Fixing the annual pay and monetary fringe benefits of sworn members of the Police Department for Calendar Years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020

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2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 South Bend Police Department Salary/Monetary Fringe Benefits Ordinance Page 10 a maximum of one (1) personal day per calendar year. Such personal day may not be used, if such usage results in overtime costs to the City. (r) On -Call Duty Pays: Each of the following On -Call Duty Pay categories shall be allotted six hundred fifty 00 /100 dollars ($650.00) per category per year for calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, and shall be divided among the assigned police officers in each of these categories. Such division of pay shall be determined according to the frequency of assigned on -call days in the respective category and shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The On -Call Duty Pay categories are as follows: All officers assigned to the Investigative Bureau Traffic On -Call Diagramer Traffic On -Call Duty Officer (s) Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's and officer's base pay. (t) Health Insurance: Each active sworn member and upper level policy makers who are also referred to as officers of the South Bend Police Department who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the opportunity to participate in the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program. The contribution of such individuals shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City employees. The bi- weekly contributions for health insurance coverage for active sworn members and upper level policy makers of the South Bend Police Department for calendar year 2017 shall be as set forth on the attached Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by reference. The contribution for police pensioners who are members of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36 who retire after January 1, 1997, and who desire coverage from the City's self - funded insurance program for calendar year 2017 shall be as set forth in attached Exhibit A. Benefits for qualifying police pensioners shall not begin until such pensioner or dependent spouse of such pensioner is fifty -two (52) years of age and shall cease when such pensioner or the dependent spouse of such pensioner reaches sixty -five (65) years of age, as further addressed in the 2017 -2020 Working Agreement, as to be approved by the Board of Public Safety. Section IV. Severability. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.