Setting forth certain guidlines for the salary negotiations between the Common Council and the Firefighters and Police Officers

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RESOLUTION NO. 768 -80 A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH CERTAIN GUIDELINES FOR THE SALARY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. WHEREAS, Indiana Code Section 18- 1 -11 -2 authorizes the Common Council to set the annual pay of all police officers and firefighters; and WHEREAS, significant changes in the area of labor negotiations have taken place since the State law was enacted in 1905; and WHEREAS, the Common Council desires to set forth certain guide- lines for the upcoming salary negotiations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council believes in the concept of collective bargaining when setting salaries for police officers and firefighters. In the interest of formalizing a structure for the upcoming salary negotiations the following guidelines are adopted. SECTION II. Members of the Common Council and their designates shall meet with representatives of the firefighters (sworn members of the department excluding chiefs and battalion chiefs) and their designates, and representatives of the police officers (sworn members of the department excluding chiefs and captain) and their designates respectively, for the purpose of setting salaries for the 1981 calendar year. SECTION III. Salary negotiations shall be initiated by the fire- fighters and police officers respectively by each of them submitting to the Common Council a salary proposal on or before March 31, 1980. Within ten (10) days of the receipt of such proposal(s) the Council shall meet privately with the representatives of the firefighters and police officers respectively to discuss such proposal(s). SECTION IV. In the event that the parties are unable to reach agreement on salaries by the first Monday in June, the parties may submit a request to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for a mediator. Recommendations of the mediator shall be reported back to the full membership of the parties for acceptance, modification, or rejection prior to the last Common Council meeting in July. SECTION V. The Salary ordinances for the firefighters and police officers respectively shall be adopted by the last meeting of the Common Council in July. SECTION VI. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Comm"ounci and approval by the Mayor. the Common ncil Adopted, as amended, March 24, 1980