[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Garwood as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 00-10]
A Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP) is
hereby created in accordance with Chapter 388 of the Laws of 1997,
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-183 et seq., to reward members of the volunteer Garwood
Fire Department and the volunteer Garwood First Aid Squad for their
loyal, diligent and devoted services to the residents of the Borough
of Garwood.
The LOSAP shall provide for fixed annual contributions
to a deferred income account for each volunteer member that meets
the criteria set forth below; such contributions shall be made in
accordance with a plan that shall be established by the Borough of
Garwood pursuant to the aforementioned New Jersey Statues; that such
plan shall be administered in accordance with the Laws of the State
of New Jersey, the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, and this article.
The LOSAP shall provide for annual contributions
to each eligible member that meets the criteria as follows:
|
Organization
|
Number of
Points
Required
|
Years of
Service
Required
|
Amount
of Award
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Garwood Fire Department
|
85
|
1 full year
|
$1,150
|
|
Garwood First Aid Squad
|
90
|
1 full year
|
$1,150
|
|
Garwood First Aid Squad
|
70
|
1 full year
|
$575
|
The estimated cost of the program has been calculated
at $54,000 per year for regular annual services. The LOSAP shall not
provide for contributions for prior years service.
[Amended 4-24-2001 by Ord. No. 01-11]
Each active volunteer member shall be credited
with points for volunteer services provided to the volunteer Garwood
Fire Department or volunteer Garwood First Aid Squad in accordance
with the following schedule:
A.
Garwood Fire Department. A year of service shall be
credited for each calendar year after establishment of the program
in which an active member of the Garwood Fire Department accumulates
at least 85 points. Points shall be granted for the following activities
from the following schedule:
(1)
Drill/training: twenty-four-point maximum. Two points
per event. Minimum two hours per event.
(2)
Cleaning duty: six-point maximum. One point per event.
(3)
Meetings: ten-point maximum. One point per event.
(4)
House duty: eight-point maximum. Two points per event.
(5)
Hose test: four points. Two points per event.
(6)
Special events: six-point maximum. One point per event.
Includes wakes, parades, and the like, as designated by the Chief
of the Fire Department.
(7)
Participation in departmental responses/fire calls:
fifty-point maximum. Responding to 50% of calls and above earns 50
points. Responding to fewer than 40% of calls earns no points. Whole
number percentages (rounded down) between 40% and 50% earn an equivalent
number of points.
(8)
General rules.
(a)
A total of 108 points are available in a calendar
year. Points may not be carried over from year to year.
(b)
The Chief of the Fire Department or his designee
shall be responsible for administering the LOSAP program with regard
to the Garwood Fire Department.
(c)
To be eligible for a LOSAP award a member must
be in good standing in all areas as per the Bylaws of the Garwood
Fire Department.
(d)
Only those members earning 85 points shall be
entitled to a LOSAP award.
(e)
Only active members with 12 full months of total
service in a calendar year shall be eligible for a LOSAP award. A
member with less than 12 months of total service or a member on a
leave of absence shall not be eligible. A member who has taken sick
leave or was scheduled for light duty during the year is eligible
for a LOSAP award.
B.
Garwood First Aid Squad. A year of service shall be
credited for each calendar year after establishment of the program
in which an active member of the Garwood First Aid Squad accumulates
at least 90 points. Additionally, a First Aid Squad member who accumulates
at least 70 points shall be entitled to 50% of the annual LOSAP contribution
for that year. Points shall be granted for the following activities
from the following schedule:
(1)
Call response: thirty-point maximum.
(a)
Each member shall receive points for answering
calls according to the call response table.
(b)
It is the Captain's responsibility to tabulate
the number of calls a member has answered, in accordance with the
Constitution of the Garwood First Aid Squad. Therefore, it shall be
the Captain's responsibility to keep track and award LOSAP points
for calls.
|
Calls Answered
|
Points Awarded
| |
|
Fewer than 10
|
0
| |
|
10 to 24
|
5
| |
|
25 to 49
|
10
| |
|
50 to 74
|
15
| |
|
75 to 99
|
20
| |
|
100 to 124
|
25
| |
|
125 or more
|
30
|
(2)
Special events/miscellaneous services: thirty-point
maximum.
(a)
Special events and miscellaneous services can
be activities such as building cleanups, parades, training provided
to outside agencies, rig maintenance and other community- or squad-related
functions.
(b)
It shall be the responsibility of the Captain
to assign a point schedule for each specific event.
(c)
It shall be the responsibility of the Captain
to award and keep record of LOSAP points awarded for special events.
(3)
General membership meetings: twenty-four-point maximum.
(a)
Members shall receive two points for every general
membership meeting attended.
(b)
As outlined in the Constitution of the Garwood
First Aid Squad, Inc., if a member receives an excused absence they
shall be entitled the two LOSAP points.
(c)
As outlined in the Constitution of the Garwood
First Aid Squad, Inc., the Secretary is responsible for meeting attendance
records, and the Secretary shall submit a copy of the attendance report
to the Captain at the end of each year.
(4)
Training and drills: twenty-five-point maximum.
(a)
All training and drills must be preapproved
by the Captain for a member to receive LOSAP points. (Each member
shall speak to the Captain prior to attendance in any training class
or drill, and the member will be responsible to submit proof that
he/she attended any off-premises training.)
(b)
Every continuing education unit of training
shall equal one LOSAP point.
(c)
It shall be the Captain's responsibility to
maintain all LOSAP points awarded for training.
(5)
Rig checks and duty crews: forty-point maximum.
(a)
Each duty crew member shall receive one point
for the completion of a rig check and tour of duty. As outlined in
the Constitution of the Garwood First Aid Squad, Inc., "duty crew
hours" are defined as a ten-hour shift, 1900 through 0500 hours.
(b)
The rig check sheet shall be used as documentation;
the sheet shall include a list of the crew members and who participated
in the rig check and who will be on duty.
(c)
The rig check sheet shall be submitted to the
Captain who will award the LOSAP points.
(d)
The crew member MUST participate in the rig
check and be available on duty for 10 hours to receive the LOSAP point.
(e)
Members not assigned to a duty crew shall also
be entitled to LOSAP points.
[1]
Any member that is not assigned to a duty crew
can also earn a LOSAP point by doing a rig check and being available
on duty for 10 hours during day squad hours, as outlined in the Constitution
of the Garwood First Aid Squad, Inc., as nonduty crew hours, or all
call hours 0500 through 1900 hours daily.
[2]
All of Subsection B(5)(a) through (d), as outlined above, shall apply to members not assigned to duty crew: Subsection B(5)(e)[1].
(6)
Officers: fifteen-point maximum.
(a)
All officers (as defined in the Constitution
of the Garwood First Aid Squad, Inc.) shall receive five LOSAP points
annually for holding office.
(b)
All officers shall receive one LOSAP point for
any meeting attended on behalf of the Garwood First Aid Squad.
(c)
It shall be the officer's responsibility to
inform the President of the meeting to receive the LOSAP point.
(7)
General rules.
(a)
A total of 164 points are available in a calendar
year. Points may not be carried over from year to year.
(b)
The Captain and the President shall be responsible
for administering the LOSAP program, with regard to the Garwood First
Aid Squad, Inc.
(c)
Only members that are defined as "senior members,"
"drivers" or "life members" in the Constitution of the Garwood First
Aid Squad, Inc., shall be entitled to participate in the LOSAP program.
If a member is on probation or takes a leave of absence, as defined
in the Constitution of the Garwood First Aid Squad, Inc., the member
will not be eligible for LOSAP for that year.
A.
This article shall be effective upon final passage
and publication in accordance with law, but shall not take effect
until and unless it is approved by the voters as a public question
at the next general election to be held on November 7, 2000.
B.
The attached ballot question and explanatory statement
shall be submitted to the Clerk of Union County for the purpose of
presenting said ballot question to the voters of the Borough of Garwood
at the aforementioned general election to be held on November 7, 2000.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The ballot question and explanatory
statement are on file in the office of the Borough Clerk.
In the event that this article is approved by
the voters of the Borough of Garwood, this Length of Service Award
Program shall become effective in calendar year 2001 as of January
1, 2001.
