03/19/14 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 19, 2014 22 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety desires to appoint a Chief Negotiator who would appoint his or her own advisory City Negotiating Team to represent it and to provide updates during executive sessions called for the purpose of discussing strategy with regard to collective bargaining pursuant to Indiana Code§ 5- 14- 1.5- 61(b)(2)(A); and WHEREAS, the Advisory City Negotiating Team shall not be considered a "governing body" or "public agency" under Indiana Code§ 5- 14- 1.5 -2; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Administration and the Board of Public Safety believe that this Resolution is in the best interest of promoting positive and harmonious labor negotiations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. The Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana hereby appoints Cory Hamel, as its Agent for the upcoming labor negotiations with the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No. 362 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL -CIO. Mr. Hamel shall be the City's Chief Spokesperson and Negotiator concerning all matters related to the working conditions and other matters addressed in the Working Agreement except the annual compensation of the Firefighters. Section II. Ever respectful of the Common Council's legitimate interest with respect to annual compensation, Mr. Hamel shall attempt to coordinate with the South Bend Common Council's designated Agent concerning strategy, negotiation times, scheduling of executive sessions, advisory team membership, and other matters pertaining to negotiations. Section III. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from this date until a Working Agreement is signed by this Board. Dated this 19th day of March 2014. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA s /Laura A. Vasquez, President s /Eddie L. Miller, Member s /Luther Taylor, Member s /John Collins, Member s/Daniel R. Jones, Member Attest: s/Linda Martin, Clerk FILING OF MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT — FEBRUARY 2014 Fire Chief Stephen Cox submitted to the Board the monthly report for February 2014 compiled by the Prevention/inspection Bureau of the Fire Department. Ms. Vasquez stated if there were no objections, the Board would accept the report for filing as presented. A, summary is as follows: FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 2013 2014 STRUCTURE FIRES Property Damage -- Buildings & Contents (Estimates) $275,400.00 1 $164,800.00