9967-09 Fixing the annual pay Police officers of the Police Department year 2010

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Ordinance No. ~ ~ ~° ~ -O~ Bill No. 70-09 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF POLICE OFFICERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2010 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3, ¶ (d), the South Bend Common Council, as the legislative body of a second class city is charged with establishing before September 30~' the annual compensation of all members of the South Bend Police Department. On June 8, 2009, the South Bend Common Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 3973-09 which appointed anagent/negotiator to represent the Common Council for the labor negotiations with the Police Negotiating Team representing the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36. For the past several weeks, the City's Advisory Negotiating Team whose membership included Personnel and Finance Committee Chairperson Thomas LaFountain, Health and Public Safety Committee Chairperson Karen L. White, Police Chief Darryl Boykins, Division Chief Jeff Walters, Division Chief Gary Horvath, City Attorney and Agent for the Board of Public Safety Charles Leone, and the Council's Agent/Negotiator Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand has been meeting with the members of the Police Negotiating Team representing the Fraternal Order of Police South Bend Lodge No. 36. The City Advisory Negotiating Team and the Police Negotiating Team reached a tentative agreement on Friday, September 25, 2009, regarding a 1-year salary and monetary fringe benefit package for the 2010 calendar year. The tentative agreement includes the implementation of the first phase of rank re-structuring whereby the current "Entry Level Officer" will be renamed "31a Class Police Officer" and a new " 2°d Class Police Officer", with both of these new titles being created as part of the salary classification listing. Police officers hired prior to January 1, 2010, will be grandfathered. Effective in 2011, the City of South Bend will make its best efforts to eliminate the Corporal rank, with this being the second phase of the rank re-structuring concept. The salary and monetary fringe benefits set forth in this ordinance are in keeping with the goals and objectives established by the South Bend Common Council, the City Administration and the Police Administration. In light of the informational meetings and ratification process currently under way by the FOP, formal action on this ordinance by the Common Council will not take place until September 30, 2009, at a Special Council meeting called solely for that purpose. The ordinance is believed to be in the best interests of the South Bend Police Department, and the best interests of the City of South Bend, Indiana; so that public safety will continue to be a top priority, in light of the very challenging fiscal times facing the city.