The city council hereby authorized assignment pay in addition
to the regular pay received by civil service members of the following
named divisions of the Lubbock Fire Department due to the specialized
functions of such members:
(1)
Fire
prevention division (except for fire marshal).
(2)
Fire
training division.
(3)
TCFP
haz-mat technician.
(4)
Heavy
rescue technician.
(5)
SCUBA
technician (diver).
(6)
SCBA
technician (airpacks).
(7)
TCFP
intermediate instructor (only if assigned to training division).
(8)
TCFP
advanced instructor (only if assigned to training division).
(9)
TCFP
master instructor (only if assigned to training division).
(10)
Certified fitness coordinator.
(11)
Medical training positions.
(12)
Assistant fire marshal (only if assigned to fire prevention section).
(13)
Deputy fire marshal (only if assigned to fire prevention section).
(14)
Fire investigator (only if assigned to fire prevention section).
(15)
Fire inspector (only if assigned to fire prevention section).
(16)
Asbestos abatement team member.
(1983 Code, sec. 7-65; Ordinance
9168, sec. 1, adopted 2/11/1988; Ordinance 10184, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/1999; Ordinance 2005-O0096, sec. 1, adopted 9/8/2005)
Assignment pay for eligible civil service members of the Lubbock
Fire Department shall be such rate as is established by the City of
Lubbock budget and approved by the city council.
(1983 Code, sec. 7-66; Ordinance
9168, sec. 2, adopted 2/11/1988)
The city council hereby authorizes assignment pay in addition
to the regular pay received by civil service members of the Lubbock
Police Department who perform the specialized function of field training
officer.
(1983 Code, sec. 7-67; Ordinance
9232, sec. 1, adopted 10/27/1988)
Assignment pay for eligible civil service members of the Lubbock
Police Department shall be such rate as is established by the City
of Lubbock budget.
(1983 Code, sec. 7-68; Ordinance
9232, sec. 1, adopted 10/27/1988)
(a)
Applicability.
Provisions of this section will apply
in all matters concerning certification pay for civil service members
of the fire department of the City of Lubbock.
(b)
Provisions and requirements.
Members who make application
and qualify for certification pay in accordance the provisions of
this section may receive such pay so long as such requirements are
met.
(c)
Fire department certification pay.
The term “fire
department certification pay” shall relate to pay which is offered
upon successfully meeting the requirements set by the Texas Commission
on Fire Protection for certification in the following specific areas:
(d)
Continuing eligibility.
In order to have continuing eligibility for certification pay as provided in subsection (a) of this section, members of the fire department shall comply with the following provisions:
(1)
After becoming eligible for fire department certification pay, each
member of the fire department, in order to continue such eligibility,
is hereby required (within each calendar year after the year in which
such member becomes eligible for such certification pay) to successfully
continue to meet all requirements of the Texas Commission on Fire
Protection regarding such certification(s).
(2)
In the event that eligibility for fire department certification pay,
as set by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, is not maintained
by any member of the fire department, such member’s certification
pay shall terminate on the date upon which the said commission revokes,
cancels or suspends the member’s certification.
(3)
Eligibility for fire department certification pay may be reestablished
one year after the date of loss of eligibility by said member of the
fire department successfully meeting the requirements set by the Texas
Commission on Fire Protection.
(e)
Authority.
It is hereby determined that the City of
Lubbock, Texas, has a population of over twenty thousand (20,000),
and this section is passed pursuant to the authority of the V.T.C.A.,
Local Government Code section 143.044.
(f)
Fire chief.
In accordance with said V.T.C.A., Local
Government Code section 143.044, the provisions of this section relating
to certification pay shall be inapplicable in every particular to
the fire chief.
(1983 Code, sec. 7-69; Ordinance
10185, secs. 1–5, adopted 8/26/1999)
