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Suggested by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE N0.2091-2005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING
KMC 23.55.030(b)(2) TO ADD QUALIFICATION PAY OF $300 FOR FIRE FIGHTERS
WHO QUALIFY AS FIRE APPARATUS OPERATORS.
WHEREAS, under the Kenai personnel rules, Fire Engineers (at range 15) are required
to have higher skills and qualifications than Fire Fighters (at range 13); and,
WHEREAS, those higher qualifications include the requirement to operate fire
apparatus such as tankers, ladder trucks, engines and airport crash vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the Kenai Fire Department to have Fire Fighters be able
to operate the same fire apparatus as Fire Engineers because it allows them to be used
in a similar capacity as higher paid Fire Engineers; and,
WHEREAS, granting Fire Fighters an incentive of X300 annually will encourage them
to become qualified to operate such fire apparatus.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA that KMC 23.55.030(b)(2) is amended to read as follows:
23.55.030 Qualification pay.
(2) Fire Department.
(i) Recognition entitlements for an associate degree in fire science is four
hundred eighty dollars (480.00) per year. Eligible grades are fire
fighter, engineer, and captain.
(ii) Recognition entitlements for EMT certification for eligible grades of fire
fighter, engineer, and captain are as follows:
EMT I ~ 250/year .µ.
Instructor
:;
EMT II
500 ear
EMT III X1,000 year
f (includes EMT II
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EMT- X1,500/year
Paramedic (includes EMT II ~
{ III pay)
iii Recognition entitlements for fire fighter apparatus operator is
X300/year. The eligible grade is fire fighter.
Ordinance No. 2091-2005
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PASSED BY THE CC
2005.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freas, City ~
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