(a) Police Department. The Chief of Police shall receive a clothing allowance of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) for the purchase and maintenance of regulation uniforms and clothing to be paid in two installments of six hundred dollars ($600.00) each on the scheduled pay days immediately preceding April 1 and October 1.
(b) Fire Department. The Fire Chief shall receive a uniform allowance of two hundred dollars ($200.00) more than the current allotment in the effective collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Avon Lake IAFF; the Assistant Chiefs shall receive one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) more than the current allotment (as noted above) and the Fire Chief’s Secretary (Administrative Assistant, if ordered to wear non civilian clothing) shall receive one hundred dollars ($100.00) less than the current collective bargaining agreement rate. All clothing allowances will be paid two equal installments on or before April 1 and October 1 of each calendar year. All of these effected employees must have served their probationary period prior to receiving this benefit unless otherwise allowed by City hiring ordinance(s).
(c) Non-bargaining full time employees in the Public Works and Building Department shall receive a boot or safety/work shoe allowance of two hundred dollars ($200.00) annually (paid on April 1); other non-bargaining employees and/or supervisors may also receive this allowance via their hiring ordinance or as enacted by City Council. In addition to a boot allowance these same employees shall be entitled to a work clothing allowance of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per year following the same provision as the boot allowance.
(Ord. 22-108. Passed 7-11-22.)