53-20 2021 Ordinance for Annual Pay and Monetary Fringe Benefits for the South Bend Police Department

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(o) Voluntary Physical Fitness Program: The Common Council continues the authorization previously set forth in Ordinance No. 10042-10, Ordinance No. 10192-12, Ordinance No. 10332-14, and Ordinance No. 10472-16 to implement a voluntary physical fitness program during 2021 and/or 2022, which may have the potential of any officer and/or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who qualifies under the governing policies and procedures implemented by the Department to earn up to a maximum of one (1) personal day per calendar year. Such personal day may not be used, if such usage results in overtime costs to the City. (p) On -Call Duty Pays: Each of the following On -Call Duty Pay categories shall be allotted per category per year for calendar years 2021 and 2022, and shall be divided among the assigned police officers in each of these categories. Such division of pay shall be determined according to the frequency of assigned on- call days in the respective category and shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The On -Call Duty Pay categories are as follows: All officers assigned to the Investigative Bureau Traffic On -Call Diagrammer Traffic On -Call Duty Officer (q) Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's and officer's base pay. (r) Health Insurance: Each active swom member and upper level policy makers who are also referred to as officers of the South Bend Police Department who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the opportunity to participate in the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program. The contribution of such individuals shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City employees. The bi-weekly contributions for health insurance coverage for active sworn members and upper level policy makers of the South Bend Police Department for calendar year 2021 shall be as set forth on the attached Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by reference. The contribution for police pensioners who are members of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36 who retire after January 1, 1997, and who desire coverage from the City's self-funded insurance program for calendar year 2021 shall be as set forth in attached Exhibit A. Benefits for qualifying police pensioners shall not begin until such pensioner or dependent spouse of such pensioner is fifty-two (52) years of age and shall cease when such pensioner or the dependent spouse of such pensioner reaches sixty-five (65) years of age, as further addressed in the 2021-2024 Working Agreement, as to be approved by the Board of Public Safety. Section IV. Severability. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.