Amending Ordinance #8038-89 Fixing the maximum Salaries & Wages Officers Non- Bargaining

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ORDINANCE NO. 8020,0 -9/ AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8038-89 AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE MAXIMUM SALARIES AND WAGES OF APPOINTED OFFICERS AND NON-BARGAINING EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR THE CALENDAR YEARS OF 1990, 1991, AND 1992" STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND EFFECT The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Ordinance 8038-89 of the Common council of the City of South Bend, as Amended, to change the date on which merit bonus checks issued pursuant thereto, for calendar years 1991 and 1992, will be issued. The proposed issuance date is a date that is more easily accommodated by the set fiscal and operational responsibilities of the Department of Administration and Finance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. Section VII of Ordinance 8038-89, as Amended, is amended to read as follows: Section VII. MERIT BONUS. The maximum sum. of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in. 1990,. One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in 1991, and One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in 1992, shall be made available for the payment of merit bonuses for non-probationary, non-bargaining, non-temporary employees occupying positions normally requiring 600 or more hours of service per year. Said amount shall be allocated among the various City Departments in accordance with the specified percentage of the total salaries for all qualifying employees within each department as of October 15 of each year. That specified percentage shall be 0.5% in 1990, 1.0% in 1991, and 1. 5% in 1992. The money allocated to each department may be awarded to qualified departmental employees as merit bonuses in amounts determined by the Department Head and approved by the Mayor, in accordance with the City's Merit Bonus Policy. Distribution of merit bonuses will be made on the first Friday of November that is not otherwise a regular City payday, in 1990, r99i-,--and--199 . The 1991 and 1992 distribution of merit bonuses will be made on December 6, 1991, and December 4, 1992, respectively. Only officers and employees who are non-probationary, non-bargaining, non-temporary officers or employees occupying positions normally requiring 600 or more hours of service are eligible to be considered for merit bonus awards. All employees receiving merit bonuses must be in active status on the distribution date. Any merit bonus money not distributed to employees on the distribution date shall revert to the appropriate City fund. Section II. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. �