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• <br /> • <br /> BARNES a THORNBURG <br /> 1313 MERCHANTS BANK BUILDING 600 1ST SOURCE BANK CENTER FEDERAL BAR BUILDING <br /> II SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET 100 NORTH MICHIGAN 1815 H STREET, N.W. <br /> INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA 46204 WASHINGTON,D.C.20006 <br /> 13171638-1313 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 (2021955-4500 <br /> (219) 233-1171 <br /> 305 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING SUITE 800 <br /> 301 SOUTH MAIN STREET <br /> ONE SUMMIT SQUARE <br /> ELKHART,INDIANA 46516 TWX 810-341-3427 B&T LAW IND FT.WAYNE,INDIANA 46802 <br /> 12191 293-0681 TELECOPIER 1219) 237-1125 (219)423-9440 <br /> TO CALL WRITER <br /> July 14, 1986 <br /> The South Bend Common Council <br /> 4th Floor <br /> County-City Building <br /> South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br /> RE: Fire Salary Ordinance <br /> Dear Councilmembers: <br /> The City Negotiating Team is pleased to recommend the attached <br /> ordinance for your consideration and approval. <br /> Over the past several weeks the respective negotiating teams for <br /> the City of South Bend and the South Bend Fire Fighters Association, <br /> Local No. 362, have been meeting to negotiate benefits and wages. <br /> The negotiating teams reached a tentative agreement which was <br /> ratified by the membership of the South Bend Fire Fighters Association, <br /> Local No. 362, on July 10th and 11th. <br /> The City Negotiating Team believes that the attached ordinance <br /> incorporates a fair wage and benefit package for the Fire Department <br /> for the calendar years 1987 and 1988, that said costs are appropriate <br /> in view of the overall requirements and that the City can afford said <br /> package. <br /> The City Negotiating Team further believes that the overall goals <br /> of achieving increased productivity resulting in better service to the <br /> public and decreasing paid time off will also be achieved through the <br /> terms of this agreement. <br /> We believe that the negotiating process has worked and that the <br /> negotiations with the Wage Committee of the South Bend Fire Fighters <br /> Association, Local No. 362 were conducted in a professional and <br /> positive atmosphere. <br />