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Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> BILL NO. 09-2.5 <br /> Bianca Tirado <br /> City Clerk, South Bend, IN <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br /> INDIANA,AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11161-24 FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND <br /> MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND <br /> FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025 TO AMEND AND CLARIFY THE <br /> SALARY CLASSIFICATIONS AT SECTION II OF THIS ORDINANCES <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> In 2024, the South Bend Common Council, pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3 (d), <br /> established the annual compensation and monetary fringe benefits of the South Bend Fire <br /> Department via Ordinance Number 11161-24. This ordinance followed successful negotiation of <br /> a collective bargaining agreement with members of the South Bend Firefighter's Association Local <br /> No. 362 for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025. <br /> This current ordinance fixes the annual pay and monetary fringe benefits of sworn members <br /> of the South Bend Fire Department for Calendar year 2025, and also establishes maximum annual <br /> pay and monetary fringe benefits for upper level policy making positions in the South Bend Fire <br /> Department, in conformity with Ordinance Number 11161-24, and reaffirms the terms of that <br /> Ordinance for the 2025 fiscal year with one change: a clarification of the Salary Classification <br /> described in Section II to ensure the Ordinance language more clearly aligns with the collective <br /> bargaining agreement. <br /> It was determined that the salary classifications set forth in the table at Section II.(b) of <br /> Ordinance No. 11161-24 inadvertently did not raise the salaries of the following positions to the <br /> level of the Captain salary, as is customary with prior salary ordinances: Inspector (Non-Rank), <br /> Investigator (Non-Rank), Instructor(Non-Rank), and Community Paramedic. It was the intent of <br /> the parties during collective bargaining that the pay rates of these positions match the pay rate of <br /> Captain, but this change was inadvertently excluded from Ordinance No. 11161-24. As these pay <br /> rates were intended to be included in Ordinance No. 11161-24, the Common Council desires that <br /> this Ordinance authorizes correction of the affected employees'pay retroactive to January 1,2025. <br /> This Ordinance is in the best interest of the City and the affected South Bend Fire <br /> Department employees. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF <br /> THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: <br />