Fixing the Annual pay of South Bend Police Dept 1987, 1988 and 1989

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• SECTION VI. SERVICE YEAR FOR PAY AND BENEFITS ADDRESSED IN ORDINANCE (a) The first service year for a member of the Police Department commences upon the individual being sworn in before the Board of Safety as a member of the department. The second service year shall begin on the next succeeding first day of January and service years shall continue to increase until the member attains the maximum salary for the particular rank they may hold. (b) Advancement from the rank of Patrolman First Class to Corporal is dependent upon three (3) complete calendar years of service plus a determination of satisfactory performance of duty and promotion by the Board of Public Safety. SECTION VII. HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COST REDUCTION PROGRAM The Board of Health Care Insurance Oversight, shall continue to operate in an advisory capacity to and under the direction of the City Controller. This Board shall be composed of representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36, and employees of the Department of Administration and Finance of the City of South Bend, together with other employees of the City of South Bend. It shall be the responsibility of the Board to review, under the direction of the City Controller, on a regular basis the activities of the City's Health Care Insurance Program. In addition, in an effort to control health care costs, the City's current health insurance package shall be modified to provide a program containing comprehensive major medical health insurance which would provide for first dollar after a one hundred dollar ($100.00) deductible per year is met by the sworn member or officer, deductibles of ten percent (10%) of the cost of such major medical expenses, with maximun claims annual cost to the sworn member or officer for such coverage being five hundred dollars ($500.00) SECTION VIII. PAID SICK LEAVE (a) Sick Leave Cost Reduction Program. (1) The following Sick Leave Cost Reduction Program shall continue on an experimental basis for calendar years 1987 and 1988 and shall apply to all officers and sworn members of the department. This program shall be considered an experiment in encouraging the conservation of sick time and the costs thereof. (2) Through and including December 1, 1989, officers and sworn members shall be compensated for the relinquishment of earned sick time as follows: One (1) days pay for each earned sick day relinquished, with a maximun of eight (8) days per year. (3) The rate of pay for compensation for conservation of sick time in the schedule listed above shall be the then-current rate of pay for the rank of Corporal. Payment shall be made to officers and sworn members for sick time conservation on or before December 15th of each year. (4) The Sick Leave Cost Reduction Program shall not affect the current sick leave policy authorized by the Board of Public Safety. (b) Paid Sick Leave Accrual