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19.5 Life Insurance <br />The City shall provide to eligible employees basic life insurance coverage of two <br />thousand dollars ($2,000), and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (ADD) <br />coverage of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), with the City paying one hundred <br />percent (100%) of the premium. <br />The City shall continue to offer to eligible employees additional life insurance <br />equal to one and one-half (1.5) times the employee's annual salary, at a 60/40 <br />premium contribution split between the City and the employee respectively. <br />19.6 Vision Care <br />The City shall continue to contract with Vision Service Plan (VSP) or a comparable <br />vision care provider to provide Vision Care Plan B benefits for I.A.F.F. employees <br />and their dependents. The Vision Service Plan B provides for an exam every <br />twelve (12) months, lenses every twelve (12) months if needed, and frames <br />every two (2) years if needed. There is to be no deductible for employees, but <br />a twenty dollar ($20.00) per person deductible will apply to dependents each <br />time benefits are available and will be paid by the employee. The City will pay <br />ninety percent (90%) of the vision insurance premium for eligible employees and <br />dependents. <br />19.7 Long Term Disability Insurance <br />The City will reimburse twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month per employee <br />towards the cost of Long Term Disability. <br />SECTION 20 — BENEFITS DURING STRIKE TEAM ASSIGNMENT <br />Any employee on State or Federal Assignment shall remain an employee of the City and <br />shall retain all rights and benefits as provided to City employees covered by this <br />agreement, notwithstanding State or Federal reimbursements to the City. <br />SECTION 21 - SAFETY <br />21.1 Both the City and the Union shall expend every effort to see to it that work is <br />performed with a maximum degree of safety, consistent with the requirement to <br />conduct efficient operations. <br />21.2 As required by the National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A.) sections 1500; <br />5-3,9; and 1404; 4-2,3, and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)/title 8/5144, <br />the employer shall not permit respirators with tight fitting face pieces to be worn <br />by employees who have facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of <br />the face piece and the face or that interferes with valve function, or any condition <br />that interferes with the face to face piece seal or valve function. Therefore, <br />49 <br />