SUBSTITUTE Bill No. 56-22 Proposed 2023 Police Salary Ordinance

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C 50%of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$500 Officers and sworn members who wish to participate in this program must give notice to the Services Division Chief prior to registering for a course which has tuition fees, so that funds may be allocated for potential tuition reimbursement on a"first come,first serve"basis up to the maximum amount budgeted for such purposes for each calendar year by the Common Council. Tuition reimbursement shall be limited to a maximum reimbursement amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year to any officer or sworn member participating in the program. All governing regulations must be complied with by any officer or sworn member who participates in the program as a condition of being paid any tuition reimbursement. (n) 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, 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. (o) On-Call Duty Pays: Each of the following On-Call Duty Pay categories shall be allotted six hundred fifty dollars($650.00)per category per year, 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 Detective Bureau Traffic On-Call Diagrammer Traffic On-Call Duty Officer (p) 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. (q) Health Insurance: Each active sworn 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. Benefits for qualifying police pensioners shall not begin until such pensioner or dependent spouse of such pensioner meets the State minimum standards for pension eligibility and immediately able to draw a pension, and shall cease when such pensioner, or the dependent spouse of such pensioner, reaches sixty-five(65)years of age or become Medicare-eligible,as further addressed in the 2023-2025 Working Agreement, 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.