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(a) Point of Service Plan;

(b) HMO Plan; or

(c) The City may make additional plans available to members with
benefit levels and premium cost sharing determined by the City
in its sole discretion.

The option of the health care plan is at the sole discretion of the City. It is
agreed by all parties that the City reserves and shall have the right to change
insurance carriers provided the benefits to participants are comparable and the City
elects the least expensive plan available to provide such benefits.

B. The City also agrees to purchase and make available the textbooks
used in firefighting courses, which textbooks shall be retained by the department
after use by individual employees.

Article 28 - MILITARY DUTY PAY

An employee called to serve not more than a seventeen (17) day annual training
tour of duty with the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves will be paid the
difference between his pay for such government service and the amount of straight
time earnings lost by him by reason of such service, based on the employee's
regular straight time rate and schedule. Such payments are to be made following
the showing of satisfactory evidence of the amount of pay received for such
service.

entire clothing allowance, the balance shall be paid through the payroll system at
the end of the fiscal year in question during the month of June. Employees are
solely responsible for complying with any and all requirements of any taxing
authority and bear all liability for any taxes, federal, state, or local, occasioned by
the manner of payment of the clothing allowance set forth in this Article.

7 to 9 years of service -------------------------------- $200.00
10 to 16 years of service ------------------ one week’s base pay
17+ years of service --------- one and one half week's base pay

B. — Longevity bonus pay to regular part-time employees who work 25 or
more hours per week and who have seven or more years of service as in A above,
shall be determined by the average number of weekly hours worked during the
preceding year in proportion to the weekly hours of regular full-time employees.

F. The training requirements under Paragraph B above will be waived if
the employee has previously met the standards for the training scheduled during
the requested leave period.

Article 24A - EXTENDED LEAVES OF ABSENCE

C. Paid leave as provided in sections A and B above can only be taken
contiguous to the death and/or at the time of the funeral/memorial service.

D. In the event that the provisions of C above occur during an
employee’s vacation, the employee shall be able to take the appropriate number of
duty shifts allotted in A. or B. of this Article 23 immediately following his/her
return to work following vacation or have them recredited to his/her vacation
accrual.

Article 24 - PERSONAL LEAVE

N Bargaining Unit employees shall be granted a maximum of two (2)
shifts for personal leave per year, provided that on January 1 of each year the
employee has a balance of six hundred (600) or more hours of accrued sick leave.
Bargaining Unit employees shall be granted a maximum of one (1) shift for
personal leave per year, provided that on January 1 of each year the employee has
a balance of three hundred (300) or more hours of accrued sick leave. Personal
leave shall be deducted from the employee’s sick leave. Personal leave shall not

1. Any individual employed for an entire calendar year who uses
no sick time during that calendar year shall receive sixty percent (60%) of
one week's pay. Any such employee who uses less than twenty-four (24)
hours of sick leave shall receive thirty percent (30%) of one week's pay. Any
such employee who uses less than forty-two (42) hours of sick leave shall
receive $100.00. Payments to be made hereunder shall be made in the
January next succeeding the calendar year in question.

charged against the total number of hours in the bank on the basis of the number of
actual hours the employee is absent during scheduled duty hours. The operation of
the bank and withdrawals therefrom shall be carried out by a committee of two (2)
members of the bargaining unit, and one (1) administrator selected by the Chief.
The committee shall establish its rules and regulations and shall require
documentation from a physician supporting the request for sick leave bank