Fixing Annual Pay Fire Department 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2000

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, - ,,,.''S°U.................. City of South Bend 0.00*,' ,\\11'1111;��, 4 _- .,,.�\=��7/ t Common Council F��Y`i' County-City Building.South Bend,Indiana 46601 �- a��,�� (219)235-9321 s `,4` Fax(219)235-9173 1865 TDD(219)235-5567 Roland Kelly President Thomas Zakrzewski July 22, 1996 Vice-President The South Bend Common Council Cleo Washington 4th Floor County City Building Chairperson,Committee South Bend,Indiana 46601 of the Whole Re: Bill No. 50-96 Stephen Luecke First District Dear Council Members: Charlotte Pfeifer On behalf of the City's Negotiating Team, I am pleased to present to Second District you the first four-year wage and monetary fringe benefit package ever negotiated in the history of our City. Roland Kelly The South Bend Firefighters Association Local No. 362 was Third District represented by Steve E. Wieger, President of the Union; Leon L. Stein, Vice- John Broden President of the Union; David A. VanDeWielle, Federico Rodrieguez, Ed Fourth District Hernandez, Scott Webber, and Joseph V. Simeri, Chief Spokesperson for the Union. David Varner Fifth District The City of South Bend was represented by a joint team representing the Board of Public Safety and the South Bend Common Council. Its members Thomas Zakrzewski were Roland Kelly, Council President; Councilmember Steve Luecke, Kevin Sixth District Horton, City Controller, Thomas Bodnar, Attorney to the Board of Public Safety,and myself as City Spokesperson. Sean Coleman The overall package meets the objective established this spring by Chief At Large l g obj ,sP g y Luther Taylor and his staff, namely to make the department's number one John Hosinski commitment,the Fire Department personnel At Large The salary ordinance establishes salary classifications for calendar years Cleo Washington 1997 through the year 2000 that are competitive with other fire departments. In At Large order to properly and fairly address the pension base, both Teams negotiated to convert 200.00 each year from the Firefighters clothing allowance into the Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand pension base in the last year. The ordinance also establishes speciality pays for Council Attorney the City's three (3) Special Response Teams, namely the Hazardous Materials Response Team, the Swiftwater Rescue Team, and the Tactical Rescue Team; as well as the medical specialties of First Responder, EMT, AEMT, Reserve Paramedic, and Paramedic. In addition to other monetary fringe benefits established,the City will establish a deferred compensation program whereby it will match $ .50 on the dollar for the first $ 100.00 deferred by a Firefighter, and will match dollar for dollar up to $ 300.00 for every dollar deferred by a Firefighter.