[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Maywood as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-27-2000 by Ord. No. 10-00[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved
by the electorate at the General Election of November 2000.
In accordance with P.L. 1997, c. 388 (N.J.S.A.
40A:14-183 through 40A:14-194), the Borough of Maywood Length of Service
Award Program (LOSAP) is hereby created to reward members of the volunteer
fire companies, the fire police and the first aid and emergency squad
for their loyal, diligent and devoted services to the residents of
Borough of Maywood, on the terms set forth herein.
A.Â
ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBER
EMERGENCY SERVICE ORGANIZATION
YEAR OF ACTIVE EMERGENCY SERVICE
In this article, these terms shall be defined as follows:
A person who has been so designated by the governing board
of a duly created emergency service organization of the Borough of
Maywood and who is faithfully and actually performing volunteer service
in that organization.
The Maywood Fire Department, including the Maywood Fire Police,
the Maywood First Aid and Emergency Squad and any other volunteer
emergency service hereafter created by the Mayor and Council of the
Borough of Maywood as to which LOSAP participation is authorized by
statute.
A twelve-month period during which an active volunteer member
participates in an emergency service organization and satisfies the
minimum requirements of participation established by the Mayor and
Council on a consistent and uniform basis.
B.Â
All other terms used in this article shall be as defined
in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-184.
A.Â
The LOSAP shall provide for a annual contribution
of $1,800 to a deferred income account for each qualifying active
volunteer member who achieves a year of active emergency service in
any calendar year under the criteria set forth in this article, beginning
with the calendar year starting on January 1 of the year following
the adoption of the referendum authorizing the LOSAP, and accumulates
the minimum number of points calculated pursuant to the schedule set
forth in this article. These contributions shall be made in accordance
with a plan that shall be established by the Mayor and Council pursuant
to P.L. 1997, c. 388.[1] This plan shall be administered in accordance with the
laws of the State of New Jersey, the United States Internal Revenue
Code and this article.
[Amended 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2-22]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:14-183 through
40A:14-194.
B.Â
Active volunteer members shall be eligible to participate
in the LOSAP immediately upon the commencement of their performance
of active emergency services and shall be eligible to vest in the
LOSAP when they have completed at least five years of emergency service
in any emergency service organization in the state, as allowed by
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-188(a).
C.Â
The LOSAP shall also provide for an annual prior year's
service contribution to those active volunteer members who have at
least 25 prior years' service on the effective date of the LOSAP of
no more than $550 per year for 10 years, or such other time necessary
for these contributions to total $5,500. The annual prior year's service
contribution will be reduced in any year to the extent that it is
necessary to maintain the total annual contribution to an active volunteer
member within the limit of $1,150 upon contributions imposed by N.J.S.A.
40A:14-189(b), subject to any periodic increases permitted pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-185(f). The Mayor and Council shall review the
membership rosters of the emergency service organizations to determine
the number of prior year's credit for each participant on the LOSAP's
effective date and to determine which active volunteer members are
entitled to the prior year's service contribution. In making this
determination, the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-188(d) shall
be employed.
D.Â
In computing the credits for active volunteer members
who serve as paid employees of the borough, credit shall not be given
for activities performed during the individual's regularly assigned
work periods. [N.J.S.A. 40A:14-188(e)].
E.Â
Each participating emergency service organization
shall furnish to the Mayor and Council an annual certification list,
certified under oath, of all volunteer members. The list shall identify
the active volunteer members who have qualified for credit under the
LOSAP for the previous calendar year. Volunteer members may request
the deletion of their names from the list in writing, pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-191, and may appeal the absence of their name from
the list, or may appeal the denial of past service credit, within
30 days of the posting of the list or notice of the denial of the
credit. The appeal shall be in writing and shall be mailed to the
Borough Clerk. The Mayor and Council, or its designee, shall investigate
the appeal. The Mayor and Council shall decide the appeal, by a resolution,
adopted after an investigation of the matter.
F.Â
The regular annual contribution amount of $1,800 shall
increase each year after the first full year at the rate of 5% per
year.
[Amended 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2-22]
Each active volunteer member shall be credited
with points for volunteer services provided to the emergency service
organizations in accordance with the followings schedules:
A.Â
Maywood Volunteer Fire Department. To qualify for
the LOSAP a qualified Fire Department volunteer must accrue at least
125 points in each and every calendar year. Points are to be calculated
as follows:
(1)Â
Drills. Every drill attended qualifies for two points.
(Drilling points are capped at 48 points per calendar year.)
(2)Â
Calls. Calls are to consist of both general alarms
and single company plectrons, and the point total awarded will be
based on a one-for-one scale that is directly related to the qualified
member's yearly call percentage totals, as presently tabulated by
each company Captain. (Total call points are capped at 100 per calendar
year.)
Example: If a qualified member responds to 67%
of total fire calls for the year then 67 points will be awarded. If
the qualified member only responds to 5% of total fire calls then
only 5 points will be awarded.
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(3)Â
Training. All Fire Department training that is above
and beyond monthly company and departmental drill requirements and
is recognized by the department will be calculated as 1 point per
training hour. Training points are capped at 20 points per calendar
year. Exempt from this cap requirement is the Firefighter 1 course.
Successful completion of this course qualifies the individual for
50 additional points towards their yearly total.
(4)Â
Meetings. Fire Department official meetings that the
qualified volunteer attends will each be awarded 1 point. Meetings
carry a cap of 50 points per calendar year.
Qualified Meetings
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Bylaws
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Company
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Delegates
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Departmental
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Exempt
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Fireman's Convention
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Fund Drive
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Incorporation
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LOSAP
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Mutual Aid
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NJ/NY
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North Jersey Association
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Relief
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State
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Town Council
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(5)Â
Officers. All officers are to receive upon completion
of each calendar year served in their respected position these related
point totals:
(a)Â
Chief: 20 points.
(b)Â
Captain: 15 points.
(c)Â
Rescue Engineer: 15 points.
(d)Â
Lieutenant: 10 points.
(e)Â
Ex. Chief (active): 10 points.
(f)Â
Safety Officer: five points.
(g)Â
Cause and origin: five points.
(h)Â
Bench officers: five points. [NOTE: Bench Officers
consist of the Company President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.]
(6)Â
Standby and long calls. All standby's and long fire
calls that last a minimum of at least two hours and last no longer
than six hours will be awarded five points each. Any standby and on
fire call that exceeds the six-hour duration will be awarded 10 points.
There is no cap on standby and long fire call points.
(7)Â
Sleepover. All official Fire Department sleepovers
will be awarded five points each. Any standby and long fire call that
exceeds the six-hour duration will be awarded 10 points. There is
no cap on standby and long fire call points.
(8)Â
Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous requirements consist
of official Fire Department Parade attendance, funeral attendance,
company cleanups and driver of the month duties. All of these functions
carry a value of 20 points each. Miscellaneous points are capped at
20 points per calendar year.
B.Â
Maywood Fire Police. To qualify for the LOSAP a qualified
member of the Maywood Fire Police must accrue at least 100 points
in each and every calendar year. Points are to be calculated as follows:
(1)Â
Alarms: responding to emergency Fire Department calls;
based on full calendar year:
(a)Â
Thirty-five-percent minimum response: 50 points.
(b)Â
Twenty-five-percent minimum response: 40 points.
(c)Â
Twenty-percent minimum response: 30 points.
[NOTE: In case of extended illness (once per year, maximum of two
months) the total number of calls used to calculate the percentage
would be based on those calls occurring in the nonexcused months.
(Doctor's note required.)]
(2)Â
Drills: responding to prescheduled monthly Fire Department
exercises, two-hour minimum attendance; two credits per drill; maximum
24 points.
(3)Â
Meetings: maximum 30 points total for all meeting
categories:
(a)Â
Monthly Maywood Fire Police meetings, one-hour
minimum attendance; one point per meeting; maximum 11 points.
(b)Â
Other local meetings [Fire Board, Fire Fighters
Inc., Mayor and Council (relating to Fire Department issues), etc.]
one-hour minimum attendance; one point per meeting, maximum 10 points.
(c)Â
Monthly County Fire Police meetings, one-hour
minimum attendance; one point per meeting if local, two points per
meeting if outside Maywood, maximum 20 points.
(d)Â
Quarterly State Fire Police meetings, one-hour
minimum attendance; four points per meeting; maximum 16 points.
(4)Â
Special details: responding to a call for assistance
by an authorized agency or function: one point per hour; maximum 30
points.
(6)Â
Committees: serving on any given committee: one point
per meeting (committee member only), one-hour minimum; maximum 10
points.
(7)Â
Miscellaneous activity: a Fire Department/Fire Police
related detail approved by the Captain: one point per hour; four points
maximum per event; maximum 20 points.
[NOTE: In the event of a disagreement with regard
to approval, a member has the right to request arbitration from the
three line officers.]
[Examples: parade, room cleanup, car cleanup,
room organization, wake, memorial service.]
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C.Â
Maywood First Aid and Emergency Squad. A qualified
year of volunteer emergency services (ambulance) shall be credited
under the LOSAP for each calendar year after establishment of the
program in which an active certified volunteer accumulates at least
125 points. Points shall be granted in accordance with the following
system:
[Amended 10-13-2005 by L.L. No. 20-05[1]]
(1)Â
Ambulance calls: 125 points maximum; one point per
call.
(a)Â
Any member that does not respond to a duty night
call will lose three points for each duty night call missed for that
calendar year.
(b)Â
Any member making 50 calls during the hours
of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the calendar year will receive an
additional 10 points to his or her end-of-the-year total.
(c)Â
It is the responsibility of squad members to
ensure their monthly call point tally sheet is correct. Any discrepancies
must be brought to the attention of the Vice President within 30 days
of being issued. This document will be used to calculate the year-end
LOSAP point tally.
(4)Â
Holder of an elected position within the ambulance
squad: 40 point maximum. Points are credited for completion of a one-year
term in an elected position.
(5)Â
Miscellaneous activities:
(b)Â
Three LOSAP points will be credited for:
[1]Â
Work details.
[2]Â
Wakes and memorial services.
[3]Â
Fund-raising activities.
[4]Â
Special committees.
[5]Â
Parades.
[6]Â
Township events.
[7]Â
Transportations.
[8]Â
Special events.
[9]Â
Special meetings.
[10]Â
Opening day baseball.
[11]Â
National night out.
[12]Â
Sidewalk sale.
[13]Â
5K walk.
[14]Â
Chamber of Commerce Santa arrival.
[15]Â
New Jersey State First Aid Council Convention.
[16]Â
Any other events that are deemed official Ambulance
Squad activities by the Captain.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance stated that
it would be retroactive to 1-1-2005.