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REGULAR MEETING MAY 7, 2008 POLICE DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION LUTION ISO. 30 -2008 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF I Eno FOR THE UPCOMING POLICE DEPARTMENT NEGOTIATIONS WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety has the "exclusive control over all utters and property relating" to the Police Department pursuant to Indiana Code § 36- 8- 3- 2(b)(2); and WHERE-AS, pursuant to Indiana Code § 36- 8- 3 -3(d), the Common Council has wrrtil September 30, 2008 the exclusive authority to fix by ordinance the animal compensation for all members of the South Bend Police Department; and WHEREAS, the Common Council and the City Administration have for the last twenty (20) years worked together negotiate with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 36 concerning such items as annual compensation, monetary fringe benefits, working conditions, and other items related to the South Bend Police Department; and WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council has already passed Resolution No 3861 --0'8 naming Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand as the Council's Chief Negotiator; and WHEREAS, the 2005 -2008 Working Agreement between the City of South Bend and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 36 expires at the end of this year, along with Ordinance No. 9621 -05 and Ordinance No. 9646 -05, which establish salaries and other annual compensation For members of the South Bend Police Department for calendar years 2005 through 200$; and WHERE-AS, mindful of past successes when there is a joint negotiating team or joint advisory tear., the Board of Public Safety desires to appoint a Chief Negotiator who would appoint his or her own advisory City Negotiating Team to represent it and to provide updates during executive sessions called for the purpose of discussing strategy with regard to collective bargaining pursuant to Indiana Code § 5 -14-1 . 5 -6. 1 (b)(2)(A); and WHEREAS, the Advisory City Negotiating Team shall not be considered a "governing body'" or "public agency," under Indiana Code § 5- 14- 1.5 -2; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Administration and the Board of Public Safety believe that this Resolution is in the best interest of promoting positive and harmonious labor negotiations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE SOLVED, by the Board of Public Safety of the City of South