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~. I , ~~ North Olmsted City Council August 7, 1980 ' Page 2. During the past week, my office contacted over fifty municipalities throughout Ohio, gathering data on wages and benefits paid to various Fire Departments in cities ranging in population from 10,000 to over 1/2 million. I would like to share this information with Council to illustrate that the total wage package for the North Olmsted Fire Department, including primarily salary and longevity, makes the North Olmsted Fire Department the highest-paid in Ohio, even without bonus pay. With the additional $404 Paramedic bonus, the gap would become even wider. One of the most lucrative benefits paid to employees in North Olmsted is longevity, which provides a percentage of base pay bonus, each year, to all full-time administrative personnel based upon years of continuous employment, as follows: 40 of base salary after 5 years; 50 of base salary after 10 years; 60 of base salary after 15 years; 7% of base salary after 20 years. Most communities around Ohio have some sort of longevity plan. Some are based upon percentage of pay for years of continuous service. Others are straight dollar amounts based upon years of service. By comparison, North Olmsted's longevity program pays more to employees than any other surveyed, by a wide margin. North Olmsted's longevity program, compared to others in Ohio, is shown through a hypothetical employee earning $20,000 per year, without any salary increases during the period of comparison: NORTH OLMSTED 40 or $800 after 5 years Columbus a flat $300 after 8 years Toledo 2% or $400 after 5 years Zanesville 3% or $600 after 7 years Sandusky a flat $18 after 3 years Ashland no lon gevity Eastlake 10 or $200 after 2 years Sidney 20 or $400 after 5 years Norwalk no lon gevity Marysville a flat $60 after 3 years Wilmington 3% or $600 after 5 years Akron 50 or . $1,000 afte r 5 years Dayton a flat $50 after 5 years Canton a flat .$105 after 3 years Bay Village 1 1/20 or $300 af ter 3 years Rocky River to or $200 after 5 years Springfield 20 or $400 after 5 years Shaker Heights a flat $500 after 5 years Strongsville a flat $200 after 5 years Bedford 1 1/2a or $300 af ter 5 years Middleburg Heights a flat $125 after 3 years Berea a flat $100 after 5 years Brookpark a flat $250 for e ach 5 years, Cincinnati a flat $275 after 8 years max, .$1,000