Approving & Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Board of Public Safety & South Bend Firefighters Association

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RESOLUTION NO. 3:3n —o A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SOUTH BEND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code §36- 8- 3 -3(d), the Common Council has the exclusive authority to fix by ordinance the annual compensation for all members of the South Bend Fire Department before September 20, 2004; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety had the "exclusive control over all matters and property relating " to the Fire Department pursuant to Indiana Code § 36- 8- 3- 2(b)(2); and WHEREAS, the Common Council and the City Administration have for the last twenty (20) years worked together to negotiate with the South Bend Firefighters Local 362 concerning such items as annual compensation, monetary fringe benefits, working conditions, and other items related to the South Bend Fire Department, all of which negotiations resulted in an agreement; and WHEREAS, in 2004 the Board of Public Safety appointed Charles S. Leone to lead the Board's labor negotiations with Local 362 with advisory City negotiating team Kathy Cekanski Farrand, Ann Puzello, Derek Dieter, Ervin Kuspa, Roland Kelly, Rick 011ett, and Rick Switalski; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend reached a new four (4) year Collective Bargaining Agreement with the South Bend Firefighters Association Local 362 which covers the years 2005 through 2008 which was recommended to the Board by the bargaining team; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend approved and executed the new four (4) year Agreement on September 1, 2004. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana as follows: Section I. The Collective Bargaining Agreement entered into and executed between the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend and South Bend Firefighters Association Local 362 of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL -CIO is hereby approved and ratified and the parties commended for their good faith efforts in reaching this Agreement. Section ]I. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. I / _ i NTED `t -\3 —f5 j HOT APPROwo 7+DOPTED Filed in Clerk's Off!( SEP - 1 2004 et / tIZ4 j It , South Bend Common