HomeMy Public PortalAbout3297-1977 - PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL LONGEVITY PAY FOR FIREFIGHTERSORDINANCE NO. 3297-1977
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL LONGEVITY PAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS.
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety has negotiated with representatives
of the Richmond Professional Firefighters, Local 1408 of the International Association
of Firefighters, AFL-CIO representing members of the Richmond Fire Department, and in
said negotiations have agreed, subject to the approval of Council, to pay increased
longevity pay to members of the Richmond Fire Department, and;
WHEREAS, the longevity pay now being made to firefighters was fixed by Ordinance
in 1972, and does not provide for substantial longevity payment, and in the opinion
of the Common Council of the City of Richmond and others who have examined longevity
pay, such longevity pay should be increased;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana
that:
SECTION 1. Effective the first (lst) day of January, 1978, any member of the Fire
Department on active duty shall receive, in addition to such member's base pay by
prior ordinance, additional longevity pay, which shall be determined on the basis
of the length of active service in the Fire Department, which said additional
longevity pay shall be as follows, to -wit:
1. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than three
years and not more than six years of active service in such. member's department
shall receive as'additional longevity pay, the sum of $20-in addition to such member's
base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any
such member shall have completed three years of active service with such member's
department;
2. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than six years
and not more than nine years of active service in such member's department shall receive
as additional longevity pay, the sum of $40 per year in addition to such member's base
and longevity pay, the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such
member shall have completed six years of active service with such member's department;
3. Any member of. the Fire Department who shall have had not less than nine years
and not more than twelve years of active service in such member's department shall
receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $60 per year in addition to such
member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date
upon which any such member shall have completed nine years of active service with
such member's department;
4. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than twelve
years and not more than fifteen years of active service in such member's department shall
receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $80 per year in addition to such member's
base and longevity pay, the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any
such member shall have completed twelve years of active service with such member's
department;
5. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than fifteen
years and not more than eighteen years of active service in such member's department
shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $100 per year in addition to
such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date
upon which any such member shall have completed fifteen years of active service with
such member's department;
6. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than eighteen
years and not more than twenty-one years of acti.ve.service in such member's department
shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $120 per year in addition to such
member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date which
any such member shall have completed eighteen years of active service with such member's
department;
Ordinance No. 3297-1977
7. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than
twenty-one years and not more than twenty-four years of active service in such
member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $140
per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment
shall commence upon the date upon.which any such member shall have completed twenty-
one years of active service with such.member's department;
8. Any member of the Fire Department who shall have had not less than twenty-
four or more years of active service in such member's department shall receive as
additional longevity pay, the sum of $160 per year in addition to such member's
base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which
any such member shall have completed twenty-four years of active service with such
member's department.
SECTION II. It is intended that the eligibility for additional longevity pay and
the amount of longevity that is to be paid to each member of the Fire Department
shall be determined as upon -that date upon which such member shall have completed
three years of active service with such member's department, and upon that same
calendar date in each ensuing year thereafter.
SECTION III. It is further intended that any member of the Fire Department who has
not accumulated three years of active service shall not be eligible for additional
longevity pay.
PASS AND ADOPTED the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this
day of -T� 1977.
Pr 7dent of Common Council
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City Clerk.
PRESENTED by me, JoEllen Trimble, City Clerk, to th or of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, this __day of 1977.
City Clerk
APPROVED by me, Cliffo �J. Di. kman, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
this day of -�o�w 1977.
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