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City of Somers Point, NJ
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[Amended 8-18-2022 by Ord. No. 18-2022]
Commencing as of January 1, 2022, the City of Somers Point shall make payments to qualified firefighters from the recognized fire companies who respond to fire calls. The enactment of this article recognizes that payments for fire call responses are being made in lieu of the any clothing allowance previously allowed pursuant to ordinance. No clothing allowance shall be made for service by a firefighter subsequent to December 31, 2021. The payments made herein are subject to the obligations of the City of Somers Point and the City's Fire Department as set forth in Article V, and shall be referred to as "pay-to-run" payments.
The City's obligations under this article are as follows:
A. 
Subject to sufficient funds being budgeted by City Council, the Administrator shall annually budget certain monies be used to recompense qualified firefighters for time expended and costs incurred in connection with their responding to calls from either of the two recognized fire companies of the City of Somers Point.
B. 
The budgeted monetary amount for a calendar year shall be maximum dollar amount which the City shall be required to pay out to qualified firefighters for runs in that given year. Upon the depletion of said funds, the City shall have no further obligation of payment to any qualified firefighter under this article.
C. 
By January 30 of each calendar year, the City shall provide each of the recognized Fire Companies the amount which will be paid for each run by a qualified firefighter. The amount to be paid per run each year shall be determined by City Council by way of resolution.
D. 
To the extent that any qualified firefighter who may be employed by the City responds to a call during the hours of his/her employment, said firefighter shall not be paid under this article for any such run.
E. 
The allotted monies for each qualified firefighter based on their response to fire calls shall be paid to that firefighter on no more than a quarterly basis.
F. 
Nothing contained in Article V shall be construed to create an employment relationship with any firefighter who receives funding under this article.
The obligations of the City's Fire Department and its recognized Fire Companies relative to its firefighters receipt of compensation and reimbursement under the City's the pay-to-run program are as follows:
A. 
Within 14 days of enactment of this article, and by January 10 each year thereafter, each of the City's recognized fire companies shall provide to the Administrator:
(1) 
Its companies agreed-upon guidelines, rules and regulations which it is using to determine when a fire fighter qualifies to be compensated by the City of Somers Point in connection with responding to fire calls ("qualified firefighter"); and
(2) 
The methodology that each recognized fire company will use in order to keep track of the response to fire calls for each of its qualified firefighters.
B. 
On a monthly basis, the Chief of each recognized fire company shall submit a voucher to the City Administrator which shall contains its recordkeeping for payment earned by its firefighters. Should there be insufficient monies left in the City's budget to meet a monthly amount due, same shall be provided to all of the City's firefighters on a pro rata basis.