Amend Ordinance 8889-98, Addressing Technical Changes to the Detective Classification Pay

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Substitute Bill No. 49-00 Ordinance No. 11 ~ `" O~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING ORDINANCE N0.8889-98 ADDRESSING TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE DETECTIVE CLASSIFICATION FAY STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT On February 23, 1998, the Council passed Ordinance No. 8889-98 at the request of the then Police Chief. Chief Gunn and his staff were attempting to reorganize the Investigative Division of the police department in the continuing effort to attract qualified individuals and to address pay inequities. The reorganization included the implementation of a tier system and a testing program. Despite its overall positive intentions, that reorganization has been determined to be insufficient to meet the goals and objectives of the current Police Department Administration and the overall needs and goals of the Investigative Division of the South Bend Police Department. As a result of many hours of discussion and the efforts of a special committee appointed to address the ongoing issues relative to the reorganization, it has been concluded that a further reorganization is necessary. All past testing and tier systems would be eliminated. It is believed that the passage of this ordinance would be in the best interests of the Investigative Division of the South Bend Police Department, and the City of South Bend, Indiana. ~O~U, ~~re~or~, ~~ t1r Orba~fttte~ ~ ~~ ~OmmOtY flLOlttt~iZ 0~ f.~~ ~f~~ 0~ ~i01t~ ~~, ~1X~f~lt~, as follows: Section I. Section I of Ordinance No. 8889-98 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: S. Detective Classification Pay. i. Corporal Level III and Corporal Level II pay classifications shall be eliminated. All qualified Corporals who are assigned to the Investigative Division, and who previously received Level II or Level III pay, shall be paid at the Sergeant's pay classification after appropriate actions of the Board of Public Safety are taken, with the assignment to the new pay classification becoming effective July 1, 2000. ii. Those non-qualifying Corporals who are assigned to the Investigative Division shall be paid at the Corporal Ievel pay classification set forth in Ordinance No. 8808-97. iii. Sworn members holding the rank of Sergeant, who aze assigned to the Investigative Division of the Police Department on a full time basis, who are qualified and have previously passed the prior testing procedures, shall receive additional pay in the total amounts of $663.00 in 2000 and $663.00 in 2001. Said pays shall be paid on a divisible amount which is paid on a bi-weekly basis. Said amounts shall be prorated in any year a qualifying Sergeant retires, resigns, or otherwise leaves employment.