All bargaining unit employees shall receive a combined allowance in January of each year toward uniform cleaning and maintenance, travel time and mileage outside normal work hours, and National Fire Protection Association and/or International Fire Chiefs' Association dues. All Chiefs shall receive five hundred and seventy-five dollars ($575.00) for these purposes.
Employees authorized use of their private vehicle during normal working hours shall continue to be compensated at the rate per mile which may be deducted from the employee's Federal Income Tax without having to itemize specific expenditures as established by the Internal Revenue Service letter.