granting of degrees in Fire Science, within the budget allowed. Successful
completion is defined asa grade of "C" or above for undergraduate studies and a
grade of "B" or above for graduate studies. The City shall budget-$48-690 $20,750
for fiscal year2042 2020-and thereafter shall increase the budgeted amount by
$590,000 each year beginning in fiscal year 20432021 if the budget line for this
benefit has a balance of $5991,000 or less at the end of the4ast each full fiscal
year.
Courses not directly related to present job function but are functions
performed by other personnel in the department, the City will reimburse up to 50%
of the total tuition and laboratory fees paid by the employees from their own funds
upon successful completion.
D. Anemployee whodesires to participate in this benefit must secure the
approval of the Chief or his/her designee, the Human Resources Department, and
the Comptroller, on the form provided by the Human Resources Department, with
due consideration of the budgetary limitations in Paragraph C, above.
E. Satisfactory completion of all educational courses shall be
documented in the personnel records of each employee.
F. For purposes of determining participation in specialty educational
courses/classes, the administration shallmake available such courses/classes and
proportion attendance between officers and firefights ata 1:5 ratio (officers to fire
fighters) provided nothing shall prohibit the administration from varying this ratio
if there are insufficient numbers from either group to meet the ratio.
Article 32 - INSURANCE
A.1. Subjectto the provisions of this Article, the City, upon the request of
an eligible member, shall provide to an employee the amount of the premium
specified below for individual, two-person or family plan, of one of the following:
Point of Service (“POS”) Plan;
Health Maintenance Organization (“HMO’) Plan; or
High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (“HDHP w/HSA”): or
The City may make additional plans available to members with benefit levels and
premium cost sharing determined by the City in its sole discretion.
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