Fixing the Annual Pay and Monetary Finge Benefits of Firefighters for calendar years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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Bill No. 59-00 Ord. Na. _ ~ 1 ~~ - ~~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF FIREFIGHTERS OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2001.2002.2003 AND 2004 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The South Bend Common Council has the legal responsibility of fixing, by ordinance, the annual compensation of all members of the South Bend Fire Department pursuant to Indiana Code The Board of Public Safety has the exclusive authority to oversee all matters excluding compensation of the South Bend Fire Department pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-2 (b)(1). The South Bend Common Council and the Board of Public Safety each adapted separate Resolutions earlier this year which appointed the following individuals to serve on a City Negotiating Team, namely: Council Member James Aranowski, Council Member Andrew Ujdak, Council Member Karen L. White and Council Member Roland Kelly, Deputy Attorney Thomas L. Bodnar, Deputy Attorney Cheryl A. Greene, City Controller M. Catherine Roemer, and Kathleen Cekanski-Fatrand as Spokesperson and agent for the Board and the Council. The City Negotiating Team and the Wage and Grievance Committee of the South Bend Firefighters Association, Local No. 362 met over the past several months in labor negotiations which culminated in the parties reaching a tentative agreement on all pay and monetary fringe benefits as well as working conditions on July 26, 2000. The fallowing ordinance sets forth the details of the four-year wage and benefit package which the City's Agent and the City Negotiating Team recommend be approved by the Common Council and the Board of Public Safety. All monetary items under the Council's jurisdiction are addressed in this ordinance, and all working conditions under the Board's jurisdiction are set forth in a separate 85-gage Collective Bargaining Agreement proposed for the Board's review and approval. The members of Local No. 362 will vote by secret ballot on this package on August 15, 16 and 17, 2000, with the results of that vote being announced at the Special Meeting of the Common Council called for the evening of August 17, 2000. In the event that the entire package is ratifted by a majority of those eligible to vote who are members of Local No. 362, the following salary and monetary fringe benefits are recommended to the Council for passage. The following ordinance sets forth a fair and equitable agreement which addresses the goals established by the Council, the Ciry Administration and the Fire Department Administration. This ordinance is therefore unanimously recommended to the South Bend Common Council for passage. ~lo~r> t~r~r~or~> b~ it orba~in~e~ ~ ~ ~ommott ~mttt~i~ o£ t ~it~ o~ ~u~ Cttb~, ~tt~f~t~, as follows: