Appointing an Agent to Represent the Common Council for 2005 Fire & Police Departments Negotiations

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2005 Police and Fire Negotiations Resolution Page 2 0eaa, the Common Council is mindful of past successes where a Chief Negotiator representing their interests would appoint her own advisory City Negotiating Team which will represent each body and which will provide and receive updates during executive sessions called for the exclusive purpose of discussing strategy with regard to collective bargaining pursuant to Indiana Code § 5- 14- 1.5- 6.1(b)(2)(A); and Woyeaa, the advisory City Negotiating Team shall not be considered a "governing body" or "public agency" under Indiana Code § 5- 14- 1.5 -2; and Wexeaa, the City of South Bend, Indiana has received correspondence from the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No. 362 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL -CIO and the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36 expressing their respective desires to enter into labor negotiations; and Wmead, the South Bend Common Council and the City of South Bend Administration believe that this Resolution is in the best interests of promoting positive and harmonious labor negotiations. Qoa, &A'erq6"e, 4 it xeaoGrsed , by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, after consultation and meetings with the Mayor Stephen J. Luecke, the Police and Fire Chiefs, and the Board of Public Safety hereby appoints Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, a local attorney, as its Agent for the upcoming labor negotiations with Fire Negotiating Team representing the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No. 362 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL -CIO, and the Police Negotiating Team representing Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36. Mrs. Cekanski - Farrand shall be the Council's Chief Spokesperson and Negotiator concerning all matters related to annual compensation, specialty pays, monetary fringe benefits and other items regularly addressed in the salary ordinances respective to each department. Section II. Mrs. Cekanski - Farrand shall coordinate matters of strategies, research and background preparation, negotiation times, scheduling of executive sessions, advisory City Negotiating Team memberships, resource persons, and other matters pertaining to negotiations with the respective teams representing the South Bend Police Department and the South Bend Fire Department with Charles S. Leone, the agent and Chief Spokesperson and Negotiator concerning all matters related to the working conditions and other matters addressed in the Working Agreement in effect for the South Bend Police Department, except matters of compensation.