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ARTICLE 34 <br />SALARIES <br />34.1 New hires who possess only firefighter certification and do not possess paramedic <br />certification will be hired in at $2,000 below the entry level for dual certified positions and <br />will be required to become dual certified within 24 months of hire. Upon attainment of dual <br />certification, their pay will be increased to the entry level rate for a dual certified position. <br />34.2 Bargaining unit employees will be provided wages as follows: <br />A. For Fiscal Year 2022-23, effective the first full pay period of January 2023, all bargaining <br />unit employees will receive a general wage increase as a result of being slotted in the pay <br />plan attached hereto as Attachment B at their current step. This will become the Fiscal <br />Year 2022-23 pay plan. Attachment B also reflects an adjustment in certain hourly rates <br />due to the implementation of the 9 -week Kelly Days effective the pay period of the first <br />work cycle on or after June 1, 2023 (2808 annual hours) and due to the implementation of <br />the 6 -week Kelly Days effective the pay period of the first work cycle on or after June 1, <br />2024 (2704 annual hours). <br />B. For Fiscal Year 2023-24 and 2024-25, the parties mutually agree to reopen this Section and <br />collectively bargain any general wage increases for each of those fiscal years. Such <br />negotiations shall commence on or before June 15' unless the parties agree to a later date. <br />C. The County and the Union currently use a 14 step pay plan that provides for movement <br />within the designated classification. <br />D. Effective the first full pay period of April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025 all non -topped <br />out bargaining unit employees, except new hires who have not attained dual certification, <br />will proceed to the next step of their respective pay plan. New hire employees, who have <br />not attained paramedic certification as of the first full pay period in April 2023, April 2024 <br />and April 2025 respectively, will not advance to the next step of their respective pay plan <br />until paramedic certification is attained (not to exceed 24 months from date of hire). Upon <br />63 <br />