8525-94 Fixing the Annual Pay Police Department Years 1995, 1996 & 1997

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South Bend Police Salary Ordinance Page 5 i. Except for up to a maximum of eighty (80) hours of unused accumulated time which an individual employee may wish to have transferred from his or her frozen unused accumulated time account to the Police Department's Flexible Time Account, the City shall pay the cash value of all unused accumulated time verified by the Department. ii. Each employee shall have the opportunity to review his or her verified unused accumulated time records upon request. iii. The City will exercise its best efforts in payment of said verified time. (2) Review of Policy. The above-stated Accumulated Time Buy-Back Policy is subject to review by the State Board of Accounts. Any changes to said policy which may be mandated by the State Board of Accounts, shall be duly made, with notice thereof being given by the City of South Bend Police Department in a reasonable manner. (3) The Board of Public Safety shall set forth any further rules and regulations in the Working Agreement which may address this policy. (b) Flexible Time Account Established. (1) Policy Established. Effective January 1, 1995, a Flexible Time Account shall be established for the Police Department. (2) Eligibility: All officers and sworn members of the South Bend Police Department are eligible to establish a line item within the City's Flexible Time Account for the Police Department. (3) Maximum Hours and Usage; Rules governing the maximum hours, usage, and opportunity to earn flex time shall be as set forth in the Working Agreement. The Board of Public Safety shall set forth any further rules and regulations in the Working Agreement which may address this policy. section VII. Retirement Sick Leave Buy-Back. (a) Officers and sworn members of the South Bend Police Department may accumulate within a sick-day bank a maximum of forty-five(45)days. (b) Upon a minimum of fourteen (14) days notice prior to retirement, any officer or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department may sell back tot he City the number of sick days which he or she has accumulated in his or her sick bank up to a maximum of forty-five(45) days. The rate of reimbursement shall be one-half (1/2) of the hourly rate of base pay for the rank of corporal. (c) All payments made pursuant tot he City's Retirement Sick-Leave Buy-Back Program for the South Bend Police Department shall be paid in one lump sum payment by the City on the next regular payday following the effective date of the officer's or sworn members retirement from the department, or as soon thereafter as possible. (d) The Board of Public Safety shall set forth any further rules and regulations in the Working Agreement which may address this policy. SECTION VIII. Insurance Benefits. (a) Health Care Insurance Committee Continued. The Health Care Insurance Committee shall continue to operate in an advisory capacity to and under the direction of the City Controller. This Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36, and employees of the Department of Administration and Finance of the City of South Bend, Indiana, together with other employees of the City of South Bend. It shall be the responsibility of the Committee to review,under the direction of the City Controller,on a regular basis the activities of the City's Health Care Insurance Program. (b) Comprehensive M.jor Medical Insurance Program/PPO. The City shall maintain a