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Section 3. Fire Inspectors and employees assigned as Fire Inspectors shall have time <br /> off with pay on the following holidays: <br /> New Year's Day Independence Day Thanksgiving Day <br /> Martin Luther King Day Labor Day Friday after Thanksgiving <br /> Presidents' Day National Election Day Christmas Day <br /> Good Friday Veterans Day One Unscheduled Holiday <br /> Memorial Day <br /> Effective May 1, 2009 Fire Inspectors and employees assigned as Fire Inspectors shall <br /> no longer have National Election Day or one Unscheduled Holiday off with pay, and in lieu thereof, <br /> twelve (12) hours of holiday compensation shall be added to the employee's base pay. Effective <br /> May 1, 2009. $300 per year of the 12 hours of holiday compensation shall be contributed in equal <br /> monthly installments directly into the employee's Post Employment Health Plan (PEHP) account. <br /> Fire Inspectors and employees assigned as Fire Inspectors will be eligible for 88 hours of <br /> holiday time each year, regardless of the work schedule assigned to them; and one (1) hour of <br /> holiday credit with pay shall be deducted from the total amount available for each Fire Inspector <br /> or employee assigned as a Fire Inspector for each hour of leave taken for a holiday. <br /> Section 4. 24-hour shift employees in the classified fire service shall receive "Holiday <br /> Pay" equal to forty eight (48) hours pay, prorated biweekly during the ensuing 12 months, at the <br /> applicable hourly rate, applied to their base pay for their respective ranks. Effective May 1, 2009 <br /> holiday pay shall be increased to seventy two (72) hours. <br /> Effective May 1, 2009, $300 per year of the seventy-two (72) hours of holiday pay <br /> compensation shall be contributed in equal monthly installments directly into the employee's Post <br /> Employment Health Plan (PEHP) account. <br /> Section 5. The employer is authorized to deduct and pay to the Trustee of the Post <br /> Employment Health Plan (PEHP) Section 501(c)(9) Voluntary Employee Benefit Association <br /> (VEBA) account established as described in Exhibit G of this agreement for the benefit of the <br /> employee, $300 of compensation in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 above. The costs for <br /> establishing the VEBA and ongoing administrative costs shall be borne exclusively by the Union <br /> and/or employee. <br /> ARTICLE 11 <br /> COMPANY STRENGTH <br /> Section 1. Each engine and ladder truck company in the Decatur Fire Department shall, <br /> at all times the same is in service, be attended by not less than three employees in the classified <br /> fire service, one of whom shall be an officer. During temporary periods not to exceed two hours <br /> in duration, such apparatus may be staffed by two employees, one of whom shall be an officer. <br /> When Station 1 manpower is available, not less than 4 employees shall be assigned to <br /> Truck 1. When less than the required number of employees in the classified fire fighting service <br /> are available for duty to meet the three person minimum on all in-service companies, and there <br /> are no such employees available from other companies of the same shift, as many such <br /> employees as are necessary to maintain the minimum company strength to so staff said <br /> 16 <br />