21-20 Amending Salary Ordinance No. 10682-19

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F rt Clerk's Office BILL NO. 21-20 MAY 2 i12020 DAWN M-JONES ORDINANCE NO. '1' 071 CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 10472-16 AND 10682-19 AS TO THE ANNUAL PAY AND RESIDENCY INCENTIVE PAY OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The South Bend Common Council, pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3, established the annual compensation and monetary fringe benefits of the South Bend Police Department following successful labor negotiations between representatives of the South Bend Board of Public Safety and the South Bend Fraternal Order of Police("the FOP") Lodge#36 in 2016. The total wage, monetary fringe benefits and working conditions package was ratified by voting members of the FOP which resulted in the South Bend Common Council passing Ordinance No. 10472-16 on October 24, 2016. agreement establishingthe annual payand That ordinance set forth the provisions of a four-year �' monetary fringe benefits for calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and established maximum annual pay and monetary fringe benefits for upper level policy making positions in the South Bend Police Department as defined in Indiana Code § 36-8-1-12. On October 14, 2019 this Council passed Ordinance No. 10682-19 which reaffirmed all provisions of Ordinance No. 10472-16 in its entirety for the 2020 calendar year. The City of South Bend("the City")had originally budgeted for 243 sworn police officers. However, due to a national shortage of officers, the City has far fewer officers than anticipated. The City Administration worked with the FOP Lodge No. 36 to engage in a compensation study regarding salaries of sworn police officers. Based upon that study, the Administration strongly encourages the Council to increase the compensation payable in calendar year 2020 to all sworn members of the South Bend Police Department including all upper level policy makers as set forth at Section II (a) of Ordinance No. 10472-16, and further affecting the City Residency Incentives compensation under Section III (b) of that ordinance. Due to the shortage of sworn officers, the increase in compensation would not require any additional appropriation of funds. On May 20, 2020, the South Bend Board of Public Safety passed Resolution 15-2020, A Resolution in Support of a One-Time Increase of the Salary of Sworn Police Officers. The Common Council believes that harmonious relations between the City and the FOP and its members are vital to the citizens of South Bend, and that such relations would be fostered by increasing the compensation and Residency Incentives for sworn officers for calendar year 2020. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: