366-24 MOA WOFDSOA (2024-2028).pdf

FN Effective January 1, 2025, annual Administrative Stipend, te be distributed as part of base pay to those members assigned to Admin: $2,500. A bi-monthly payroll may be implemented provided that: (1) the Township provides the SOA at least sixty (60) days’ advance notice; (2) same is Implemented in January of a given contract year; and (3) the Township tenders each member's annual salary in full for the calendar year immediately preceding the switch to a bi-monthly payroll. ARTICLE IX — SCHOLASTIC CREDIT COMPENSATION (pg. 13). New Paragraph C. The following clause shall be added to this paragraph: 6. Effective January 1, 2025, Article IX, Section A shall no longer be applicable. Instead, permanent regular members of the uniformed Fire Department possessing a Bachelor’s Degree in any field of study from an accredited institution shall be entitled to receive $1,200 annually after submitting proof of said Bachelor’s Degree to the Business Administrator. Said lump sum compensation shail be tendered annually each August. ARTICLE X - OVERTIME (pg. 15). The following shall be added to the second paragraph: “Effective January 1, 2025, once a member's compensatory time bank reaches three hundred fifty (350) hours in a given calendar year, the Chief may disapprove any further accumulation of compensatory time for the remainder of said calendar year. The aforementioned three hundred fifty (350) hours shall not include or otherwise apply to compensatory time earned for attendance at any Department-approved training.” ARTICLE Xi ~ VACATIONS (pg. 8). Paragraph 8(7). This paragraph shall be revised as follows: “As per N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2, vacation leave not used in a calendar year because of Business necessity shall be used during the next succeeding year only except as otherwise provided by law.” ARTICLE Xill — SICK LEAVE (pg. 20). Subparagraph 3 shall be added and shall state as follows: “Notwithstanding the above, payments to fire superior officers hired on or after May 21, 2010, shall only be payable upon retirement and shall not exceed $15,000.” ARTICLE XIV — INJURY AND ILLNESS LEAVE (pg. 21). The existing text in this article shall be revised as follows: “In the event a member is injured or becomes ill on duty or as a result of performance of his or her duties while off duty and is unable to report for duty, the Township shall compensate said member 100% of

event a member is injured or becomes ill on duty or as a result of performance of his or her duties while off duty and is unable to report for duty, the Township shall compensate said member 100% of his/her compensation, inclusive of stipends, and other benefits for up to one (1) year or until said member is cleared for return to duty, whichever event occurs first. No paid leave shall be deducted from the member's accrued paid leave as a result of his/her absence.