(a) Clothing Allowance. The Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chiefs shall receive a yearly clothing allowance of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purchase of uniforms and clothing applicable to fire work as approved by the Fire Chief. No unused accrual greater five hundred dollars ($500.00) may be carried over from one year to the next.
If deemed appropriate and necessary by the Appointing Authority that a uniform is required for a clerical employee of the Fire Department, such employee may receive a yearly clothing allowance up to seven hundred dollars ($700.00) for the purchase of uniforms and clothing solely applicable to the work of the employee. Such uniforms and clothing shall be defined by the Fire Chief and approved by the Appointing Authority. This provision will not accrue and provide for a carry over.
An employee covered by this section who leaves the employment of the Troy Fire Department shall have withheld from the final paycheck any amount of clothing/uniform allowance used which exceeds the monthly pro rata amount for the number of months (including partial months) worked in the year of separation.
Such allowances shall be distributed by the City Auditor only upon presentation of vouchers showing purchase of uniforms and clothing. The payment shall be solely by purchase order (the "voucher" system). The purchase order is issued by the City to the vendor and payment is made directly by the City to the vendor.
(b) Compulsory Physical Examination. The Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief(s) shall undergo an annual physical, using guidelines that have been established. The City shall select the physician and/or facility and pay for such physical.
Should the annual physical exam disclose the need for further medical evaluation by a specialist, the Fire Chief/Assistant Chief shall promptly seek such evaluation. The costs for the exam are to be submitted to the group health insurance, and the City will pay any costs including deductibles, not allowed by insurance. The Fire Chief/Assistant Chief has the option whether to accept or reject the opinion or findings of the second physician. If he rejects it, the dispute shall be resolved by a third doctor, a specialist agreed upon by the physicians who conducted the first two exams.
The costs of the third exam not covered by group health insurance shall be paid by the City. In all cases, every effort shall be made to utilize advance plan physicians who recognize the UCR costs paid by the group health insurance plan. The decision of the third doctor shall be final and binding, and both the City and the Fire Chief/Assistant Chief shall cooperate fully to provide the physician all available records, history and evidence, including the opportunity to examine the Fire Chief/Assistant Chief.
If the Fire Chief/Assistant Chief is medically determined to be incapable of performing the full duties of his position, the Fire Chief/Assistant Chief may be terminated.
(Ord. 42-2012. Passed 12-17-12.)