Stipend program.
Any member of the Paramus Office of Emergency Management (hereinafter
referred to as O.E.M.) who shall respond to 40% of town wide emergencies,
to include, but not limited to, fires, floods, snow emergencies, lost
persons, active shooter or any other activity deemed a Borough emergency
to which he/she is assigned or attends during any one calendar month
shall be entitled to an allowance fixed by the Mayor and Council,
in the amount of $500 per month, in the amount of $600 per month effective
July 1, 2018, or in accordance with any effective changes to the Paramus
Volunteer Fire Department stipend program. Effective January 1, 2019,
the monthly allowance will be equal to $700 per month. Effective January
1, 2020, the monthly allowance will be equal to $800 per month. To
be eligible to receive the monthly allowance each member will receive
credit for drills at the Life Safety Complex or any other sanctioned
day and/or night exercises or meetings. Additionally, members must
attend a minimum of six (6) monthly training sessions with O.E.M.
Should any member be unavailable to attend a monthly training session
due to a conflict with their work schedule they will be afforded the
opportunity to attend a make-up session to be arranged with the O.E.M.
Coordinator and/or any one of the Deputy Coordinators. Any O.E.M.
member attending an approved training class, whether at the Bergen
County O.E.M. training center in Mahwah, or any other official training
center, in or out of county, will be afforded credit for the monthly
training requirement in the month they attend the classes. Advanced
permission from the Coordinator and/or any one of the Deputy Coordinators
will be required for members to receive credit for attending outside
training classes. O.E.M. members are also assigned to be "on call"
for two (2) calendar weeks per duty assignment three (3) to four (4)
times per calendar year, depending on their scheduled rotation. This
assignment places the member on 24/7 status during this time period
and will, if not excused by the O.E.M. Coordinator and/or any one
of the Deputy Coordinators, respond to all emergencies necessitating
O.E.M. assistance. Many of the O.E.M. members are also volunteer members
of the Paramus Volunteer Fire Department and Paramus Volunteer Rescue
Squad. These members are covered by the existing stipend ordinance
of the Borough. Therefore, under no circumstances will an existing
member of the Paramus Volunteer Fire Department or Paramus Volunteer
Rescue Squad receive two (2) stipend disbursements during any given
month. The accumulated moneys for each of the three months in each
quarter shall be paid to the member at the first pay period for the
following month. For example, stipends earned from July 1 to September
30, will be paid on the last Mayor and Council meeting of October;
stipends earned from October 1 to December 31, will be paid on the
last Mayor and Council meeting of January, etc.