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Substitute Bill No. 57-10 <br />2011 & 2012 SBFD Maximum Salary/Monetaty Fringe Benefit Ordinance <br />September 29, 2010 <br />Page 2 <br />• Would make modest adjustments recommended by the Fire Administration which are <br />believed to be in the best interest of the South Bend Fire Department <br />Negotiations also resulted in proposed changes to ten (10) Articles of the current Collective Bargaining <br />Agreement. These articles [Article 9 Vacation, Article 13 Insurance, Article 21 Sick Leave and Sick <br />Leave Buy-Back, Article 22 Retirement and Sick-Day Buy Back, Article 24 Compensatory Time Account <br />and Policy, Article 25 Critical Duty Days for Twenty-Four Hour Personnel, Article 26 Drug/Alcohol <br />Testing, Article 28 Overtime and Emergency Duty Procedures, Article 32 Memorial Neo-Natal Unit, and <br />Article 33 Duration] will be formally acted upon by the Board of Public Safety at a later date. <br />We would like to thank all individuals who have contributed their time and talent to the entire negotiating <br />process, which was based on the principles of interest-based bargaining. <br />Despite many challenges, the respective negotiating teams bargained in good faith and dedicated their <br />efforts to a fair and affordable total package. The hard work and dedication of the Fire Negotiating Team <br />and the City Negotiating Team reflects the positive working relationships established between the union <br />and the City. We ask for your support in the passage of Substitute Bill No. 57-10. Thank you. <br />Most sincerely <br />o 'Member uzzello <br />Health and Public Safety Vice-Chairperson <br />City Advisory Negotiating Team Member for Fire Negotiations <br />~~ ~_~~~ <br />Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council's Agent <br />City Advisory Negotiating Team Member for Fire Negotiations <br />Attachment <br />cc: Office of the City Clerk <br />Mayor Stephen Luecke <br />Jim Lopez, Assistant Chief of Operations <br />Mark Nowicki, Assistant Chief of Services <br />Gregg Zientara, City Controller <br />Charles S. Leone, Board of Public Safety Agent <br />Ken Marks, Local 362 President <br />Todd Skwarcan, Loca1362 Vice-President <br />~~i~~ i~ ci~~~°~ c.~~~:Cs <br />SEP302010 <br />JQfi6J VQOR9E <br />CITY CLERK, S0. BEF<D, iN. <br />