HomeMy WebLinkAbout9620-05 Salaries fixing the annual pay and monetary fringe benefits of Firefighters of SBFD for years 2006, 2007, and 2008ORDINANCE No.
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the Ciry of South Bend, Indiana
September 19 20 05
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Ordinance No, ~ ~ 20 , ~ ~
Substitute Bill No. 50-OS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF
FIREFIGHTERS OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR
YEARS 2006, 2007 AND 2008
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
Pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3, ¶ (d), the South Bend Common Council, as
the legislative body of a second class city is charged with establishing before September
20~' the annual compensation of all members of the South Bend Fire Department.
On June 13, 2005, the South Bend Common Council unanimously adopted
Resolution No. 3477-OS which appointed anagent/negotiator for the labor negotiations
with the Fire Negotiating Team representing the South Bend Firefighters' Association
Local No. 362 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO.
For the past several weeks the City's Advisory Negotiating Team whose
membership included Personnel and Finance Committee Chairperson Roland Kelly,
Health and Public Safety Committee Chairperson Karen L. White, 4`~ District Council
Member Ann Puzzello, 6~' District Council Member Ervin Kuspa, City Controller M.
Catherine Fanello, City Attorney Charles Leone, Assistant Fire Chief Rick Switalski and
the Council's Agent/Negotiator Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand has been meeting with the
Fire Negotiating Team which consists of Engineer Ken Marks, IAFF Local 362
President; Captain Mike Damiano, IAFF Local 362 Vice-President, Captain Ben Noel,
Pump Engineer James Weinberg, Engineer Mike Jamieson, Lieutenant Paramedic Todd
Skwarcan, and Thomas "Chip" Lewis III, Spokesperson.
The City's Advisory Negotiating Team and the Fire Negotiating Team reached a
tentative agreement on Thursday, September 1, 2005 regarding a 3-year salary and
monetary fringe package for 2006, 2007 and 2008. Informational meetings with the
sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department took place on September 6a`, 7a` and
8th; with voting on the package taking place on three (3) separate dates thereafter.
The negotiating teams were committed to the principles of interest-based
bargaining which were used throughout the negotiating process. The salary and
monetary fringe benefits set forth in this ordinance are in keeping with the goals and
objectives established by the South Bend Common Council, the City Administration and
the Fire Administration. The ordinance is believed to be in the best interests of the South
Bend Fire Department and the best interests of the City of South Bend, Indiana.
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Section I. Reco nig tion: The South Bend Common Council recognizes the Fire
Negotiating Team which represents the South Bend Firefighters' .Association Local No.
362 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO as the sole bargaining agent
for the sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department, except the Fire Chief,
Assistant Fire Chiefs and Battalion Chiefs for purposes of negotiating annual pay and
monetary fringe benefits which are addressed in this ordinance.
Section II. (a). Definitions: For purposes of this ordinance, "Salary Classifications"
mean categories for salary and annual pay purposes only. Rank does not mean salary
classification.
(b). Annual Pay for Sworn Members of the South Bend Fire Department: Annual
pay for the sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department for calendar years 2006,
2007, and 2008 shall be as follows:
End of Year
Salary Classification 2006 2007 2008
Fire Chief $72,506 $74,319 $76,920
Assistant Fire Chiefs $66,511 $68,174 $70,560
Battalion Chiefs $57,398 $58,833 $60,892
Captains $47,205 $48,385 $50,075
Engineers $45,495 $46,635 $48,270
First Class Firefighter $40,800 $41,820 $43,285
Firefighter $33,500 $34,335 $35,535
2006 annual pays for the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chiefs and Battalion Chiefs reflect a
two percent (2%) increase for the first six (6) months and an additional one percent (1%)
increase for the last six month period.
(c). Annual Pay for Firefighter Recruit: The annual pay for a Firefighter Recruit
of the South Bend Fire Department shall be as follows:
2006 2007 2008
$33,000 $33,835 $35,035
(d). Salaries for Non-Rank Specialties: Qualified sworn members of the South
Bend Fire Department who are regularly assigned to perform any of the following non-
rank specialties, shall be paid the following salaries for calendar years 2006, 2007 and
2008:
Non-Rank Specialties: 2006 2007 2008
Arson Investigators $47,205 $48,385 $50,075
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Non-Rank Specialties (cont'd) 2006 2007 2008
Inspectors $47,205 $48,385 $50,075
Instructors $47,205 $48,385 $50,075
Lieutenant/Paramedic $46,820 $47,990 $49,670
Pump Engineer/First Driver $46,055 $47,205 $48,860
Section III. Specialty Pays:
(a). Medical Specialty Pam: Specialty pays shall be paid to the sworn members
of the South Bend Fire Department who meet the department's requirements for each
specialty and are regularly assigned to perform such special duties. All specialty pays
shall be prorated to the date of the regular assignment for such special duty or duties and
paid accordingly. Individuals performing any of the following Medical Specialties shall
be paid at the highest certification only. The following Medical Specialty Pays are
established for calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008:
Medical Specialties 2006 2007 2008
First Responder $250 $250 $250
EMT $350 $350 $350
AEMT $750 $750 $750
AEMTI $900 $900 $900
Reserve Paramedic $1,250 $1,250 $1,250
Paramedic $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
Any sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department hired after January 1, 2001, when
the EMT certification became a condition of employment, shall not be entitled to the
above-listed EMT medical specialty pay. All sworn members of the South Bend Fire
Department who were hired prior to January 1, 2001, and who maintain his or her EMT
certification shall be entitled to the listed EMT medical specialty pay(s).
(b). Special Operation Team Specialty Pays: The following specialty pays shall
be paid to the sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department who meet the
department's requirements for each specialty and who are regularly assigned to perform
such special duties. All specialty pays shall be prorated to the date of regular assignment
for. such special duty or duties and paid accordingly. Individuals hired prior to January 1,
2001, and performing any of the following Special Operations Team Specialties, shall be
paid for each such specialty. Any individuals hired after January 1, 2001, and performing
any of the Special Operation Team Specialties shall be limited to one (1) specialty over
and above any medical specialty identified in (a) of this Section. This limitation shall not
prohibit any Team Leader from receiving the designated Special Operation Team
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Specialty pay, as well as the pay for being a Team Leader for that specialty. The
following Special Operation Team Specialty Pays are established:
~ecial Operation Teams: 2006 2007 2008
Hazardous Materials
Response Team Member $1,200 $1,200 $1,200
Swiftwater Rescue Team:
Swiftwater Scuba Diver $1,200 $1,200 $1,200
Swiftwater Specialist $ 600 $ 600 $ 600
Switwater Technician $ 500 $ 500 $ 500
Tactical Rescue Team
Member $1,200 $1,200 $1,200
Team Leader for each
of the above-listed
Special Operation Teams $ 400 $ 400 $ 400
(c). Payment of Specialty Pays: All Specialty Pays shall be paid on a bi-weekly
basis expect the following which shall be paid as indicated below:
First Responder On or before December 15i1' of each calendar year
EMT On or before December 15`}' of each calendar year
AEMT On or before December 15~' of each calendar year
AEMTI On or before December 15~' of each calendar year
Reserve Paramedic On or before December 15`t' of each calendar year
Special Operations
Team Member On or before December 15~` of each calendar year
Team Leader One-half (1/2) of or before June 15~' and the remaining
One (1/2) on or before December 15~' of each calendar year
Section IV. Recall of Duty Pay and Emergency Duty Pay:
(a). In the event that a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is
recalled for duty, and he or she reports for duty, he or she shall be paid at the rate of one
and one-half (1 '/z) times the sworn member's hourly rate of pay and shall be guaranteed
a minimum of two (2) hours of work with pay. Any additional fraction of an hour over
thirty (30) minutes shall constitute one (1) hour for purposes of this paragraph.
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(b). A sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department who works emergency
duty shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/2) times the sworn member's hourly
rate and shall be guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours of work or pay.
(c). In the event a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is called to
work emergency duty for extra-alarm fires or disasters, seniority provisions will not
apply. Recall will be in accordance with procedures outlined . in the official orders
governing the dispatching of South Bend Fire Department units for extra-alarm fires or
disasters. In any emergency where personnel specialized skills aze needed, seniority or
procedural terms described in the 2005-2008 Collective Bargaining Agreement governing
extra-duty or recall are not applicable. The Fire Chief or his or her authorized designee
may specify which off-duty personnel with specialized skills, including but not limited to
sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Response
Team, Swiftwater Rescue Team, Tactical Rescue Team, or with needed medical
specialties.
Section V. Working Out of Classification Pays.
(a). If a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is temporarily
assigned as a Battalion Chief, Captain, Paramedic, Lieutenant/Pazamedic, or Pump
Engineer, that sworn member shall be paid while so performing such duties at the rate of
pay for that position, provided that the duty assignment is for a minimum of four (4)
consecutive hours as verified by a Working Out of Classification form, as verified by the
officer of the rig or the Battalion Chief.
(b). If an AEMT is assigned to an ambulance, then that AEMT shall be paid
while he or she is performing such duties at fifty percent (50%) of the rate of special pay
for paramedics.
(c). If an AEMTI is assigned to an ambulance, then that AEMTI shall be paid
while performing such duties at seventy-five percent (75%) of the listed rate of special
pay for paramedics.
Section VI. Station Allowance.
(a). The South Bend Common Council shall budget in an account for each
assigned twenty-four hour sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department an
allotment of fifty dollars ($50.00) to each fire station where housekeeping duties (spring
cleaning and regular maintenance) are performed. Needed station purchases shall be
approved by a majority vote of the assigned sworn members at each approved fire station
and submitted by each House Captain for review, approval and purchase by the Fire
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Chief and the City Controller. Such monies may not be carried over for year to year and
must be used by December 31St of each yeaz.
(b). The South Bend Common Council shall budget for the 2007 calendaz yeaz
only, an additional sum of $13,500 in the account referenced in ¶ (a) of this section. Said
sum shall be divided among each fire station so that each such station receives the
amount of $1,227.27 on or before January 2, 2007, to be used for station items approved
by a majority vote of the assigned sworn members at each fire station and which are then
submitted by each House Captain for review, approval and purchase by the Fire Chief
and City Controller.
Section VII. Clothin~/Uniform Allowance.
(a). Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be $795.00 in calendaz years 2006, 2007
and 2008. Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be paid in four (4) equal payments payable
on or about March 15th, June 15`h, September 15`h and December 15th of each calendar
year.
(b). Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be pro-rated to the date of termination of
employment for all qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department.
Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall not be paid during an individual's first yeaz of
employment with the department as a Firefighter or Firefighter Recruit.
Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be pro-rated from a sworn member's first anniversary
date until the end of that calendar year.
Section VIII. Other Monetary Benefits.
(a). Safety Officers: The regulazly assigned Safety Officers shall receive, in
addition to his or her base salary, the sum of $3,000 in each of the calendaz yeazs of
2006, 2007 and 2008.
(b). 8-Hour Incentive Pay: An 8-hour Incentive Pay shall continue to be paid to
those individuals regularly assigned to work a forty (40) hour work-week [not to include
temporary duty assignments (TDB]. The sum of $1,154 shall be paid to such qualifying
individuals in each of the calendaz years 2006, 2007 and 2008.
(c). Inspector/Instructor Pay: Those Engineers who aze qualified and regulazly
assigned [not to include temporary duty assignments (TDI~] as an Inspector/Instructor,
shall be provided with duty shirts and a badge, and shall be paid at the non-rank specialty
pay as an Inspector or Instructor.
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(d). Shift Instructor Pav: Shift Instructors who are qualified and selected to
teach on-duty in-house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving, confined space
rescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR, and other authorized
departmental instruction, shall be paid at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour up to a
maximum of $1,500, with any teaching thereafter requiring the approval of the Fire
Chief. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any
pay under this paragraph.
(e). Pay for Other Instructors: Other instructors who are qualified and selected to
teach specified on-duty in-house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving,
confined space rescue, rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR and
other authorized departmental instruction, may be paid at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00)
per hour, upon the approval of the Fire Chief. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and
above the qualifying individual's salary classification and shall be paid in a manner
consistent with applicable regulations of the State Board of Accounts. Full-time
instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this
paragraph.
(f). Pay for Certified SCBA Repair Specialists: Those sworn members of the
South Bend Fire Department who are qualified, certified and regularly assigned by the
Fire Chief to perform self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) repairs, shall be paid at
the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour up to a maximum of $1,000 in any one calendar
year. Any self-contained breathing apparatus repairs to be performed which exceed this
maximum amount in any calendar year must be approved by the Fire Chief. Said hourly
rate shall be paid over and above the sworn member's salary classification amount and
shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations of the State Board of
Accounts.
(g). Critical Duty Day Stipend: The maximum Critical Duty Day Stipend for
calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008 shall be two hundred four dollars ($204.00), which
may be pro-rated for time actually worked at the rate of eight dollars fifty cents ($8.50).
As an alternative, each sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department who is eligible
for a Critical Duty Day stipend shall have the option of receiving one hundred two dollars
($102.00), plus a credit of a total of twelve (12) hours of compensatory time in the City's
Compensatory Time Account, it the maximum hours under the compensatory time policy
have not been reached. A decision as to which option under this paragraph is to be
utilized must be made by the deadline for submitting payroll following the Critical Duty
Day worked. Those sworn members who actually work overtime on a designated Critical
Duty Day shall be entitled to the hourly Critical Duty Day Stipend on a pro-rated basis
for hours worked.
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(h). Deferred Compensation: The City of South Bend, agrees to continue to
maintain the Deferred Compensation Program which became effective on January 1,
1997 for the South Bend Fire Department. This program provides that for the first one
hundred dollars ($100.00) deferred by a sworn member of the South Bend Fire
Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will match said amount $0.50 on
the dollar, and for the next three hundred dollars ($300.00) deferred by a sworn member
of the South Bend Fire Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will match
said amount, dollar for dollar.
(i). Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life
insurance coverage on all members of the South Bend Fire Department in an amount of
not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(j). Health Insurance: Each sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department
who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the opportunity to participate in the
City's comprehensive major medical insurance program. The contribution of such
individuals shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees receiving the
same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City
employees. The monthly contribution for health insurance coverage for active sworn
members of the South Bend Fire Department for calendar year 2006 shall be as follows:
Single: $ 48.00 Family: $ 130.00
The monthly contribution for fire pensioners who are members of the South Bend
Firefighters Association Local # 362, who retire after January 1, 1997, and who desire
coverage from the City's self-funded insurance program for calendar year 2006 shall be
as follows:
Single: $ 115.00 Family: $355.00
Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association Local # 362
shall pay an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per month over and above the above listed
amounts, subject to the obligations of Local #362 as set forth in the 2005-2008 Collective
Bargaining Agreement currently in effect between the City of South Bend and Local #
362 to not unreasonably withhold membership.
Benefits for qualifying fire pensioners shall not begin until such pensioner or the
dependent spouse of such pensioner is fifty-two (52) years of age and shall cease when
such pensioner or the dependent spouse of such pensioner reaches sixty-five (65) years of
age.
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(k). Individual Flexible Spending Account: The City of South Bend shall
continue to contribute five hundred dollars ($500.00) to each sworn member's individual
flexible spending account in 2006, 2007 and 2008, so long as such individual was
employed as of October 1st of the previous calendar year.
Section IX. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program:
(a). The South Bend Common Council agrees to continue the Education Tuition
Reimbursement Program for calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008. This program initially
became effective for the South Bend Fire Department on January 1, 2005. Qualifying
sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department participating in the Education Tuition
Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amounts for
course tuition and other expenses directly related thereto:
Course Grade Earned Maximum Amount Reimbursed by City
A 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directed
related to said costs up to a maximum of $1,250
B 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directed
related to said costs up to a maximum of $ 900
(b). Education tuition reimbursement shall be on a "first come, first serve basis",
subject to the maximum dollar amount budgeted by the South Bend Common Council
for said program in calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008, with said amount not being less
than the 2005 budgeted amount for each such calendar year. All Fire Department
regulations governing such program must be complied with by qualifying sworn
members of the South Bend Fire Department in order for an individual to be paid under
this program.
Section X. Other Monetary Benefits Continued.
The South Bend Common Council acknowledges that the 2005-2008 Collective
Bargaining Agreement entered into between the Board of Public Safety and the South
Bend Firefighter's Association Local No. 362 includes several Articles which have
monetary costs associated with them. The Council agrees to continue to budget for those
expenses in 2006, 2007 and 2008, so that such monetary benefits will not be diminished.
Section XI. Severability.
If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
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Section XII. Effective Date:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the
Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
Council Member Roland Kelly
Personnel and Finance Chairperson
City's Advisory Negotiating Team
C~uncil Member Karen L. White
Health and Public Safety Chairperson
Cit,~'s Advisory~Vegotiating Team
City'sA~d{/v/"i~~sory Negotiating Team
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Council Member Ervin Kuspa
City's Advisory Negotiating Team
John orde, City Clerk
~~by me to Stephen J. Luecke, the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, on the lq~ day of September, 2005, at '.vU o'clock ~. m.
Janice Ta oom, Deputy Clerk
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TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND:
Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred:
BILL NO.
50-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FIXING THE ANNUAL PAYAND MONETARY
FRINGE BENEFITS OF FIREFIGHTERS OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2006, 2007 AND 2008
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion, this bill is
being recommended to the full Council with a favorite recommendation as substituted.
Chairperson. Committee of the Whole