03-13-78 Council Meeting Minutes

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3, REGULAR MEETING MARCH 13, 1978 REGULAR MEETING RECONVENED (CONTINUED BILL NO. 23 -78 A BILL AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (CHAPTER 21, MUNICIPAL CODE) (SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PORTAGE .AVENUE AND THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD RIGHT -OF -WAY, CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA.) This bill had first reading. Council Member Adams made a motion to refer this bill and petition to Area Plan, seconded by Council Member Taylor. The motion carried. BILL NO. 24 -78 A BILL APPROPRIATING FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE GENERAL REVENUE SHARING GRANT FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE-CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRA- TION AND FINANCE. This bill had first reading. Council Member Taylor made a motion to set this bill for public hearing and second reading April 10, 1978, seconded by Council Member Dombrowski. The motion carried. BILL NO. 25 -78 A BILL APPROPRIATING $62,554.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR THE POLICE RECRUIT PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. This bill had first reading. Council Member Adams made a motion to set this bill for public hearing and second reading April 10, 1978, seconded by Council Member Taylor. The motion carri BILL NO. 26 -78 A BILL APPROVING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BUREAU OF WATER OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND A. H. CHOITZ, INC., SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE PURCHASE OF A MODEL P175 -WW INGERSOLL RAND AIR COMPRESSOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,509.00. This bill had first reading. Council Member Adams made a motion to set this bill for public hearing and second reading April 10, 1978, seconded by .Council Member Taylor. The motioncarried BILL NO. 27 -78 A BILL APPROVING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BUREAU OF WATER OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND (1) GATES CHEVROLET CORP., SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND (2) SHAMROCK FORD TRUCK SALES, INC., SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $47,945.30. This .bill had first reading. Council Member Adams made a motion to refer this bill to the Personnel and Finance Committee, and set it for public hearing and second reading April 10, 1978 seconded by Council Member Taylor. The motion carried. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Herbert Pletcher, Chairman of the FOP Wage Neotiation Committee, read the following statement: "Each year, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #36, the designated bargaining agent for the South Bend Bureau of Police, selects a wage committee by means of an 'election. The committee is com- posed of five (5) members representing the three (3) Uniform Details, Detective and Services Divisions. We the members of the 1978 Wage Committee, have requested this first meeting with you, the Common Council of the CIty of South Bend, so that we might introduce ourselves to you. We would like.to also lay some ground rules and make some preliminary requests of you at this time. First of all the introductions. The committee members are as follows: Sergeant Floyd Szuba- Dectective Bureau, Sergeant Tom Balogh- Services, Corporal Herb Pletcher -1st Detail (Unifori Corporal Ken Milliken -2nd Detail (Uniform), Corporal Paul Hammons -3rd Detail (Uniform). We woulc like to make it clear that the members of this committee were elected by the police officers employed by the South Bend Bureau of Police and directed to act on their behalf in good faith bargaining with the Council for wages and benefits to be realized in 1979. We further wish to make it clear that no other persons or organizations has any power to negotiate for these wages or benefits. All negotiations will be conducted between you, the Common Council, and the five (5) committee members here in attendance representing the Bureau and its membership. Prior to any agreement on any given point, in regard to wages or benefits, the membership of this com- mittee will have the opportunity to discuss all aspects, in private, and then cast a vote on the issue. A majority, three (3) or more, must concur or the point in issue will be rejected. If the wage committee feels that an issue requires the attention of the entire membership, then the committee will leave the issue open until such time as a special meeting of the F.O.P. #36 can be called. In this manner the committee will be able to hear from the parties that we are representing and we will then abide by their wishes. These, then, are the basic rules that this committee will following during negotiations. For several years in the past it has been the habit of wage committees to set down a proposal for the Council to look at in regard to wage increases and benefits requested by the members of the Police Department. It has been a known fact that the effort and time that was put into the drawing up of these proposals has been waste( They are presented, read by the Council and from that point on they are considered to be nothing more than so much scrap paper. The members of the 1978 Wage Committee feel that it is time that we broke with tradition. We are therefore asking that the Council sit down and draw up a list of benefits and a monetary increase that they wish to offer the membership of the South Bend Bureau of Police. In doing so.there are a few things that we would like to bring to your atten- tion. First of all, there are three (3) members of this Committee that were on the 1977 Committ( and it is still vivid in our minds that the Council made several remarks that 1978 would be a better year to talk pay riase due to the return of Police Pension Fund moneys to the City by the State. This return is now a reality.