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BILL NO. <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 0 (5-3"9Q <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH <br /> BEND, INDIANA, ADDRESSING THE AMOUNTS OF BENEFITS TO BE <br /> RECEIVED BY SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DECEASED POLICE OFFICERS <br /> AND FIREFIGHTERS <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> Several Indiana Laws govern pension funds and benefits <br /> for police officers and firefighters. More specifically the <br /> 1925 Police Pension Fund is addressed in Indiana Code <br /> Sections 36-8-6-1 et seq. , the 1937 Firefighters' Pension <br /> Fund is addressed in Indiana Code Sections 36-8-7-1 et seq. , <br /> and the 1977 Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension and <br /> Disability Fund is addressed in Indiana Code Sections 36-8- <br /> 8-1 et seq. <br /> The Common Council and the City Administration have <br /> jointly worked together, and have determined to raise the <br /> benefits received by surviving spouses of deceased police <br /> officers and firefighters to forty percent (400) of the <br /> salary of a first class police officer or firefighter. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of <br /> the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: <br /> SECTION I. If a sworn police officer or sworn <br /> firefighter of the City of South Bend, Indiana, dies while <br /> in active service or after retirement, the surviving spouse <br /> of said firefighter or police officer who dies before <br /> January 1, 1989 shall receive forty percent (40%) of the <br /> salary of a fully paid first class firefighter or first <br /> class police officer in the respective police or fire <br /> departments at the time of the payment of the pension. For <br /> the surviving spouse of such a firefighter or police officer <br /> who dies after December 31, 1988, an amount per month, <br /> during the spouse's life, shall be equal to the greater of <br /> forty percent (40%) of the monthly pay of a first class <br /> firefighter or police officer or fifty-five percent (55%) of <br /> the monthly benefit the deceased member was receiving or was <br /> entitled to receive on the date the member's death. <br /> SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force <br /> and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council <br /> and approval by the Mayor, with the effective date to be <br /> January 1, 1990. <br /> • <br /> I , <br /> Step en Luec e, Donal•j iezgodski, <br /> Council Mew , Counc i Member <br /> `tea <br /> e-- :3€0,40L(2/Awt,6"-- <br /> William Soderb- • Sean Coleman, <br /> Co ' l Member Counc' Memb <br /> t , <br /> • n -uzzello, Or / Linas Slavinskas, <br /> Council Member / ( % hu 1 Member n <br />