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<br /> <br />Fraternal Order of Police <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />FOP # 36 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />JOINT NEWS RELEASE <br />Saturday, September 26, 2009 <br />Noon <br /> <br />Contact: Chuck Leone, City Attorney and Board of Safety Agent, 574-276-2298 <br /> <br />Scott Ruszkowski, President, FOP Lodge # 36, 574-532-5230 <br /> <br />Council Members Karen L. White and Thomas LaFountain, 574-235-9321 <br /> Kathy Cekanski–Farrand, Council Agent, 574-339-2877 <br /> <br /> <br />SOUTH BEND REACHES <br />TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH POLICE OFFICERS <br /> <br />The negotiating team representing sworn members of the Fraternal Order of <br />Police (FOP) Lodge # 36 and the negotiating team representing the South Bend Common <br />Council, the Board of Safety, the Police and City Administrations reached a tentative <br />contract agreement late yesterday afternoon. The agreement includes specific working <br />conditions as well as salary and benefits for the 2010 Salary Ordinance. Details of the <br />tentative agreement are confidential. <br /> <br />Negotiations between the FOP and the City of South Bend began in early August. <br />The FOP will have a series of informational meetings with its membership beginning <br />Sunday at 2 pm at Police Headquarters Auditorium to share the details of the tentative <br />agreement with the police officers. A ratification vote will begin thereafter. <br /> <br />The South Bend Common Council will call a special Council meeting for <br />th <br />Wednesday, September 30 to take final action on the salary ordinance. That is the <br />deadline requiring all financial items for police to be finalized under Indiana state law. <br /> <br />The tentative agreement is the result of Police management, labor and City <br />officials working together. The package promotes the public safety of the officers, as <br />well as that of the citizens of City of South Bend in a fiscally prudent manner. <br /> <br />-30- <br />