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ORDINANCE No. 7900-88
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
July 28, x9 88
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IRENE K. GAMMON
Attest: = °' President of Common Council
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana _
July 29, �9 88
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IRENE K. GAMMON
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Bill No. 55-88
Ordinance No. %90 O
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND
MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF FIREFIGHTERS
OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
CALENDAR YEARS 1989 and 1990
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
The South Bend Common Council has the responsibility
for fixing by ordinance the annual compensation of all
members of the Fire Department, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-
8-3-3 (d) .
A six-person City Negotiating Team was authorized by
the South Bend Common Council, Board of Public Safety, and
the City Administration to negotiate on behalf of the City
all pay and monetary fringe benefits.
The City Negotiating Team and the Wage Committee of the
South Bend Firefighters Association, Local No. 362 have held
several negotiating sessions concerning annual pay and
monetary fringe benefits.
Members of the South Bend Firefighters Association,
Local No. 362 voted on July 25, 1988 and July 26, 1988, and
ratified the City's final offer on wages and benefits.
The following ordinance sets forth the details of the
City's accepted offer which is the best possible wage and
benefit package for the Firefighters, which the City can
afford.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. (a) The South Bend Common Council
recognizes the Wage Committee of the South Bend Firefighters
Association, Local No. 362, as the sole bargaining unit for
the annual pay and monetary fringe benefits for sworn
members of the South Bend Fire Department excluding the Fire
Chief, Assistant Chiefs, and Battalion Chiefs.
(b) The Fire Chief, Assistant Chiefs and Battalion
Chiefs of the South Bend Fire Department are designated in
this ordinance as "Officers."
SECTION II. (a) Annual pay for the officers and other
sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department, by rank,
for calendar years 1989 and 1990 shall be as follows:
RANK 1989 1990
Fire Chief 37,750 38,350
Assistant Chiefs 34,250 34,850
Battalion Chiefs 30,250 30,850
Specialists 23,869 24, 669
Captains 23,519 24,319
Engineer 10+ vrs. of service 22 ,469
Engineer after 3 complete
yrs. of service from
date of hire to 5 yrs.
Firefighter 1st Class 18,969 19,869
Firefighter, Probationary 16,919 17,419
SECTION III. OVERTIME, RECALL, AND SPECIALTY PAYS.
(a) Overtime and Recall: Any sworn member required to
work overtime or who is recalled shall be paid at the rate
of one and one-half (1 1/2) times his normal rate of pay.
(b) Drivers pay: For regularly assigned drivers of
fire trucks and other heavy equipment, the tillerman, and
the personnel assigned to drive ambulances on regular or
rotation basis, the following percentage of the Engineer (3-
9 years) in 1989, and percentage of Engineer (10+ years) in
1990, shall be paid:
1989 (Dollar Equivalent: ) 1990 (Dollar Equivalent)
1.5% ($318.00) 2.0% ($461. 00)
(c) Emergency Medical Technician: For persons
certified by the State of Indiana as a certified Emergency
Medical Technician, the following annual amounts shall be
paid:
1989 1990
$350.00 $350.00
(d) Scuba Divers: For regularly assigned scuba
divers, the following percentage of the Engineer (3-9 years)
in 1989, and percentage of Engineer (10+ years) in 1990,
shall be paid:
1989 (Dollar Equivalent) 1990 (Dollar Equivalent)
2.25% ($477.00) 2.5% ($577. 00)
(e) Paramedics: For sworn members performing
paramedic duties, the following percentage of the Engineer
(3-9 years) in 1989 and percentage of Engineer (10+ years)
in 1990, shall be paid:
1989 (Dollar Equivalent) 1990 (Dollar Equivalent)
5.5% ($1, 167.00) 5.5% ($1,269.00)
(f) Hazmat: For regularly assigned members of the
Hazardous Materials Handling Team, the following percentage
of the Engineer (3-9 years) in 1989, and percentage of
Engineer (10+ years) in 1990, shall be paid:
1989 (Dollar Equivalent) 1990 (Dollar Equivalent)
3% ($637.00) 3% ($692.00)
(g) Pro-rated Specialty Pay. All of the above-
described specialty pays shall be pro-rated to the date of
the regular assignment for such special duty or duties and
paid accordingly.
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paid to each officer or sworn member regardless of whether
the holiday is worked.
(i) Clothing allowance.
Officers and all other sworn members shall receive an
annual clothing allowance of Seven Hundred Ninety-Nine
Dollars ($799.00) , one-half (1/2) of which shall be paid on
or before June 15th and one-half (1/2) of which shall be
paid on or before December 15th.
SECTION IV. OTHER MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS.
(a) Dependent Health Insurance.
For 1989 and 1990, the bi-weekly contribution by
the officers and sworn members for dependent health
insurance costs for the City's self-funded health insurance
plan shall not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month.
(b) Health Care Insurance Cost Reduction Program.
For 1989 and 1990, the Board of Health Care
Insurance Oversight, shall continue to operate in and
advisory capacity to and under the direction of the City
Controller. This Board shall be composed of representatives
of the South Bend Firefighters Association, Local No. 362
and employees of the Department of Administration Finance of
the City of South Bend. It shall be the responsibility of
the Board to review, under the direction of the City
Controller, on a regular basis, the activities of the City's
Health Care Insurance Program.
(c) 1989 Health Insurance Program.
In addition, in an effort to control health care
costs, the City's current health insurance package shall be
modified to provide a program containing comprehensive major
medical health insurance which would provide for first
dollar after a One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) deductible per
year is met by the sworm member or officer, deductibles of
ten percent 10% of the cost of such major medical expense,
with maximum claims annual cost to the sworn member or
officer for such coverage being Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) .
The City shall pay Twenty Four Dollars ($24.00)
per month to any sworn member or officer who elects to leave
the City's insurance program to be covered by another
program for which the City makes no contribution. This
election shall not be mandatory and the sworn member or
officer may return to the City's program without
contribution of Twenty Four Dollars ($24.00) per month if
and when the sworn member or officer loses such coverage or
during open enrollment, provided that the conditions of the
City's insurance plan are met.
(d) 1990 Health Insurance Program.
The City shall pay Twenty Four Dollars ($24.00) per
month to any sworn member or officer who elects to leave the
City's insurance program to be covered by another program
for which the City makes no contribution. This election
shall not be mandatory and the sworn member or officer may
rpfurn to the ri tv'c nrncrram wi fhntit nnnfri hiiti nn of Twenty
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shall remain on the present vacation schedule which is as
follows:
Years of Service Days of Vacation
6 months through 1 year 3 working days
1 year through 7 years 6 working days
8 years through 15 years 8 working days
16 years through 19 years 10 working days
20 years and over 11 working days
(b) New sworn members hired after December 31, 1986,
and working 24-hour shifts shall have the following vacation
schedule:
Years of Service Days of Vacation
0 - 1 year 1 working day
1 - 7 years 4 working days
8 - 15 years 6 working days
16 - 19 years 8 working days
20 years + 10 working days
(c) Officers or sworn members hired before December
31, 1986 working non-24-hour shifts shall remain on the
present vacation schedule which is as follows:
Years of Service Days of Vacation
6 months through 1 year 5 working days
2 years through 7 years 10 working days
8 years through 15 years 15 working days
16 years through 19 years 20 working days
20 years and over 25 working days
(d) New sworn members hired after December 31, 1986,
and working non-24-hour shifts shall have the following
vacation schedule:
Years of Service Days of Vacation
0 - 1 year 1 working day per month after
8 months
1 - 3 years 6 working days
4 5 years 10 working days
6 10 years 12 working days
11 - 15 years 15 working days
16 - 19 years 18 working days
20 years + 21 working days
(e) The above terms shall be subject to approval by
the Board of Public Safety.
SECTION VI. PAID SICK LEAVE
(a) Officers or sworn members hired before December
31, 1986, working non-24-hour shifts shall have eight (8)
sick days per calendar year with a maximum accrual of one
hundred (100) sick days in a sick leave bank.
(b) New sworn members hired after December 31, 1986,
and working non-24-hour shifts shall have eight (8) paid
sick days each calendar year with a maximum accrual of
forty-five (45) paid sick days in a sick leave bank.
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each calendar year and shall be able to accumulate a maximum
of twenty-one (21) paid sick days in a sick leave bank.
(e) The current sick leave buy-back program in effect
shall continue in effect for sworn members and officers of
the Fire Department with the specific details being set
forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Newly sworn
members may not sell back sick days until a bank of ten (10
days are accrued.
(f) The above terms shall be subject to approval by
the Board of Public Safety.
SECTION VII. FLSA, THE RIGHT TO ARBITRATE FLSA, QUINT-
MIDI PAY, DEPARTMENT AND SHIFT STRENGTH, AND THE FITNESS AND
WELLNESS PROGRAM
(a) The foregoing pay and monetary fringe benefits
provisions of this Ordinance were proposed and accepted in
light of reaching specific agreements and understandings
which affect particular sections of the Collective
Bargaining Agreements of 1985 and 1986.
(b) The City and the South Bend Firefighters
Association, Local No. 362 agree to work together to prepare
appropriate language to modify said Agreements in light of
the understanding reached between them regarding the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , the Right to Arbitrate FLSA,
Quint-Midi pay, Department and Shift Strength, and the
Fitness and Wellness Program. More particularly the
following articles shall be amended:
1. FLSA and Department and Shift Strength.
Modification of Article 9 and 20 of the December
31, 1986 Collective Bargaining Agreement and the
preparation of a new Memorandum of Understanding
addressing an Advisory Labor Management Committee,
27-day work cycle, 212 sworn members, 64 24-hour
personnel per shift, 55 24-hour shift strength, and
9 vacation groups.
2. The Right to Arbitrate FLSA.
Deletion of Article 7 of the May 8, 1985 Collective
Bargaining Agreement and paragraph 5 addressing
said Article in the December 31, 1986 Memorandum of
Understanding "Exhibit C" which is a part of the
December 31, 1986 Collective Bargaining Agreement,
all of which shall be null and void as of December
31, 1988.
3. Quint-Midi Pay.
Deletion of Article 23 of the December 31, 1986 of
the Collective Bargaining Agreement and shall be
null and void as of December 31, 1988.
4. Fitness and Wellness Program.
Preparation of a Memorandum of Understanding
setting forth the details of the Fitness and
Wellness Program whereby the City agrees to pay the
sum of $150.00 per year to one of three facilities
selected by the City. i.e. Health & Lifestyle
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(c) All of the above described items shall be properly
addressed in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement for
calendars 1989 and 1990 which shall be subject to approval
by the Board of Public Safety and subsequent modification.
SECTION VIII. SERVICE YEAR FOR PAY AND BENEFITS
ADDRESSED IN ORDINANCE.
The first service year for a member of the Fire
Department commences upon his or her being sworn in before
the Board of Safety as a member of that department. His or
her second service year shall begin on the next succeeding
first day of January and service years shall continue to
increase until the member attains the maximum salary for the
particular rank he or she may hold. However, promotion to
Engineer shall be dependant upon the completion of three
full years of service from date of swearing in, and
compliance with state law governing promotions through the
Board of Public Safety.
SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage by the Council and approval by the
Mayor.
Memb=r of the Common Council
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South Bend Common Council
John Voorde Ann Puzzello Thomas Zakrzewski
President Vice-President Chairman, Committee of
the Whole
July 6, 1988
Members of the Common Council
4th Floor, County-City Building
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Re: Salary Ordinance for the Firefighters
Dear Council Members:
The attached Bill is being filed to initiate the legislative
process regarding the setting of salaries and wage benefits
for firefighters of the South Bend Fire Department.
I and the entire City Negotiating Team look forward to
updating you with regard to the current status. It is
anticipated that the public hearing on the firefighters
salary ordinance will take place on Monday, July 25, 1988.
Thank you.
Sinc- -ly,
J� Voorde,
Council President
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Attachment
County-City Building • South Bend, Indiana 46601 • 219/284-9321
Stephen Luecke Donald Niezgodski William Soderberg Ann Puzzello Linas Slavinskas
First District Second District Third District Fourth District Fifth District
Thomas Zakrzewski Sean Coleman Loretta Duda John Voorde Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand
Sixth District At Large At Large At Large Council Attorney