Appointing an Advisory City Negotiating Team to Represent City Admin & Common Council for 2000 Firefighter Negotiations

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Resolution No. 2866-00 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPOINTING AN ADVISORY CITY NEGOTIATING TEAM TO REPRESENT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE 2000 FIREFIGHTER NEGOTIATIONS "61 h"COS, the legislative body of the city has the mandatory duty to fix by ordinance the annual compensation for members of the South Bend Fire Department pursuant tolndiana Code § 36- 8- 3 -3(d); and 04M$, the Board of Public Safety has the exclusive right and obligation to oversee all matters excluding compensation of the South Bend Fire Department pursuant to Indiana Cade § 36-8-3-2(b)(1); and "411ijereai0, the City Administration and the Common Council have determined that a unified effort would be in the City of South Bend's best interests when addressing, through the negotiating process, such items as annual compensation, specialty pays, monetary fringe benefits, working conditions and items related to the sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department; and Vbt,rCtt -5, the Common Council and the Board of Public Safety will each take formal action by adopting similar resolutions which will officially appoint an advisory city negotiating team which will represent each body, and provide and receive updates during executive sessions called for the purpose of discussing strategy with regard to collective bargaining pursuant to Indiana Code § 5- 14-1.5 -6.1; and 'UDI&VOS, the 1997 -2000 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local 362 of the International Association Firefighters AFL, CIO expires at the end of this year, along with Ordinance No. 86-96 which established the firefighter salaries and monetary fringe benefits for calendar years 1997 through 2000; and WbitlMOS, the advisory City Negotiating Team shall not be considered a "governing body" or "public agency" under Indiana Code § 5- 14- 1.5 -2. ]tobl, therefore, be it rVO4jWb bp tiie Colnmott Coutt>rij of * (Iritr of 0OUth b, Jabian a, a g foTtowo: Section I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby appoints an advisory City Negotiating Team to represent the City Administration and the Common Council for the upcoming labor negotiations with the negotiating team representing the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local # 362. Section II. The members of the advisory City Negotiating Team shall be as follows: James Aranowski, Council Member Roland Kelly, Council Member & Alternate Thomas L. Bodnar, Esquire M. Catherine Roemer, City Controller Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, Spokesperson Andrew Ujdak, Council Member Sheryl Green, Esquire Karen L. White, Council Member