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V-CITY OF NORTH QLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 82-50 'PAr,E THREE. J. In the event that a member of the Fire Department of the City of North Olmsted should be injured while in the line of duty due to a sudden and accidental occurrence and such injury has so incapacitated said member of the Fire Department that he is temporarily unable to work, then the Director of Public Safety, after determining that said injury is work related and is of a temnorary nature, may authorize full payment of the employee's reQular salary for a period of not more than ninety (90) days. If after said ninety (90) day period, said ernployee is still temporarily incapacitated, then the Director of Public Safety shall recommend to Council whether or not to continue said salary. Council shall forthwith review the matter and by majority vote determine whether the emnloyee shall continue to receive his full salary during recuneration. For the purpose of this paragraph, sudden and accidental injury shall include such incidents as injury resultina from a motor vehicle accident; smoke inhalation; burns; falling debris or collapse of building; slipping; tripning and falling, and the like. It shall not be considered a sudden or accidental injury or incapacity resulting _from the lifting of objects, heart failure or heart attacks. Any member of the Department who qualifies for benefits under Paragraph 1 hereof shall be required to pay over to the City any amounts received from the Bureau of Workmen's Comnensation as supnlemental wages. Further, if at any time the City determines on the basis of inedical evidence that an 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 emplbyee Qo ?n a pension program. Any employee who Qualifies for the henefit ulfler this paragraph shall not have his accumu- lated sick time reduced because of a qualified accident injury which occurred while in the line of duty.:: _SECTION 3: That the emnloyees of the Fire De??artment of the City of North Olmsted be reimbursed, not to exceed Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for per diem expenses while in attendance at the Firemen's Training School established by the State of Ohio at a place designated by the Fire Chief, which school is for a five (S) week neriod laith twenty-£ive (25) days of class attendance rec?uired. ? SECTION 4: That there is hereby established certain rights, rules, and regulations with respect to employee grievance procedure. Said grievance procedure is set f_orth in Exhibit "A" which is attached hereto and made a nart hereof. Said grievance procedure shall be incornorated within the rules promulgated and adopted by the Chief of the Fire Department and Safety Director for the governing of the Fire Denartment in effectuating Civil Service Laws of the State of Ohio and the rules and regulations of the North Olmsted Civil Service Commission. SFCTION 5: That the Clerk of Council be, and she is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Ordinance to the Director of Finance in order that the Director of Finance can pay the compensation, as hereinabove set forth, and a copy of this Ordinance shall beforwarded to the Fire Chief. SECTION 6: That Ordinance No. 80-91, adopted July 28, 1980, is hereby repealed and any other Ordinances or Resolutions or parts of Ordin- ances or Resolutions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed with the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION 7: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and £or the further reason that it is immediately necessary for the continuity of service of the safety forces of the City, and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it sha11 take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.