition to the regular base salary nlus increments and other wage in- creases, all regular employees of the Fire Department, including officers, shall, on their original appointment and during the first calendar year of their appointment, receive Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350.00) clothing allowance, and sha11, during each calendar year thereafter, receive a clothing allowance of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($375.00). Said allowance shall be controlled by the Chief, however, any employee may purchase regulation clothing and be reimbursed upon presentation of a satisfactory receipt. I. That all full-time emplovees of the North Olmsted Fire Department excluding secretarial and clerical help, shall be entitled to certain holidays during the year and shall not be required to work on these holidays unless scheduled to work by the Fire Ch3:ef. In the event the employee either works or was not scheduled to work for reasons other than holiday leave on one of the following holida_ys, then the employee shall receive another day off from work to replace the holiday he worked, or was not required to work for reasons other than holiday leave. The scheduled holidays are as follows: New Year's Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day: Independence Day; Labor Day; T'hanksgiving Day, Christmas Day; Veteran's Day, the employee's birthday; and the employee's personal use day.