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herein after specified. In the event that a fuil-time employee of the bargaining unit should become ill due to contact with AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis or Meningitis and such iliness has so incapacitated the employee that he/she temporarily is unable to work, the Police Chief shall investigate and determine whether the illness is work related and of a temporary nature. The Police Chief shall then forward his finding to the Safety Director who shall determine the nature and extent of the illness and how contracted, including circumstances thereof. If after consideration of the totality of the facts the Safety Director determines that said disease was contracted during employment and is of a temporary nature requiring medical leave, the Safety Director shall authorize the full payment of the employees' regular salary for a period of ninety (90) days. If after ninety (90) days an illness still temporarily incapacitates the employee, the Safety Director shall recommend to Council whether to continue salary. Council shall forthwith review the matter and by a majority vote determine whether the employee shall continue to receive full salary during recuperation. Any bargaining unit member who qualifies for benefits under this section shall be required to pay over to the City any amount received from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation as supplemental wages. Further if at any time the City determines on the basis of inedical evidence that the employee is permanently disabled and will no longer be able to carry on his duties, then the city may terminate payments and insist that the employee go on a pension program. Any employee that quafifies for the benefits under this section shall not have his accumulated sick time reduced because of a qualified illness which occurred while in the fine of duty. In the event that an employee has been injured or exposed to a toxic substance or to an infectious disease in the course or scope of his employment and is sent to the hospital for testing, treatment and/or preventative measures, and Workers' Compensation subsequently determines that there is no injury sustained, all bills pertaining to the employees testing, treatment and/or preventative measures shall be the responsibility of the City of North Olmsted. ARTICLE 33 LfFE INSURANCE SECTION 1: All bargaining unit employees shall receive a twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000) in-group term life insurance policy in their name while employed by the City paid for by the employer. 28