Annual Pay and monetary finge benefits for the Police Department for calendar years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001

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Bill No. 64-97 Ordinance No. O~Q d -97 AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR (:AL.ENDAR YEARS 1998. 1999, 2000 AND 2001. The Common Council recognizes that Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3(d) provides that the "annual compensation of all members of the police department and other appointees shall be fixed by ordinance of the legislative body before August 1st of each year for the ensuring budget year". The City Administration, Common Council and Board of Public Safety appointed a six-member City Negotiating Team and authorized it to negotiate on their behalf all pay, monetary fringe benefits and working conditions for members of the South Bend Police Department. The City Negotiating Team and the F.O.P.Wage Committee of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36 held numerous negotiating sessions for the past several weeks and reached a tentative agreement on wages, fringe benefits and working conditions. On July 28, 1997, the ratification vote of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36 was announced. The rank and file of the South Bend Police Department voted 166 in favor and 83 against the entire wage, benefit and working condition package. The following ordinance incorporates the recommended annual pay and monetary fringe benefits for sworn members of the South Bend Police Department for calendar years 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. The City Negotiating Team recommends passage of this Ordinance, and believes that it is in the best interest of the City, the South Bend Police Department, and citizens of South Bend, Indiana. ]P101U, ~j~i`~tOrt, b~ it Or~'~itt~~' by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: