(a) Any full-time employee serving in the classification of Airport Safety Chief or Airport Safetyman who is, while so serving, first certified, under the requirements of RC 4731.82 through 4731.99, as having the following additional qualifications shall be entitled to receive incentive pay as follows:
(1) On certification as emergency medical technician-ambulance (“EMT-A”) on or after January 1, 1983, a one-time payment of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(2) On certification as advanced emergency medical technician-ambulance (“ADV EMT-A”) on or after January 1, 1983, a one-time payment of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(3) On certification as emergency medical technician-paramedic (“Paramedic”) on or after January 1, 1983, a one-time payment of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(b) Effective January 1, 1984, any employee serving in a classification listed in division (a) above and certified as EMT-A, ADV EMT-A or Paramedic shall be entitled to receive while so serving and during the continuance of such certification, additional incentive pay for each paid hour worked, as follows:
(1) For certification as EMT-A: Airport Safetyman: Forty cents ($0.40) per hour; Airport Safety Chief: Fifty cents ($0.50) per hour;
(2) For certification as ADV EMT-A: Fifty cents ($0.50) per hour;
(3) For certification as Paramedic: One dollar ($1.00) per hour.
(c) “Paid hour worked” as used in this section includes, in addition to hours actually worked, hours of paid time off such as vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
An employee having two (2) or more of the above mentioned qualifications shall not be entitled to hourly incentive pay for more than one (1) of such qualifications at one time.
An employee may be required to present written evidence proving initial and continuing certification of qualification in the categories used in division (a) of this section.
The incentive pay and additional incentive pay authorized in this section may be paid notwithstanding maximum compensation schedules established by either ordinances relating to compensation.
(Ord. No. 387-03. Passed 3-10-03, eff. 3-11-03)