The following Sections with respect to Firefighters shall remain in full force and
effective until such time as the terms and provisions of such Sections may be modified
or changed by the terms of the collective bargaining contract or contracts, provided,
however, that such contract or contracts as they may modify or change said Sections
shall in no way lessen, lower, diminish or reduce the benefits, salaries or other
entitlements that said Sections provide on the date of the adoption of this amendment;
any portion of a collective bargaining contract that has the effect prohibited herein
shall be void: 9.5.6, 9.5.6(A), 9.5.6(B), 9.5.6(D), 9.5.7, 9.5.7(A), 9.5.7(B), 9.5.7.(C), 9.5.8, 9.5.9, 9.5.4(A), 9.5.4(C), 9.5.4(D), and 9.4.10.